Create public forum for Matrix & Riot community talks in matrix.org website

[MurzNN]

I know that Matrix developers in future want to implement something like community forum based on Matrix, not with any special forum engine. This is good idea, but not feasible at near future: there are too much work for implement all forum features in Matrix core.

But Matrix community need forum already now! Please implement forum now, using some popular forum engine, for example http://flarum.org/

Matrix is very useful solution for instant messaging and online group talking. But Matrix functional can't replace classic representation of static information like in forums:

• Matrix messages are instant, so they short and not too informative, even if people talking in specific room with topic - most of messages is unnecessary, like "ok, i try it". Because instant message means instant reply, not delayed.

• Classic forums provide another way for community talking - long delayed talk: author of each message don't hope to get instant reply to his message, so it spend more time to create content of message and group full info into one post.

As result, forum threads are more informative and readable to community, instead of instant chat logs.

Also forum html pages are successfully indexed via search engines, this give new users to Matrix community and provide good semantic search by forum content.

As I see, people now actively use GitHub Issues in Matrix community like forum threads, instead of Matrix rooms, because they want to talk not instantly, but delayed talks. And they use GitHub issues like forum threads for asking questions, discuss about feature requests, long talks about problems, etc. But GitHub Issues is not good place for those content.

So please don't wait distant future when Matrix implement all forum features in his core. Please install some forum engine for Matrix community now, and when Matrix core will be ready - we can replace forum core from old engine to Matrix.

[matrixbot]

Migrated to: matrix-org/matrix.org#43