Having these communities google searchable is actually a really cool feature. I don't understand why companies create "open" communities (that are mostly dead anyway) and everything talked about in there is not indexed at all.
That is horrible for the actual users, even more so if you go with the free Slack option which only gives you access to 90 days of messaging history. How can you find discussions about specific topics if it's not really searchable.
Managing conversation at large scale has been done. Remember "old" forums/bulletin boards that were really popular in the early 2000's? They actually were communities, even though some were rather toxic. They were searchable. Discussions happened naturally.
That is horrible for the actual users, even more so if you go with the free Slack option which only gives you access to 90 days of messaging history. How can you find discussions about specific topics if it's not really searchable.
Managing conversation at large scale has been done. Remember "old" forums/bulletin boards that were really popular in the early 2000's? They actually were communities, even though some were rather toxic. They were searchable. Discussions happened naturally.
Anyway, wish you the best for your project!