Other points

Do you have an interest that you would love to explore more often but can't or don't? Real passion is a terrible thing to waste. You could have lots of logical reasons but if you never do what really makes you feel alive you'll deeply regret it one day. Substepr offers you a place where your passion can be witnessed by others who share your interests. You'll be able to show just how much your field means to you. You absolutely know that you must solve that problem, but maybe you just don't have the time to do it alone. What's more important, solving it alone or solving it at all? Think about why you're trying to solve it in the first place.

You don't have to come up with the solution to your own problem (especially if you're not permitted to release your work online). Instead, you could indulge your curiosity by helping others to solve their problem and they could return the favour by offering a fresh perspective on your problem. If they solve your problem, or at least a part of it, then great - you can reference that Substepr page (via the permanent page history) and move on to your next challenge. You'll have time to achieve much more thorough, original and high quality work if you allow others to collaborate with you and save you time. Just get yourself an account then start the pages for the problems you're interested in. You could then link to those problems from your own user page then invite a friend or colleague to do the same. Do you know someone whose work you find particularly interesting or beneficial to you? Would they be interested in some help?

At the moment there aren't very many of us, but that means we can really keep the running costs of Substepr very low. This also means we'll be able to ensure that Substepr will be sustainable for many years to come and that it's growth can be easily sustained during this early stage without any financial concerns.

The software similarities between Substepr and Wikipedia make it more user-friendly and familiar. At the same time it's also a very cost-effective solution, which means donated money can find other ways of being useful for now.

If you have any requests or ideas about how Substepr could be improved then please let us know so that we can prioritise those changes: substepr@gmail.com.

Collaboration between a very large group of people using anything other than a wiki can quickly become chaotic and wasteful of communication effort. Wikis allow a very large group of people to collaborate easily and effectively by only making relevant contributions that directly progress a single page toward its ideals. The Mediawiki software that this site uses was designed to cope with a very large number of users, just like Wikipedia (for which the software was originally intended), and the Substepr structure was designed to ensure that everyone knows exactly how a new contribution to a page should be written so that everyone can share the same lines of thought or know exactly how to organise new lines of thought. As the problem approaches a solution this would make it much easier for new users to read the page and join in.

If you'd like to give us some encouragement then please feel free to make donations, join our Facebook page, link to us on your website or blog about us. We'd love to know that you care. Please spread the word about Substepr - other people need to be given the chance to appreciate our values as much as you do. We're on a mission to ensure that Substepr helps as many people as possible.

Track our progress: Special:Statistics.