Why would that be a good idea?
Discourse has many pavlovian incentive features that encourage people to post
And categories that welcome different type of posts.
And links more of a constant identity compared to anonymous forums.
What is wrong with current discussion forums?
Most of Lisp is dated tech.
And it's hard to figure out the "pulse" of what is acceptable and what's not.
Books are old. People are old. Packaging systems are old.
It's good enough, but it's getting to the point where choosing Lisp is more work and not even that fun.
Of course, since most Lispers are on their own, by design most likely
Most lispers are anonymous, by design most likely
Not to imply that collaboration is always a necessary good; it's just such an unlikely scenario with the above attributes to have anything more than scattered forums.
There is no way I would ever collaborate with anyone from the forums I mentioned in the OP.
It just doesn't happen. It won't happen. I don't see why it'd happen. There's no basis for it to happen.
There's no real common culture.
There's nothing other than the language with a whimsical name and strange people that pass through it, through the revolving doors of its existence
To conclude:
it is simply an offering that doesn't promise anything but calls into question the current culture.
Reality is that most Lisp content is spread across random blogs vaguely hearkening back to the better days but there's no real such thing as a lisp community or opinons or anything.
New blood, new people, interesting things.
I don't care if Lisp is practical, I just want interesting things.
When I see the word "Lisp" I feel "dead" and "ancient"
Bad idea to furhter split
Certainly, but wouldn't you rather try something interesting and then see it fail?
From my vantage, Lisp is on life support.
And this isn't an evangelical sort of thing, where it's like, "Oh, if only we all used Lisp then everything would be better!"
I just want something interesting to happen through Lisp.
That's all.
We don't exist for Lisp; Lisp exists for us, and through us.
I just want Lisp to being the morning star that Lucifer was.