I’d definitely like to be able to integrate Discourse for comments on my site, as well as a forum.
I operate a news site for my local community. All the community members know one another. Many are bitter enemies. I’ve maintained the civility with a real-name-only policy and a seldom used ban-hammer.
But I’ve been struggling with the best way to integrate an edited news site with an open community since I launched in 2004. I want comments on news stories, and I also want a forum where anyone can post. I’d like user-contributed content to have a common sign-on and user interface. I’ve tested plenty of different solutions on the site, and investigated plenty more. My site uses Expression Engine, which does offer a forum module, but it was obsolete when it was introduced in the mid-00s.
I’m setting up a Discourse forum, but I still really want a better way to integrate comments on news stories with topics in my forum.