You might be right, but if you think about it, Facebook or Twitter or G+ are very similar
As I said here
Discourse is not like other forum, almost it’s not a forum but something else. It’s something that looks like a social network, a forum, a chat or a mailing list. It could be confusing at glance but indeed it’s very easy
@sitz do you like smothing like that? With more contrast among rows and use of borders?