Forum:Implementing a new chat system

Hello everyone, here. As some of you may already know, there has been a lot of discussion among the Administration recently regarding the potential implementation of Discord as a new chat system for our wiki. In the last month we've been trying out its features and how we could put it on our site, and alongside LOMI I have created a Halo Fanon channel. While I've personally found it to be a useful app, I want to see what you guys think about it before we go ahead with implementing it on the wiki.

Naturally, one of the biggest concerns I and many others might have about bringing Discord in is that it might make our IRC channel seemingly obsolete. The Irk has been our site's main hub of communication more or less since the site's founding, and without it I'm certain that many users would not have stayed here as long as they did. Opposition to the implementation of wikia chat a few years ago was almost unanimous partly due to our love of the Irk, though sadly I've noticed a sharp decline in activity on it since it peaked around 2012-13. This was partly due to a migration towards Skype at a time where the chat wasn't a particularly nice place to be and it really hasn't been until recently that the Irk's started to become more lively, I think it may be time for an alternative. Naturally we won't be shutting down our IRC channel or anything if Discord is brought in, but as I've said, it may feel somewhat obsolete with an easier chat system available.

So to sum up, what do you think about us bringing Discord to our site? I may have to put this to a vote in the near-future depending on what people think about it.