Way back in 2022 I asked for people's input about what they'd like to see now that I'm running around inside the forum code and doing who knows what, and Discord integration came up as a request. I set up the snazzy header image but that was all that came out of that request.
More has now been done, but not in the way you might expect. The Discord server header image is still the only part of Discord that touches the forum, >99% of active members are already over there anyway.
Instead, the forum now touches the Discord server. Moving forward, every new thread/post made (including this one) are automatically sent to the Discord server with a link back to the forum. I don't know if it will boost forum activity any, but since Strat and I manage both we're interested in keeping both alive and as healthy as possible.