Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-168424-20190130223012/@comment-26402117-20190209213842

I understand Discussions having value to Fandom, but I don't think its previous development can justify them praising it. The product treated wikis and moderators like an afterthought. Meanwhile readers and Discussions-only users were quickly given the bare minimum feature set needed to have fun in this isolated corner of the community.

Discussions felt like it was driven by numbers, and posts, and "critical mass", rather than real support and community - and that was a key issue GDMs ended up solving.

EDIT: I very much like the general idea of Discussions, and a mobile app, and as many readers as possible. I just think carving out a fully separate community area is bad.

That aside, perhaps links to Help:Discussions, Help:Discussions FAQ and the Discussions migration blog could reassure and help users.