I agree with this 
However, Discourse is most certainly a [1] learning curve compared to other forum software out there.
I remember that when I first used Discourse I couldn’t figure out how to create a category hint hint, I was also looking in settings instead of the categories page. Which personally I found a bit odd as 99% of settings / site management is where you’d expect categories and a few other things are just dotted around so to speak.
There was this topic a couple of years ago discussing admin ‘tribulations’. Although I have to admit that the new admin settings layout has made navigating settings a lot easier except that I keep searching for settings in the wrong ‘filter’ example
Once you get used to managing Discourse I’m convinced you’ll like it. Personally I love it and I’d never look back.
sometimes a steep one ↩︎