Here is a great idea: make a forum software that uses AI to turn topics into a wiki article that is periodically updated with new information. You could for example provide relevant feeds and examine those for content relevant to the article. Similar topics could share a wiki article.

Identifying and collapsing chatter/noise could also be wonderful. Sometimes people just want to [shall we say] socialize around a topic, it's fun but also making it horrible to read up on a discussion.

People seemingly forgot the self promotional qualities of a forum. If your high quality contributions generate customers [indefinitely] it all of a sudden becomes worth your time. It takes a good mod to deal with self promotion though unproductive posts. Have to ask: Is this worth reading? If it's not it's harmful to the prestige.