Caro, my only concern about a separate group is* whether it gets used*. It has the advantage that you can set it up as you want & make sure it works as you want. In any case, you could revert to here if it didn't work because you are talking about the same kind of system. Periodic cross-posting could alert people it exists.
Interesting to see what it might lead to--filling in what is missing here. J. On Sunday, 27 August 2017 15:39:39 UTC+2, codacoder...@outlook.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 7:41:47 AM UTC-5, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: >> >> Coming back to your original post. Several practical comments ... >> >> 1 - Despite Google being the great search engine--on Google Groups its >> Neandertal. Basically it does NOT work. If anyone is assuming that >> prefixing a post with "Query:" would bring up ONLY such prefixed posts they >> are mistaken. Its UNWORKABLE unless you are an expert in search. THIS is >> important to grasp. In my own attempts to find my own posts later I >> included the word "Houston" in a post. Even THAT doesn't bring up the exact >> match. >> > > 100% agree. Search results are vague at best. > > >> 2 - IMO the way ahead, *given we are lumbered with Google Groups*, is PINNED >> threads. Everything else enters the swamp quickly. NO NEWBIE would ever >> search for what they have no idea exists somewhere. *For PINNING you >> would need Jeremy Ruston to agree its looking useful* to activate it. >> >> 3 - WHAT PINNED threads would help BOTH us and new users? >> >> - NEW HERE? - Basic notes for Newbies about (a) what TW is; (b) how >> to use the group to learn more. Overall, helping them hang in here. >> >> >> - SHOWCASE - Links to good TW that show what it does. >> >> >> - KIT - Links to Plugins, Bundles & Macros that help you get things >> done. IMO this needs to be curated. >> >> > Agree with your reasoning, but don't agree with pinning as a solution. > Pinning was my first thought, too. But it doesn't scale, and that's why I > chose a separate group, forcibly maintained to contain ONLY announcements. > > We're on the same page regarding the reasoning (I knew we would be), but > we differ on efficacy of the proposed solutions. > > With plugins (et al) numbering in the tens, perhaps... maybe... but a > hundred? more? No thanks - that would be one ugly chat/help group. It > might destroy what this group is good for. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/7044fcb3-5fb7-46cd-aff2-cc526125fe5f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
