[bolaft]

The threads themselves are pretty good looking but the forum main page (https://community.nodebb.org/) is really cluttered and confusing.

Also, why are there upvote/downvote buttons on thread messages? Do they have any effect on visibility or are they just for show?

[Scuzz]

Their main forum home page is a theme called Lavender which is quite busy. There are other themes available that are less cluttered and busy, Vanilla and Cerulean are a lot nicer in my opinion.