Discourse for discussions: superiority to e.g. GitHub

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The discussion highlights the superiority of Discourse for discussions compared to platforms like GitHub. grahamperrin shares quotes and links to support this claim, citing that GitHub conversations are โ€œawfulโ€ and not suitable for discussions. Several case studies and examples are provided, including mailcow mailserver suite, which switched to Discourse to stop using GitHub as a forum. Other links, such as a Medium article and a Phabricator thread, further emphasize the limitations of GitHub for discussions. The post concludes by mentioning a suggestion to introduce a Discussion tab on GitHub, but overall, the consensus is that Discourse is a better platform for discussions.

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From spring and summer 2016:

Certainly awful compared to Discourse :slight_smile: IMHO.

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Are there other, more recent and/or substantial case studies?

Constructive criticisms?

Food for thought

Not all related to Discourse โ€ฆ

mailcow mailserver suite:

โ€ฆ we now have a Discourse instance online for you to find help installing/configuring mailcow!

We can finally stop using Github as our forum and keep using it for real issues and bugs. :slight_smile:

https://github.com/KeenSoftwareHouse/SpaceEngineers/issues/9#issuecomment-102553658:

Github issues are not made for this type of discussion, you should only use github for discussion on code and implementation or problems, the forums should be used otherwise

https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/issues/871#issuecomment-271008417:

โ€ฆ we try not to use GitHub for discussion. I think we have all the information we need in this issue, if youโ€™d like to continue discussion please see the online forums. Thanks!

https://github.com/bitcoinclassic/bitcoinclassic/issues/27#issuecomment-240372693:

GitHub is not a discussion forum, it literally is one of the worst platforms you can choose for that. โ€ฆ

:anchor: T11268 integration with discourse forums โ€“ Phabricator (closed, wontfix):

From a usability perspective, I find the forum software discourse a lot better for discussions โ€ฆ

Why you must not ask questions on Github issues โ€“ Medium (2016-08-09)

Two-way sync GitHub issue tracker - As seen on issuepress.co

Last but not least (this topic should not be an exercise in bashing GitHub): Suggestion: Introduce a Discussion tab ยท Issue #44 ยท dear-github/dear-github

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