We are using Discourse as the primary discussion tool for MIT’s Learning Creative Learning online course, which launches March 18. It seems like the only way to view other user’s profiles is by clicking on their avatar in the discussion forums. We were wondering if there is any way for non-administrators to be able to view the “about me’s” of all community members, like Peer to Peer University does with their Class Photo. It seems like being able to scroll through the profiles of community members, possibly even filtering by relevant details, would be a useful feature.
I believe there is a community contributed user directory in the plugins category.