Is there a reason not to use Discourse? It is so much better.

Issues:

  • drafts are not saved, when reloading everything is gone
  • only 3 edits of posts allowed
  • worse Markdown editor without preview
  • writing window on mobile not fullsize

    missing-root only 3 edits of posts allowed

    There's a limit on number of edits? I thought it was just a limit after a set amount of time.

    5 months later
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    I prefer Discourse, it is much more user friendly, modern with a lot of plugins and most importantly not written in PHP.

    A lot of FOSS communities use Discourse so users will be more familiar with UI.

    The reply from @strcat is from 2022, a lot have changed since then.

    I like the simplicity of this forum. The bells and whistles are nice but this is just a pleasure to not get to bogged down in. I do wish it was a proper PWA and there could be an RSS feed though.

    2 months later

    My vote goes to discourse as well.

    Aside from all the bells and whistles, it also has an MFA security option, which I think is useful.