User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The first migrations to the Unified Community Platform/@comment-172.58.221.146-20201229185533/@comment-1038387-20201229213117

Social media aspects can create cohesion in a community (or drama. So much drama). That was the thought behind Forums, Chats, Blogs and whatnot. Discussions is no change to that; it's merely a purpose-built feature rather than an half-abandoned hack.