# Discourse for discussions: superiority to e.g. GitHub

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-discussions-superiority-to-e-g-github/58937
**Category:** Praise
**Created:** [2017 年 3 月 12 日午後 8:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-discussions-superiority-to-e-g-github/58937 "2017-03-12T20:28:42Z")
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### Author: ![grahamperrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/grahamperrin/32/71406_2.png) [@grahamperrin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grahamperrin)
#### Post date: [2017 年 3 月 12 日午後 8:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-discussions-superiority-to-e-g-github/58937/1 "2017-03-12T20:28:42Z")

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From spring and summer 2016:

> [@Migrate a topic to GitHub](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-topic-to-github/45058/3):
>
> Discussion on Github issues is a trash fire …

> [@Introducing GitHub Issues to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-github-issues-to-discourse/46671/12):
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> … github conversations are awful, you can’t even quote properly for a start. It is simply not discussion software.

Certainly awful compared to Discourse 🙂 IMHO.

> [@Introducing GitHub Issues to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-github-issues-to-discourse/46671/3):
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> … [Atom.io](http://Atom.io) provides a very relevant case study: …

+1

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

Constructive criticisms?

## Food for thought

Not all related to Discourse …

[mailcow mailserver suite](http://www.mailcow.email/):

> … 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. 🙂

[https://github.com/KeenSoftwareHouse/SpaceEngineers/issues/9#issuecomment-102553658:](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:](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/issues/871#issuecomment-271008417:)

> … we try not to use GitHub for discussion. I think we have all the information we need in this issue, if you’d like to continue discussion please see the online forums. Thanks!

[https://github.com/bitcoinclassic/bitcoinclassic/issues/27#issuecomment-240372693:](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. …

[⚓ T11268 integration with discourse forums](https://secure.phabricator.com/T11268) – Phabricator (closed, wontfix):

> From a usability perspective, I find the forum software discourse a lot better for discussions …

[Why you must not ask questions on Github issues – Medium](https://medium.com/p/why-you-must-not-ask-questions-on-github-issues-51d741d83fde) (2016-08-09)

[Two-way sync GitHub issue tracker - As seen on issuepress.co](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-way-sync-github-issue-tracker-as-seen-on-issuepress-co/15747)

Last but not least (this topic should not be an exercise in bashing GitHub): [Suggestion: Introduce a Discussion tab · Issue #44 · dear-github/dear-github](https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/44)