I think that this is an important post. Also note that as of Oct 9th, 2018 Google is discontinuing Google Plus. This could also happen with Google Groups as well; you never know. So there are a variety of reasons I think to switch to another platform.
On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 12:05:36 PM UTC-6, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > I have come to the view that Google Groups are Actively Damaging TW uptake. > > A major problem is that numbers increase so slowly they barely match > natural leave rates. > > *There is something seriously wrong.* > > It is NOT growing and it should be given the immense innovation that has > happened and how goodly flexible TW is now. It should be up there in the > 100,000s. > > This GG is one of the most unfriendly user environments. Its total lack of > tagging leaves the newbie with only ONE option: *hazard a question.* You > need stomach to get there. A new user should not need to ever feel like > that. > > The fact that most every query gets well answered does not detract from > the fact that GG looked at before using is seriously confusing & > intimidating. > > In addition lot of the time you can't find stuff you know is there even if > you been here a long time already. It is a PITA to use. > > My QUESTION is this: is it in TW's interest overall to continue with a > forum that (1) alienates new users and (2) creates hassle for regular > users? (3) Would the hassle of change be broadly welcomed? > > Best wishes > Josiah > -- 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/01be04da-ba69-478e-98e3-4ab6366080fc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
