Version 1.5 of the Discourse open-source discussion-and-commenting system has been
released.
Significant work went into rewriting the top-level "topics" page,
resulting in a five-fold speed increase. Administrators can now
change and customize every object label used in the interface. "Want topics to be 'threads'? Users to be
'funkatrons'? Like to be 'brofist'? Well, Discourse is your
huckleberry." Support for email comments has also been improved, and user
groups can now exchange private messages. The badge system, which is
used to denote user roles and to mark popular posts, received a
visual refresh and new documentation; user summary pages were also refreshed.