I think this is helpful because it keeps the "issues" tab cleaner. It's a place to discuss initial ideas without finding the maintainers on discord or something

I think this is helpful because it keeps the "issues" tab cleaner. It's a place to discuss initial ideas without finding the maintainers on discord or something, to get feedback on whether the idea is worth implementing a PR for or not, etc.Similarly, it can be used for announcements about the project, polls to the community, etc.