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'''Discourse''' is the most horribly ugly modern forum software out there. Born from web 3.0 hype in the early 2010s, it tried to revamp what an internet forum was by doing weird little things like removing sigs, making quoting hard, making avatars tiny, putting in infinite scrolling, and a template so minimal it takes a CSS expert to make it look not like a complete joke. It is however, extremely functional. [[Incelistan.net]] was made using it because it is free. | '''Discourse''' is the most horribly ugly modern forum software out there. Born from web 3.0 hype in the early 2010s, it tried to revamp what an internet forum was by doing weird little things like removing sigs, making quoting hard, making avatars tiny, putting in infinite scrolling, and a template so minimal it takes a CSS expert to make it look not like a complete joke. It is however, extremely functional. [[Incelistan.net]] was made using it because it is free. | ||
Discourse actively discourages content<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/spark-270-1.2889937/why-listening-is-more-important-than-talking-1.2890065</ref> in favor of reading. | Discourse actively discourages content<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/spark-270-1.2889937/why-listening-is-more-important-than-talking-1.2890065</ref> in favor of reading, civilized discussion, and nuanced discussion. | ||
The developers of the software have a very strange attitude for open source developers, by making it deliberately hard for users to customize it to go beyond their vision of the software. | The developers of the software have a very strange attitude for open source developers, by making it deliberately hard for users to customize it to go beyond their vision of the software. | ||