# Discourse, Discourse and Vanilla (Forum Software) **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Tags:** forum-software, mark-as-unread, defer, user-preferences\ **Created:** [September 11, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/discourse-discourse-and-vanilla-forum-software/2476 "2021-09-11T21:42:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xochi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/0ea827/32.png) [@xochi](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/xochi)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/discourse-discourse-and-vanilla-forum-software/2476/1 "2021-09-11T21:42:01Z")
First question: Some of my favorite sites use the Discourse forum software. It's really been growing on me. However, I notice some differences across sites. For example, Xojo Forums [https://forum.xojo.com](https://forum.xojo.com) has a "Defer" button, which marks a thread as "unread" and sends you back to the topic level. I really like this feature (it's like marking an email as "Unread" so you can come back to it later). fmSoup's version of Discourse doesn't have this. Is this a version issue, or possibly a feature that could be enabled here on the soup? Second question: I'm running a site that's using Vanilla forums, which I've always liked, as I think it has a similar design ethos to Discourse. But lately I feel Discourse is better. Is it worth migrating my forum from Vanilla to Discourse? Anyone done this? ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/discourse-discourse-and-vanilla-forum-software/2476/2 "2021-09-11T22:03:17Z")
It's a preference that you can set for yourself. [https://the.fmsoup.org/my/preferences/interface](https://the.fmsoup.org/my/preferences/interface) ---
**Author:** ![xochi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/0ea827/32.png) [@xochi](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/xochi)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/discourse-discourse-and-vanilla-forum-software/2476/3 "2021-09-11T22:04:22Z")
Thanks! May I suggest it gets defaulted to "on" since (in my opinion) that's such as useful feature? ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/discourse-discourse-and-vanilla-forum-software/2476/4 "2021-09-11T22:19:44Z")
OK. We'll try it out. I've just switched it to on. I expect that it will only affect new users, so anyone else reading this will have to follow the link to their preferences and change the setting. ---
**Author:** ![steve\_ssh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/steve_ssh/32/160_2.png) [@steve\_ssh](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/steve_ssh)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/discourse-discourse-and-vanilla-forum-software/2476/5 "2021-09-11T22:58:23Z")
Thanks! I have wanted that feature, but did not realize that I already had it. Good fortune to see this post and learn about it. ---
**Author:** ![planteg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/planteg/32/627_2.png) [@planteg](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/planteg)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/discourse-discourse-and-vanilla-forum-software/2476/6 "2021-09-11T23:57:49Z")
@xochi Nice suggestion. I am also on Xojo forum, and the preference does not seem to be on by default, maybe that's because my account was migrated to Discourse - my account was created on the old forum site.