When it came to setting up my first Discourse instance, I couldn’t agree more with @merefield. However, when I received 2 - 3 more requests from our members who wanted their own Discourse instance and I realized that dozens more might want the same, that’s when I started feeling a lot more like @yasu
I think the difficulty with this kind of software is:
- Managing spam
- Integration with email
Additional criticism I have of Discourse include:
- So complicated to administer! I am not talking about installation, I mean trying to understand all the permissions and options. This goes hand in hand with “managing spam” above - it’s a real balancing act between having all the best features and presenting a easy to use admin screen.
- Hard to understand email notifications - I spent an hour with a group of smart people trying to figure out how to configure out private topic to send us an emal everytime someone posts a new topic or a comment. Discourse does a great job of keeping email to a minimum, but it’s hard to understand
I’l interested in Flarum - thanks for the post about it.