For me, the "rot" set in about 5 yrs or so ago. The ZorinOS forums were one of the first to switch to Discourse; I'd never been what you'd call a regular visitor anyway, but following their decision I can't remember the last time I did log-in.
Then the HaikuOS forums followed suit.....and almost immediately SliTaz went that way, too. Eurrgh...
I've been used to phpBB for a long time. Puppy has always used it; Slimjet, too.....and Pale Moon. Porteus, as well (I think). I believe the Mint forums are also users of phpBB...
Call me an "old fogey" if ya like, but Discourse is almost impossible to navigate around & get used to IF you don't use it at all regularly. To me, the layout is reminiscent of many "chat" apps.....and I'm not exactly a fan of those to begin with.
I also like Xenforo. Wasn't that keen to begin with, but it's growing on me...and seems quite popular, too.
I guess it all boils down to what you get used to. The only one I've never seen anywhere else - before OR since - is BleepingComputer's set-up; they use a software called "IPboard". Anyone seen it used by any other communities?
Mike.
