So, the question popped up

[Renegade]

Again, you are both conflating two entirely different things: News in terms of "current events" and news in terms of "current announcements of developments".
Our news section(s) are for the latter. They contain announcements of developments at whatever time said developments are worth or need talking about.
If you want to stay up to date with current events, you'll have to go where they happen currently: In chat.

Chat and news section are not the same, and they do not relay the same or the same kind of information. Chat is neither an alternative nor the main source of Ares news. Chat is where Ares is happening.

You can look at it this way: Chat shows you what is being developed. The news tell you what has been developed.
The news report on the event. Chat lets you see the event.

There's really nothing new or revolutionary about this - it's just a question of what you want: If you want solid, concrete information about our plans and developments, read the news. If you want to watch each individual issue develop from idea to summary news post, watch it happen in chat.

Chat is not a very quick news section.
The news section is not a very slow live log of development.

They are different ways of communication, used for different purposes. It is your choice which of the ones you frequent, but be aware of which one you choose and the consequences of your choice.


Alternatively, of course, as I have underlined numerous times in this thread, we are always open for community involvement and help - feel free to drop a bot in chat, log what's happening over the day and provide summary daily Ares news posts to the community. It's absolutely a realistic possibility, if you're ready to invest the effort.
If you're not, however, don't complain that we aren't, either.