Hi Jan,

There was a lot of discussion — albeit not on swift-users — and Discourse was 
the one put forward that those that were pro-forum were most advocating.  I 
actually didn't hear alternative forum software get strongly advocated.

Specific things about Discourse (which may be offered by other solutions):

- Good archiving and searching.
- Markdown support.
- Email bridging to those who still want to have a "mailing list" experience.
- Easy participation without needing to subscribe to a high-volume mailing list.

Not all of these benefits are specific to Discourse.

I'm happy to hear your thoughts, but I'd need more precise feedback than 
adjectives like "junk" to weigh in your concerns.  Specific suggestions for 
something better, and why they are better, would be great.

The key decision here is to move away from mailing lists.  Discourse so far 
seems like the best candidate put forth.

Ted


> On Feb 8, 2017, at 4:48 PM, Jan Neumüller via swift-users 
> <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:
> 
> May I ask why with so many great open source forums that junk Discourse got 
> chosen? I'm very perplexed by this decision...
> 
> Jan
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