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An Internet forum is a facility on the World Wide Web for holding discussions, or the web application software used to provide the facility. Web-based forums, which date from around 1995, perform a similar function as the dial-up bulletin boards and Internet newsgroups that were numerous in the 1980s and 1990s. A sense of virtual community often develops around forums that have regular users. Technology, computer games, and politics are popular areas for forum themes, but there are forums for a huge number of different topics .
Internet forums are also commonly referred to as web forums, message boards, discussion boards, discussion forums, discussion groups, bulletin boards (but see also dial-up bulletin boards), fora (the proper Latin plural) or simply forums.
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Internet forums are prevalent in several developed countries. In terms of countable posts, Japan is far in the lead with over two million posts per day on their largest forum, 2channel. The United States does not have any one large forum, but instead several hundred thousand smaller forums, the largest of which are GameFAQs, Gaia Online, and IGN. Other countries such as China, the Netherlands, and France are also home to hundreds of independent forums. Some countries such as Finland and Sweden do not have many prevalent forums despite having open and easily available Internet access. As of yet no study has been done on the prevalence of forums in countries around the world. It is also dubious as to whether any country has its own fora, as - especially in the English language - contributors to a forum often come from outside the country in which the forum is hosted. There is often not a 1-1 relationship between languages and countries: for example, English language fora are contributed to by people all over the world, whilst Japanese language fora are likely to be contributed to only by Japanese people, but Japanese people also contribute to English language fora, so there is no 1-1 relationship between Japanese language fora and Japanese people contributing to fora. More on [ Internet forum ]
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kaeosdad (Mike Fernandez) Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:19:54 -0000
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@Loscy We are also trying to be very involved with other fans. We try doing this through our forums, pick em competiton, and live chats.
GinosJungle (Ginos Jungle) Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:12:01 -0000
@Loscy We are also trying to be very involved with other fans. We try doing this through our forums, pick em competiton, and live chats.
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amyleigh95x (Amy-Leigh Treweeke) Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:05:16 -0000
@MonsterCookie94 still only 3! erm... post it on forums, ustream and chats or make a youtube account and go on videos and post a message x
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Civil War Discussion Group - The place to openly discuss the American Civil War, books, movies, and other related topics.
Meta Description: [ THE Place to Discuss the Civil War! ]
Civil War Forum Frigate - Discussion forum and live chat devoted to the United States Civil War.
Meta Description: [ The Civil War Discussion Deck. ]
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Civil War Talk.com - An online source for free and useful information about the American Civil War, including a community forum and resource center.
Meta Description: [ Civil War Talk.com has every resource you need to learn about the War Between the States. Also includes a message board, trivia game, chat room, and more! ]
civilwarwest - Wester Theater Discussion Group - This group discusses all aspects of the American Civil War as conducted in the Western Theater of operations. Any action that did not involve Lee's Army of Northern Virginia or the Peninsula Campaign is open for discussion.
Meta Description: [ civilwarwest: CWWT Discussion Group ]
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Rebel226 Revisits Civil War History - Discussion forum about the Civil War.
Rebels Revisits Civil War History - Civil War discussion forum divided into several topic areas.
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