I dont see an issue with Discord, I think it has its utility of course. I dont think you have to go one way or the other. If you need one or the other, use one or the other or both
I really thought about your message before adding the chat to my own forums. I feel like I had to do it before someone in the community started promoting his own Discord, which would be out of my control.
That's perfectly understandable, most definitely! It would be a real shame to lose traffic to a third party discord, so at least the chat you have a little bit of control over. I would strongly suggest still pushing as much activity to the forums as possible so it doesn't dry up content, just as a safety! The chat will grow on its own, most definitely, the balancing act is making sure it doesn't decimate your forum posts.
Yes I noticed that too, plus the calendar feature is awesome for what I'm trying to do.
The forum I have to test but dei documentation function is already quite practical even if a little confusing.