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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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Adi's Environmental Forum - A forum allowing moderated discussion of environmental issues.
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Care2 Community - Register your opinions and discuss environmental topics. Find green events and links and learn about key environmental issues and what you can do to Be Green.
Meta Description: [ Care2 Connect - The FREE online community where you meet others who care about the environment. ]
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Ecotaoism Homepage - Provides introduction to applying the modern interpretation of classical Taoism to recognize and tackle the ideological roots of today's global ecocrisis.
Meta Description: [ Homepage of Ecotaoism, a comprehensive concept of a new
ecophilosophy employing Taoistic philosophy for combatting today's Ideology of Ecocide ]
EnviroLink Forum - For people to discuss environmental news, information and ideas within the environmental and animal concerns community.
Exploring the Environment - An open forum covering the gamut of environmental issues.
Glasgow-green - A mailing-list for people in and around Glasgow, Scotland to discuss campaigning and everyday practical green matters.
Meta Description: [ glasgow-green: glasgow green ]
The Busy Person's Guide to Greener Living - Nine forums cover a range of environmental subjects and issues. Some posts answered by site's webmaster.
Meta Description: [ Environmental Q&A for busy people. Post questions regarding the environment and green living and let the answer come to you. Some posts answered by site's webmaster. ]
The Climate Change Debate - An active listserv sign-up from the home page, plus other resources. Listserv debate includes many sceptics. Focus is on latest science, plus some politics.
Meta Description: [ Climate change and global warming science, government policy, energy technology, cost and benefits debated via an unmoderated, uncensored listserve, plus research aides. ]
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