For anyone who is interested, I've created the Slack chat!
There is a full desktop application as well as mobile (iOS and Android). This link is only viewable when logged in to the forum. You will need to create an account with Slack after clicking this link unless you already have a slack account.
You can set your display name to be your username.
https://join.slack.com/t/afchat/shared_invite/enQtMzU3Nzk1MTY4MDM2LWYwNmFkMmJlNWY2MWRlZmMxM2NjNWNlMjJmNDk5YmIzZmE1MGE0MjYxZDIyZjNhOGQyMjM4M2NjMTVlNjUyYTk
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