Vbulletin vs discourse

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

@chrispanag

Some features we were using with vBulletin that are not (exactly) available in Discourse, were the blogs, galleries and groups (vbulletin groups were similar to fb groups). When we migrated to Discourse, all three features were missed at first, but we found out that most of them added unnecessary clutter to our community and moved the focus away from discussion.

This jibes with my 10+ years of experience frequenting a vBulletin forum. After 10 years, I realized of the hundreds of things I could potentially click on any given page in vBulletin, all those links sprayed all over the screen.. I had only ever clicked on maybe a dozen of those links. Ever. Ever! in a DECADE of usage!

That’s just crazypants