@mrcook I think what you’re looking for is for the Forum link to be more prominent and discoverable.
Like in the Godot update blogs, there’s a little blurb of text recommending the Godot Forum. Kinda like how the foundation asks for donations.
If you search for Godot on Google right now, besides for the Godot website, the first thing you see is r/godot.
Pardon my language, but Reddit sucks ASS for asking questions and having meaningful discussions (and in general). But Google search puts it first because of the extremely good SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) of subreddits.
It also doesn’t help that there is a SECOND Godot Forum with and “s”
This is an old forum with less people and less activity. A far cry from the forum we’re on right now.
I even made a discussion topic about it today:
And if you search for Godot programming help, you get the following in this order:
- A terrible AI summary
- Middling YouTube tutorials
- Documentation newbies can’t navigate
- Potentially a crappy Reddit thread and/or outdated forum
- THEN this Godot Forum.
Unfortunately, the only ones who can maximize the Godot Forum’s discoverability is the Godot Foundation itself. And that doesn’t seem like a high priority.
We don’t even know who maintains and updates this forum. I made another topic about that, but nobody seems to care:
So, yeah. Things look pretty grim for newbies.