User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-5558012-20160908163313

So, if I understood everything correctly, the forum will be removed from Special:WikiFeatures (something is also wrong with suggested links and it's irritating me) and Discussions will come in as a mandatory feature. That's going to fly well.

From the FAQ page.
 * Replacing "Related Discussions" with "trending" posts. Think about that. Does that make any sense?
 * Redirects. So this will a smooth transition from links to threads without it being obvious of a redirect?
 * Another edit count. So you are saying edits will artificially be broken up on a user's profile page and the wiki total edit count will no longer be accurate? Or is this just reflecting the fact that discussions is independent of the rest of the wiki?
 * No wikitext support = no interest in using the feature.
 * Sticky posts. While I understand being against a long list of sticky posts, why not just limit such ability to only say three discussions.
 * A mobile look on desktop is going to be a problem.
 * Integrating search into the search feature. That statement ruined hope of finding threads unless Wikia plans to rebuild the search feature.
 * Topics is a must before I intend to use this feature. Organization is extremely important.
 * Replacing Article/Blog comments or Message Walls with discussions. Interesting to see how that's going to work.
 * Questioning the need to include discussions in activity feeds. Seriously? Of course it's necessary. Why even have moderators if the community has to report everything to you. What about discussions that are in the wrong category (though I don't even know if they can be moved)?
 * The ability to follow a discussion is a must as well.

Other issues:
 * Highlighting discussions is also important.
 * Discussions doesn't look like it's part of a wiki, but rather a separate site.
 * Are discussions still "threads"? They no longer have a namespace do they?