User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-24687156-20160909160429/@comment-18172179-20160909223606

Once again. There's nothing wrong with Discussions. Most of us couldn't care less. It is here and it won't go away. That's fine.

What is NOT fine, is the migration. Discussions are not up to par with Forum... Yet! There is time for improvement, but until such improvement is shown somewhere, we should not be forced to just deal with one option.

This is not about segregation of two different communities. That happens naturally. This is about keeping two different features, that serve different purposes.

And just to show the main point, the Wookipedia Mod is defending discussions because they have dealt with the issue the proper way and they have succeeded. However, what he didn't mention is that Wookipedia doesn't have a Special:Forum feature. They never did! So, of course you would defend an idea if you have nothing to lose! Discussions is a win-win situation for them. But what about the rest of us? Us Forum users are not ok with the current migration proposal.

Sad truth is: Discussions are not Forums. The "Wiki-creators" work with MediaWiki. What happens when that is stripped away for communication purposes? You turn into a social media site. You still cater Fandoms... but that turns into your main focus and content is relegated.