[swaggyBoatswain]

wouldn't just a discourse forum suffice? or a phpbb instance

It would be a good way starting off, a subreddit would work too. Might as well start building the community today

then you can build whatever stack you want for more fine tuned features (django, rails, etc)

[charleswzx]

You're right. One of my motivations building this platform was to get people OUT of subreddits and discourse channels and get mixing in the open. You're right though. I'll be setting something up to pair with my newsletter for now.