I have been trying to find others who have similar interests to mine and I have been going through the Drupal Groups. Since I am looking for people with specific interests, I have selected Working Groups.

Unfortunatly,

1. I have found that the great majority of Groups seem totally dead (no postings for many months or even years).
2. Most groups seem to be simply a group of relatively unrelated postings (e.g. job postings).

Do working groups tend to collectively build a body of knowledge about their area of interest and if so, how does one find out where it is?

If groups is not the place to build a body of knowledge on a relatively specific subject area, where might one find others who might share common interest and want to discuss/share infiormation on that topic?

Thanks for any input.