My vote:
- ask questions on StackOverflow using the existing web2py tag
- follow the questions using this RSS feed:  
http://stackoverflow.com/feeds/tag/web2py

I like StackOverflow a lot and I think it is a much better interface
than Google Groups.  I asked my first few questions about web2py on SO
and was a bit reluctant to have to join Google Groups just to get
answers to my web2py questions.  That said, the user community here is
second to none.  I've been amazed how quickly my questions have not
only been answered, but in many cases answered by _core developers_!

The problem, as I see it, is that like it or not, StackOverflow is
quickly becoming a tool not only for getting technical questions
answered, but also to gauge the popularity of various programming
languages, web frameworks, etc.  When I was trying to decide what web
framework to use for my most recent project I looked at the most
popular questions for Django, ASP.NET, etc. as well as the number of
questions, by tag name, for each of those frameworks.

The relatively low number of questions (compared to Django, for
example) and the apparent lack of knowledgeable users (web2py
questions are answered almost exclusively by Massimo) was nearly
enough to lead me away from web2py.  It was not until I finally
relented to Massimo referring me to this Google Group that I was truly
pleased with my decision to use web2py.

I think Google Groups remains the proper place to discuss the
direction of the web2py project.  However, I think we should start
making an effort to ask and answer web2py technical questions on SO.



On Sep 16, 10:40 am, cjrh <caleb.hatti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 16, 1:31 pm, Narendran <gunanar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What does the community
> > think of having a stackexchange page for web2py?
>
> Good idea.  The StackOverflow model is the future of technical Q&A
> forums.   I joined and added some good and bad questions.    We need
> 59 more users to join in support.

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