There are so many advantages to real time chat over on chain discussions, speed being one of the key benefits. Conversations are more fluid in real time and less is left to interpretation.
Of course blog posts are very important and play a crucial role in the discussion, but they can be complimented by live chats on Discord. Discussions can easily start on chain and then continue in Discord.
I have now published a post proposing a new weekly hangout to discuss all things related to crypto and Hive. We really need a show like it.