@Tom Cruise Any self-run thing with user-input will run into the moderation headache unfortunately. A blog is great if you have mostly 1-way communication (you posting updates), but it makes it hard for community members to post suggestions/replies (which is not necessarily required, mind you, just up to you if you think they're useful/worthwhile). There's comment plug-ins (Disqus, for example) which provide some minor moderation tools (automatic keyword blacklists, no guest posting, etc.), but you'll still need to do a little bit of setup and moderation cuz no automated system is perfect. You might actually look into setting up a Patreon. Have like $1/$5 tiers for people to throw a few bucks at you, but post publicly so content isn't locked behind a paywall? I think as long as you do something to incentivize the $5 tier (say "Proof-reader access, help me polish the text and see early updates!" like a couple other creators do) you should be okay. Not quite a forum replacement, but I think the moderation would be easier than doing something yourself. Discord is good too, there's some useful bots to help with moderation (automoderation, keyword blacklists, point systems to track "good and engaged users"), and you can use roles to delegate some moderation to volunteers. You can use a role-bot to put a little bit of a buffer against bad-faith users (you must react to rules and roles with specific emoji before being granted a role that allows posting, fully automated), just enough of a hassle that trolls usually don't bother. I use YAGPDB to handle this, but Mee6 and other bots are available.