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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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Arcis Foundation - Open and free discussion of important political, current world affairs and religious issues.
Meta Description: [ Islamic and Political Opinions, News and Info ]
Captain Cynic : Politics - Discussion of a variety of political subjects.
Meta Description: [ Be un-biased, logical and open minded. Things tend to get heated here. Don't state an opinion to have one. ]
Citizens for Fair and Just Voting (CFJV ) - Advocates electoral reform in the United States.
Meta Description: [ CFJV: CFJV - Citizens for Fair and Just Voting ]
CivilizedDebate.com - Intends to promote intelligent discussion of news and issues in order to create a better understanding of opposing points of view.
Defending The Truth - Debate and discussion of political topics and current events.
Meta Description: [ Debate and discussion of political topics and current events. ]
Economic Justice Discussion Room - Discussion forum affiliated with progressive websites
Global Affairs Forum - Professional discussion on the diplomacy, international organizations, and issue regarding news media.
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International Perspectives Forum - Discussion forum for international issues and the contingent factors that impact global foreign affairs.
Meta Description: [ The IPF is a site for the discussion of international issues and the contingent factors that impact global foreign affairs. By sharing and debating our diverse views, we can all gain a greater understanding of other ideas, perceptions and feelings, thereby increasing our understanding of the worl... ]
It's All Politics - Political discussion forum covering a wide range of topics.
Meta Description: [ Political forum - IAP is an indenpendent political forum for world citizens. ]
Nation of Political Conservatives and Libertarians - Discussion forum catering to conservative and libertarian thought.
Patriotic America - Forum open to all viewpoints.
Political Crossfire Forums - A place to discuss and debate political issues.
Meta Description: [ Political Crossfire Forums is a Political discussion forum to discuss and debate political, cultural and social issues. ]
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Political Discussion - Discussion Forum/Message Board. Theme/Focus: Politics and political issues in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.
Meta Description: [ Politics discussion forum: USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. ]
Political Forums - Boards discussing various hot topics.
Meta Description: [ A forum where you can debate others on all topics: politics, religion, abortion, gun control and some just for fun. ]
Political Roundtable - Forum for discussion and debate of political issues.
PoliticalForum.com - Active message board covering a wide range of social and political topics.
RevolutionaryLeft.com - Community for radical leftists. Discussion thread include politics, history, political theory, and philosphy.
Meta Description: [ A place for leftist discussion ]
Scullyspost.com - An online community for debating politics and current events.
Meta Description: [ This is a debate forum addressing the topics of politics, religion, sports and anything else you can imagine. ]
Spin Shield - Add your own comments and read the comments left by other visitors. Topics include the economy, foreign policy, elections, government. media, law and order and religion.
Meta Description: [ Spin Shield - Plain Truth About American Politics (with reader comments) ]
StrategyTalk - Moderated forum devoted to the intelligent and thoughtful discussion of all aspects of international affairs.
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The Cheese Board - A chat room for political and current events.
Meta Description: [ A political message board created at the fall of the MSNBC message boards. ]
The E-opinion Political Weekly - We are a news site devoted to giving you the news like it is and then giving you opinions to form around. After you decide where you stand on an issue, we supply you with chat rooms and forums for you to voice your new opinions.
Meta Description: [ The e-Opinion is a site dedicsted to giving you the news like it is, and then branching out and not forming your opinion, but giving you opinions to form around. ]
The Politics Forum - International and domestic politics, news and current affairs discussion forum.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the Politics Forum (PoliticsForum.org). The political discussion forum for people who love to talk (argue) politics. ]
The-Hegemony.com - Articles on and discussion of world issues and geopolitical events.
WeBaddiesForum - A forum for discussing the proposition that the developed Western world are the 'bad guys' of the world today.
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Whistle Stopper Political Forums - A discussion forum focusing on world politics and current affairs.
Meta Description: [ This is a political discussion forum for the civil discussion of U.S. and International news and politics. Current hot topics include President George Bush, John Kerry, Dick Cheney, Iraq, etc. ]
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