After all, every forum is an INDEPENDENT forum. Maybe it would make sense to have a cluster of forums have the same shared Trust Levels, but it wouldn’t make sense for all forums running Discourse to have their trust levels synced.
With Discourse, it solves that. Even if you are a new member of the community, your voice will be heard since new posts will always get put at the top for people to see. In conclusion, the Discourse forum makes it easier for new users to engage with the community. I didn’t need to spam to get my voice heard on the forum. All I needed to do is just post a topic, and some people would reply and interact with me on the post.