The new and popular thing for niche communities to do is start a themed discord server!
For those of you who are unfamiliar, Discord is very similar to ye-olde IRC channels, but with a modern coat of paint. using the link below, you can join the ACKs discord server I created, which so far has a couple of themed channels for discussing things in real time (rather than by post). You can access discord just via a webpage, but there's also a desktop app and a phone app, depending on how plugged in you like to be.
The link below is good for 25 uses. If there's sufficient interest, I can generate another, and along the way I'll probably empower some of our regulars here on the forums to be able to do the same.
after crossposting that link to the google+ ACKs community, we are dangerously close to using up that link. If you try to use it and it doesn't work, let me know and I can generate a new one.
(I could make an infinite link, but I worry about spam bots and such when posting it to forums and online)
Also, for anyone else who's already active on discord: you can ask for an invite on the Autarch channel of Tenkar's tavern or add me as a friend on discord and ask after i accept. Username is Jard. unique id is 1224