Heh, speaking of which, there was a glitch with Google Groups when posting via my cell phone connection, so I have multiple copies of the same post here. Sorry 'bou
On Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 9:09:06 PM UTC-6, Zachary Storer wrote: > > 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/3407bf29-c2ee-4202-9755-0ed293223eb0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
