Why do people use discourse?

[overcast]

You don't need to know for discourse, their guide for install is stupid easy.

Not true. It's not point and click. It's only easy to install if you have some sort of server setup experience.

 

[cheat_master30]

Yeah, you have to keep in mind that many people:

A: Use services that don't require any sort of server management/install for their forum (IPS/vB hosted services, free forums, etc)
B: Setup the script via something like Fantastico/CPanel
C: Struggle with the basics of FTP, uploading files and running a script in the browser

Going from any of those to Discourse is quite the jump.

 

[overcast]

B: Setup the script via something like Fantastico/CPanel

Discourse is not available in both cpanel>fantastico or the cpanel>installer