While this may be an unpopular opinion, I agree with Saddam somewhat. Most A&E, P&R, etc. discussion seems to have moved to IRC. I don't think there's a problem with that at all, I prefer communicating in IRC in real-time, I do think there would be some benefit from trying to move certain discussions here. In particular, bigger subjects.
I mean, in IRC you sort of have to divide things into smaller "posts", sending one or a few sentences at a time. Whereas I think certain subjects, particularly anything that requires getting in-depth, would benefit from being able to make large, thought-out posts that can then be responded to once the other person formulates a longer, just as thought-out post in response. While many discussions go just fine in IRC, and I think it's a much better communication tool than a forum in most circumstances, I honestly think the quality of some of these discussions has gone down due to the immediate, more concise nature of IRC.