First of all, thank you so much for bringing all of this up @zachdaniel. Communication channels are very difficult to get right and even moreso to maintain. Your article does a great job acknowledging the difficulty therein, especially through the lens of someone with a vested interest in clear, well-established communication.
That being said, I respectfully disagree with your article’s conclusion. As someone who has been writing Elixir for a few years now, ElixirForum (EF) is similar to StackOverflow in that I normally land here after googling a specific problem and leave if the thread does not have a solution to my problem. Rarely, if ever, am I browsing EF for general Elixir news or updates. Alternatively, for those who are pillars of the community, such as yourself, I can see how EF would be a more important resource. However, for those that are not as deeply involved, a more casual feed is much more digestible. And to be completely honest, the UI is quite overwhelming to someone who is not a power-user of the platform.
With the instability of Twitter and “walled garden” nature of Slack/Discord, I would make the argument for making Bluesky the new home for Elixir news and updates. Bluesky seems to have the best of both worlds: a casual feed that is open to the public, but also a more organized structure that allows for more in-depth conversations. I think this would be a great way to bridge the gap between the casual and deeply involved Elixir community members.
