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What is all this extending people want to do with forums (is bbPress) I am having trouble wrapping my head around what was deemed “weak forum functionality”

It’s not “weak” functionality, as the core forum code (bbPress) is very elegant and versatile. However, there is a long list of moderator/user features that are missing from BP Forums, but we are trying to add them in (hence my “last visit” code here). The Forum Extras plugin is a laundry list of essential forum features that have been added in just the past few weeks: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/new-plugin-buddypress-group-forum-extras