User blog comment:SQhi/New Forum Feature in Wikia Labs: Do Not Enable/@comment-1455034-20121204194622/@comment-4997528-20121208045210

SQhi here.

I agree with Takeshi's point. Chat is like an add-on module, akin to building a new chatroom.

Activating the new forum feature, on the other hand, is like tearing down the parliament house and building a clubhouse in its place.

So far, I have found te chat helpful because it helps build rapport among the people who reside and visit out wiki network. Chat brings together both fan fiction writers, wiki editors and other visiting Nitromians. I can see the chat's role in strengthening the community here. It may be of note that I have yet to come across another Nitromian community as active as Nitrome Wiki.