The trouble isn't moving to a new chat system. The problem is every system will have things that are different about it, missing features that people use and enjoy, and formatted in a way that is going to be different (and make some people upset). We will eventually do so, because Flashchat 123 folks went out of business more than a year ago.

It likely won't be Slack as it doesn't integrate well with online communities and it requires a download in order for it to work (on your laptop, mobile device, etc.). It also would be prohibitively expensive for us to use anything other than the free version (which limits features and functionality).

Stay tuned, we'll likely be choosing something new over the summertime.

DocJohn