User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/Social Activity, the 2010 Editor, and Unpausing Migrations/@comment-44384373-20200922182507/@comment-2113997-20200922184428

I second this 100%. Discussions pales in comparison with the Forums. There will be so much integration lost when Forums are removed. To me it feels like Discussions is a different platform. And by that I mean it doesn't feel connected to the actual wiki. It feels like a different thing. Like something external (sort of like Discord, a twitter page, a subreddit). It's as if it doesn't truly belong to the wiki.
 * Templates don't work on discussions
 * Auto links (using Page Name don't work
 * People who only comment via Discussions don't seem to create an account on the wiki, Profile, Message Wall get a red link