[Feature Idea] Forum Channel Type

[ArtyDaSmarty]

The Idea
Forum Channels in Haven I could see acting similarly with Discord, with the tags, titles, etc., BUT with the bonus of being able to be a subchannel. With it, I think we could also make forums instead not be split like Subchannels, where you have to scroll through on the sidebar, and instead when you click on the Forum Channel, it shows a little customizable screen where you'd usually see a chatroom that is separated via, "Forums You Are In," and, "Forums You Are Not In". You click on the one you want, and then it brings you to the post like any other chatroom, just with the extra button to see the original post (maybe it automatically pins?). This would benefit us Admins/Mods as well who do not want to see EVERY channel/subchannel known to man in our sidebar. Add in a permission on who can make posts, and it would be golden!

The customizable part I think should primarily just be for how the interface is shown. Discord sort of forces people to have to scroll through each individual one, but I could see something similar to the Discord Discovery menu (image below) being a cool alternative way to have the layout!

The idea overall primarily came from how I noticed how I prefer to organize things makes our server look very cluttered, so thought forums could be a perfect alternative, especially with all the things you can do with them, like tags, tag searches, not having them all listed in the sidebar, etc.!

[ancsemi]

You might notice in 2.7.7 that there's a little button next to the Channels header now. It's not much, but it's a step toward what you're suggesting here.