I understand that it's a forum and it's somewhat related to the original TouchArcade, but something that they and even the Korean GW forum did better was the kind of format for the general ''chat'' channel, as this thread format makes less connections leading to less chatting, I'd propose to have a general forum that works more like a chat.

The need for threads is kinda pointless, like this format works well for things here in feedback or maybe a possible support channel, but for the Lounge I'd prefer sticking to the normal chat format instead of this one.

It'd work exactly as in TouchArcade, a message appears and you can follow it up with whatever (being related to the previous message or not), same as, well, the normal chats in discord, skype or wherever. This would lead to ''what to do with the old messages'' which I'd also probably prefer TouchArcade's solution of ''old messages first page, newer messages latest pages'' (not necessarily pages, but the point stands)