User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The first migrations to the Unified Community Platform/@comment-43368626-20201109153143/@comment-26339491-20201112220536

Discussions doesn't use wikitet, that is true and won't change any time soon. If it's vital for your wiki to have wikitext in conversations, you'll have to use wiki-style (DPL) forums.

Discussions activity doesn't show in Recent Changes, but it will show on the social activity tab in Recent Changes. We've got that on our plan.