I looked at discourse and hated it and the whole philosophy behind it. IPB is nothing great but it doesn't have nearly the awful client side bloat and slowness and stupid icons that discourse seems to have. I think bigger boards eventually end up migrating to VBB, which I'm not that crazy about either. I miss NNTP and very old school forum software like Motet. These days it should be possible to do a lot better with quite limited resources (good search features are a big plus). I'd say stick with IPB for now, but keep an eye open for better alternatives.
Should we migrate to discourse forum software?
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