Forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site.[1] It originated as the modern equivalent of a traditional bulletin board, and a technological evolution of the dialup bulletin board system.[2][3] From a technological standpoint, forums or boards are web applications managing user-generated content.[3][4]
People participating in an Internet forum may cultivate social bonds and interest groups for a topic may form from the discussions.
- A public meeting or assembly for open discussion
- Message board,for an online discussion site.
- An Alternative to a Blog
Internet forums are prevalent in several ways. In terms of countable posts,PHPBB is far in the lead with other forums and you can instal one for free with NMD. Forums perform a function similar to that of dial-up bulletin board systems and Usenet networks that were common from the late 1970s to the 1990s.[2] Early web-based forums date back as far as 1996. A sense of virtual community often develops around forums that have regular users. Technology, computer games and/or video games, sports, music, fashion, religion, and politics are popular areas for forum themes, but there are forums for a huge number of topics. Internet slang and image macros popular across the Internet are abundant and widely used in Internet forums. |
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