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Strong agree. Good defaults beat a wall of toggles every single time.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.