I suggest Discourse too. Users can login with their Github account and you can deploy a small instance very cheaply in Digital Ocean. It's better than a chat and the content will be indexed in google quickly.
When dropbox launched, we already had a lot of filesync options. It is not too late to add value in the password management business and Mozilla is trusted.
My BBS was called CENTURY XXI. At first, it was just an Apple IIe with a SiderII harddrive (just 20MB!). 24hs. GBBS was the software usted to manage it, it was great. Based on Argentina, it was an awesome learning experience. Check this link for more BBS in Argentina: https://goo.gl/7EXTMx
One of the reason of firing people is to align the company with a new goal. Most of this companies are firing because they want and they need new roles in the organization, and are going to contract new people soon. It should not be a negative thing.