While site comments are great especially for news and for memes, they are a bit less optimal for fluid socializing compared to a chat room.
Update 8-24-16
After experimenting the past couple weeks, I decided that it was best to move things back to a single chat format. It’s possible that I might expand back to a 2nd chat on an invite only basis later.
Here’s the invite:
https://discord.gg/apZK4V7