# Will this replace or merely supplement the Google group?

**URL:** https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/will-this-replace-or-merely-supplement-the-google-group/52
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**Created:** [March 7, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/will-this-replace-or-merely-supplement-the-google-group/52 "2024-03-07T13:13:50Z")
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### Author: ![simonmic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.plaintextaccounting.org/simonmic/32/1_2.png) [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/will-this-replace-or-merely-supplement-the-google-group/52/2 "2024-03-07T17:34:03Z")

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Hello @jbrains ! Glad to have you here. I’m new to Discourse admin. Some related links for folks who may not have seen them: yesterday I updated the pinned

[Welcome to the Plain Text Accounting forum!](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/welcome-to-the-plain-text-accounting-forum/33). It says

> to help move our community discussions to a community-owned place with a stable future and a more pleasant and modern user experience.

(a wordier earlier draft said “move the center of”). And that links to

[A trial of Discourse for Plain Text Accounting discussions](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/a-trial-of-discourse-for-plain-text-accounting-discussions/5)

which gives more background and motivation.

To answer more directly, it’s up to the community where it would like to discuss things; I personally am ready for something new and want to give Discourse a try in particular. I feel it has a pretty good chance of getting traction and actually growing the community in a new way. But it’s easy to have big visions, and it might not happen. 🙂

As long as Reddit keeps working I know probably a lot of people will stay there. But if it doesn’t, this will be here. I’ve also set up mirroring of the reddit’s RSS feed here, which [if it works](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/c/reddit/5) may help reduce fragmentation a little.

Which google group do you mean ? The PTA apps have their own google-based mailing lists, but there’s no general PTA one AFAIK.

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