Then again, for all of the Slack communities I'm part of, the chat history is valuable because that's where the people prefer to hang out, thus that's where the

Then again, for all of the Slack communities I'm part of, the chat history is valuable because that's where the people prefer to hang out, thus that's where the valuable discussions emerge without anyone even planning it that way. There are often more durable options like a forum within the community, but that doesn't stop the Slack companion community from having high value discussions. You often don't know you're having a conversation worth having until it's done. Kind of like when you see really good discussion in Stack Overflow comments that you wish were upgraded into a community wiki question, but that's not how it emerged.