I don't know what it takes as a resource to set up a chatroom but the APUG one never seems to get much attention so might be a lot of effort for little reward or even the unintentional promotion of discord.
I know hardly anything of my FADU friends' views on matters non photographic and I am not sure I'd be better off in gaining this knowledge.
Why risk a beautiful photographic friendship for a non photographic "tolerance" at best and the end of good relations at worst.
People might join a chatroom for matters non photographic with the best of intentions but still end up in discord.
Frankly and being strictly selfish I can ill afford to lose any photographic expertise here for the sake of a "pub knock about type discussion". Figuratively speaking of course
Mike