I donât think the Forum is likely to serve as a good âgroup discussion platformâ at any point in the near future. This isnât about culture so much as form; we donât have Slackâs âinfinite continuous thread about one topicâ feature, which is also present on Facebook and Discord, and that seems like the natural form for an ongoing discussion to take. You can configure many bits of the Forum to feel more discussion-like (e.g. setting all the comment threads you see to be ânewest firstâ), but it feels like a round peg/âsquare hole situation.
On the other hand, Slack seems reasonable for this!
There is also a quite active EA Discord server, which serves the function of âendless group discussionsâ fairly well, so another Slack workspace might have negligible benefits.
I donât think the Forum is likely to serve as a good âgroup discussion platformâ at any point in the near future. This isnât about culture so much as form; we donât have Slackâs âinfinite continuous thread about one topicâ feature, which is also present on Facebook and Discord, and that seems like the natural form for an ongoing discussion to take. You can configure many bits of the Forum to feel more discussion-like (e.g. setting all the comment threads you see to be ânewest firstâ), but it feels like a round peg/âsquare hole situation.
On the other hand, Slack seems reasonable for this!
There is also a quite active EA Discord server, which serves the function of âendless group discussionsâ fairly well, so another Slack workspace might have negligible benefits.