Discourse is really hard to navigate through, very hard to customize (read: impossible), mandatory Javascript (so you're forced to be set open to all sorts of exploits and privacy invading issues), forced CDN, super slow and laggy especially on lower end machines, and so on.
And on top of that, I don't think it's really in line with PINE's phylosofy, or even GNU's.
The other problem is that it's a centralized platform, so you're forced to host on their servers.
I never liked how Vbulletin and IPB had a "pay for the right to use a forum software" scheme, but Discourse is even worse here.
At least with Vbulletin and IPB you'd download the software and spin it on your own server, with Discourse on the other hand you pay even more money for the right to rent it, and you'll need to trust the developers to not deplatform you for whatever reason they feel like doing so.
So I think it's clear that I oppose this idea.
And on top of that, I don't think it's really in line with PINE's phylosofy, or even GNU's.
The other problem is that it's a centralized platform, so you're forced to host on their servers.
I never liked how Vbulletin and IPB had a "pay for the right to use a forum software" scheme, but Discourse is even worse here.
At least with Vbulletin and IPB you'd download the software and spin it on your own server, with Discourse on the other hand you pay even more money for the right to rent it, and you'll need to trust the developers to not deplatform you for whatever reason they feel like doing so.
So I think it's clear that I oppose this idea.
母語は日本語ですが、英語も喋れます(ry