We did a countdown with the New Years ball dropping. People cheered when it happened. It was a whole thing. 
Anyway, we opened the doors at midnight and, so far, the feedback from the new community has been spectacular.
My old parent company closed the doors on us mid December (terminated the team, turned off logins & made the forum static state), so we are starting fresh with Discourse. Weāve been SMF since 2003, so I figured there would be an enormous learning curve for a chunk of the population. Good ole discobot has been helping people tremendously, though. And our community niche (DIY & crafting) naturally loves badges and gold stars, so thatās a plus, too. 
Hereās to another decade+. Thanks for all things Discourse. Couldnāt have done it without you. 
Thatās a shame because there was a lot of educational material on it. Some of us started a new forum before that one shut down, and we got the new one up and running a few weeks before the demise of the old one. Both use(d) Discourse so we were lucky everyone knew all - well, most - of the ins and outs of the software. Some of us were/are members of other forums using a different platform, but Discourse is definitely the best! 
