We have dozens of chat groups popping up, this is not ideal. Having TD.win is ideal because EVERYONE can coordinate as a "team". Creating dozens of chat groups where only small portions of people migrate to is spreading us out unnecessarily. There needs to be a chat server or group the TDW community makes "official".
If we're going to create chat groups, everyone should be on the same page. As I mentioned in a previous post, we could always create our own rocket.chat server. Having the TDW website is amazing, now we need to do the same with a chat. One official TDW website and one official TDW chat (and backups obviously) is the only way.
This can be an option: https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-rocket-chat-server-on-debian-ubuntu/?amp
That is a talent in itself. Good research is valuable. I have worked with developers and most do little research, can't think outside of their boxes, rarely see the big picture, and I have to hold their hands they step of the way. I'm looking to install a free chat client for this project and another one following. Maybe you could research the best client for either. I was looking at Matrix.
Also, here is a decent blog discussing some self hosted chat options. https://www.troopmessenger.com/blogs/top-self-hosted-chat-software#TroopMessenger
Cool. Thanks for this.