Hi,
I used esotalk before and it works great. Fast, super simple, easy to use and with intuitive design / usage.
Maybe it's possible to create an esotalk theme to get the old look & feel and also the old esotalk usage back? 
Missing esotalk usage, look & feel...
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pwFoo feel free to go into more depth about what you miss from EsoTalk look & feel and want to see in a theme of Flarum. You could either make aProposals describing this - or if you want to contract someone to do this specifically for you - you can post inServices. It would be beneficial to include screenshots or mockups to visualise your ideas.