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title: "Discourse: A New Open Sourced Web Forum Platform"
date: 2014-01-23
url: https://learningischange.com/2014/01/23/discourse-a-new-open-sourced-web-forum-platform/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Blog"]
tags: []
---

# Discourse: A New Open Sourced Web Forum Platform

I wonder about the need for a new web forum platform when you have the ability to do this within social media, but I think the idea of a forum built with Ruby on Rails is compelling. It is definitely a step up from forums that are still dogged by legacy issues. Also, I like the name of the product.

[Discourse](http://www.discourse.org/)

> Ready for a new discussion platform?