What is the alternative to the forum?

Question

Social media

Good afternoon dear experts.
Submitted the site for development. There is a question on the account of creation of a forum which is very necessary.
I wanted to know if there are any alternatives to the forums? At the moment, social networks are increasingly taking over the discussions and thus crowding out the forums (probably I'm wrong).
Can you please tell me what you can offer to replace the forum on the site? Or are the forums still relevant?
thank!

Answer 1

It depends on the goals, not all information can be exchanged in social networks. networks.

Answer 2

A group on a social network, for example, a VKontakte group, can partially replace a forum and sometimes even a store.