User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-26408193-20160908195752/@comment-5558012-20160908211606

Read the FAQs. This isn't intended to be optional (the only option here is to choose to make the switch sooner). It's intended to be a mandatory replacement for the current forums. The concerns below (even more so those that reach beyond just "I don't like it") are not unfounded.