User blog comment:BertH/Migrating Forum Content to Discussions/@comment-28083312-20170811175859/@comment-26806340-20170816002157

I also agree. Discussions is a sleek, modern feature that's 80% less janked, but I would love to see more features added before it's touted as a full replacement to switch to right now.

As for Topics, did any of you ever use it? I for one never used them.