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Congrats on shipping!

I like how quickly GitHub is shipping new features now, compared to earlier: the mobile app, Actions, Sponsors, security scanning, etc.

That said, I was a little disappointed that Discussions is essentially identical to Issues :(.

While I can't pinpoint any specific issues I've had with Issues for discussions, I was hoping GitHub found, and found solutions for, pain points that users didn't know they had with Issues.

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It's a little different. You can mark which comment answers a question, and comments can be voted. We will probably find some other things we want Discussions to do differently, too, as we iterate.

Thanks Nat! I would also recommend writing a blog post announcing Discussions and its features as soon as you get the chance.

Reading this HN thread, I got the impression GitHub actually did just copy/paste Issues into a new tab, as a commenter mentioned, a belief that was backed up by a cursory look at Next.js's Discussions.

Now I see that's not fully the case.

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