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Hosting a forum and a general chat is probably the best choice. Mahbe even a big FOSS platform that can host a lot of forums simultaneously for others, almost like something that already exists and im making a comment using that platform 🧐🧐
As someone who does just that... user numbers speak against it. Forums are "dying" everywhere as people just seem to avoid them. I don't like it either, but I don't see a way to reverse this trend either.
I prefer the forum model to ask questions and drive discussions.
It is fully asynchronous, you don't need to wait for answers in real time where in a real time chat, all this information is lost in a few moments.
Some chat apps like Element are working on chat with threads so it’s like a forum in a chat. There’s a proof-of-concept on develop.element.io https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/2349
Element doesn't work in Goanna-based browsers and has not the same speed as a forum.