The New Forum Sucks

There are definitely quirks with the new site, which is from a third-party vendor.

Personally, I keep the Discuss Articulate Products page bookmarked. You can also open it from the HELP tab in Storyline.

And you can get to a lot of other resources and posts via the dropdowns across the top of the E-Learning Heroes pages.

Yes, there are a lot of tags under the search area. Those will filter the list based on the tags folks assign to their discussions.

I don't think filtering is worth the effort. I just scroll through the whole list. Each item displays its tags (though folks don't always pick the best one; that's another reason I don't filter the list). 

I actually liked the new site better before they added the Exchange Best Practices section. That's supposed to be for general e-Learning questions (like the Build Better Courses section of the old site). But, inevitably, folks post Storyline- and Rise-related questions there.

As for editing: I think it's easy to figure out that the More (...) button on a reply can be used to edit. But I'm not sure if anyone finds the button to edit one's original discussion by themselves. Here's the answer: You have to click the gear icon under your profile pic.