Why keep it that way?: careful, it’s addictive! 
Before you know it you will have installed an instance out of curiosity … and leave it running!
And then you will be able to customise it (no doubt heavily) to match your taste and the site may one day become an authority on your chosen subject area.
I jest a little but I’m also serious: give it a go and join the community of the Discourse admins! Relive your computer science days and fully appreciate first hand how far computing has come. Imho it’s pretty eye opening just how easy it is now to create a sophisticated presence on the web at surprisingly reasonable cost.