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An Internet forum is a web application for holding discussions
and posting user generated content. Internet forums are also commonly
referred to as Web forums, message boards, discussion boards,
(electronic) discussion groups, discussion forums, bulletin boards, fora
(the Latin plural) or simply forums.
The terms "forum" and "board" may refer to
the entire community or to a specific sub-forum dealing with a distinct
topic. Messages within these sub-forums are then displayed either in
chronological order or as threaded discussions.
Such forums perform a function similar
to that of Usenet newsgroups and the dial-up bulletin board systems that
were numerous in the 1980s and 1990s. Early web-based forums such as
UBB.classic date back as far as 1996. A sense of virtual community often
develops around forums that have regular users.
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Technology, computer games and/or video
games, fashion, religion, and politics are popular areas for forum
themes, but there are forums for a huge number of different topics.
Internet slang and image macros popular across the internet are abundant
and most widely used in internet forums.
Anonymous forums may offer full anonymity or pseudonymity, allowing
posts without registration. Captchas, e-mail authentication, and
tripcodes are often used to prevent comment spam on such forums.
Registered members of a forum, who are identified by unique usernames,
may have additional privileges, such as the ability to edit their
previous posts, start new topics, and control their individual settings
and profiles. The profiles tend to include graphical avatars and
signature blocks which are appended to their future posts, sometimes
consisting of elaborate shoutboxes. Members also have the ability to
send personal messages to each other. In certain cases, members have
been given the ability to close their own topics, edit previously posted
comments, or delete posts in topics they have started.
Western-style forums place heavy emphasis on identity and user
registration. This makes the tone of discussion very different from the
more anonymous 2channel style boards. The burdens of status and persona
encourage both highly formal discourse and close personal relationships,
depending on the tone given a forum by its moderators and heaviest
users. The permanence of messages on many western-style forums can
encourage users to self-moderate. Precursor systems like Usenet have
been archived as far back as 1981 by Google Groups (formerly DejaNews).
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