Farewell...

[SuperSajuuk]

I was wondering similar about Discord but never really got my head around it.

It's come on quite a bit now since a couple of years ago. You can have threaded discussions [just like a forum] and they're actually testing a channel type called "Forums", which would effectively create a forum-structure, where all you can create are threads. The new Forum channels feature is not publicly available for everyone to use, but its a really great feature and in the interim, normal channels can be made to look like a forum, even when it isn't. Overall, Discord is more of a live "platform", so the idea is more about continual chat but things are preserved for longer unless the server or channels are deleted.

I wonder if it would be better for a Discord server to be set up, rather than registering endless new forums: as said, new forums are liable to splinter the community. The problem with that, is that forums or the hosts they're on, are more susceptible to hack attempts which may leak personal data. Discord is very much less likely to result in a loss of personal data from a platform hack, although you just have to be careful of malicious users trying to do scams.

If anyone would want a Discord, I don't mind setting one up and getting people in there, where we can plan out what we would want. I took Rob's point on that setting up a forum can be very daunting and people should be careful about them, but a discord server is basically free and no one can find out personal information about others like you can on a forum board such as this. A forum, on the other hand, can incur significant financial cost (mainly for a domain name and the hosting package) and in the current era of rapid discussions, forum boards like this are sometimes harder to keep going, especially on niche topics.