# GitHub Discussions

12 Hacker News commenters recommended GitHub Discussions and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a separate place for help questions, which keeps Issues free of noise. The common caveat is that threads are hard to search and follow.

## Why people recommend it

- Gives users a place for help (3 comments): "The benefit is that all users who just ask for help, assistance, or are unable to install or use the software now have a place to ask." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46464396)) "Instead of trying to cram everything into Issues, why not use the underutilized Discussions tool?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46463510)) "Try asking users: open a discussion board (for example Github's Discussions)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47999616))
- Keeps Issues free of noise (2 comments): "Instead of trying to cram everything into Issues, why not use the underutilized Discussions tool?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46463510)) "it's at least keeping Issues free from noise for contributors" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46461115))
- Useful as a filter for Issues (2 comments): "seems this approach is better but still requires someone to sort through the discussions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46464184)) "Using discussions as a filter is a good idea." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46460933))

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://github.com/platform)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GitHub Discussions", https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-discussions/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).