Thousands of other servers have this, and regardless of whether it's being bombarded, it doesn't matter as it keeps the other topics clean because everyone else just goes to official groups threads to shitpost or spam. It shouldn't be too difficult to keep under control and isn't even necessary unless people start advertising other servers or posting gore. Considering that forum traffic decreased significantly this year compared to prior years, this is the time to examine this. So why not?
Advantages:
remaining the discussion boards and the community as a whole alive
You are allowed to argue about anything without having to find or create a post.
taking care of minor difficulties
Disadvantages:
could get spammed, although it can be easily prevented.