Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
I don't know whether any actual collaboration has come out of either one. I have my doubts about the efficacy of such things on a site like this. Most people here are either volunteers, retired, goofing off from their real jobs, or whatnot. In most cases, they likely aren't looking for either work or any significant commitment. Collaboration can be weird at the best of times.
Agreed. After reading through much of the posts in the Project Requests forum (which I didn't know was there... thank you @jmcilhinney for pointing it out) I was both discouraged and enlightened. It now seems like a poor idea to seek collaboration in a place where most people just want a quick answer to the latest issue screwing with their progress or delaying the completion of their homework assignment. Everyone is doing their own thing. I suspect a place like Discord where people can more easily make friends with common interests would be better, though it may need to be even more personal than that.

I think another issue is VB.Net itself. It's not sexy. It doesn't do graphics and games well and has a poor reputation. It's the old people language. I search the web and YouTube for VB.Net applications, and I can count the results on one hand: Student Management, Library Management, Stock Management, Grocery Management, Shop Management. It's a shame because it's capable of so much more, but those things are better done in other languages. I'm too old to learn another language.

I'm not sure how such a thing as collaboration can be done successfully. For now, at least, asking questions and working alone will have to do.