A new kind of forum software

[strawman]

If you are at all interested in forum and discussion software, you should check out http://discourse.org .

I've been playing with it for a few weeks as an alpha tester, and its pretty spiffy in a number of ways. Still very beta, but its a distinct take on community discussion.

The test forum is at http://try.discourse.org though its going crazy right now since it was just announced a few hours ago. You can also peek behind the scenes as people report bugs and ask for features at http://meta.discourse.org .

 

[Dave]

Hmmm. Not sure I dig the thread format. Looks like an IRC conversation, which is to say confusing unless you are in it for a long time.

 

[Covar]

It can't find every topic I tried to view. Still it loads the error page quickly.

 

[GasBandit]

It can't find every topic I tried to view. Still it loads the error page quickly.

Hah. That's good, like this one review on newegg I read, that had everything about the product listed in "Cons" and under "Pros" the only thing listed was "Fits easily in any standard sized wastebin."

 

[Covar]

Ok, got into some threads it seems pretty quick, but that's just a test site, who knows if it sported a bigger load. I love, *LOVE*, **LOVE** that it supports Markdown.

I think I might just check it out more.