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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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Woinse Directory - Greece Chats and Forums Dating: http://bit.ly/8Yw9Jz via @addthis
Top_10_ (Woinse Directory) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:55:34 -0000
Woinse Directory - Greece Chats and Forums Dating: http://bit.ly/8Yw9Jz via @addthis
Woinse Directory - United Kingdom Chats and Forums Dating: http://bit.ly/6CfFbF via @addthis
Top_10_ (Woinse Directory) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:10:17 -0000
Woinse Directory - United Kingdom Chats and Forums Dating: http://bit.ly/6CfFbF via @addthis
Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
forexgo (Karl-Heinz Landwehr) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:50:22 -0000
Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
#Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
forexgo (Karl-Heinz Landwehr) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:21:13 -0000
#Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
counselling services on break from 22nd December to 12th January .Forums and chats remain open with limited moderation
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counselling services on break from 22nd December to 12th January .Forums and chats remain open with limited moderation
Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
forexgo (Karl-Heinz Landwehr) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:09:07 -0000
Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
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All The World's A Stage (ATWAS) - Art related message board community featuring online galleries and exhibitions as well as discussions, contests, chat, homepage, links, and resources.
Art Network Board - Message board featuring artists, exhibitions, galleries, opinions and art forums.
Meta Description: [ Network featuring Exhibitions, Artworks, Artists, Channels & Resources ... ]
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Art Networking Board - Place where artisans and art lovers can critique posted artwork, place advertisements, and network.
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Excelsior News - A wide range of boards with the general topic film and television but includes some general arts discussion.
Impiffishint Artist Forums - Photography, film, graphic design and music discussions for artists.
JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet technology in contemporary art.
Meta Description: [ JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet technologies in Contemporary Art - directed by Agricola de Cologne ]
Loggia Forums - Forums dedicated to the topics of art history, architecture, design, as well as classical studies including mythology and literature.
Meta Description: [ Areas of study include art, art history, architecture and buildings, decorative arts, design, classical studies such as Greek and Roman myths, Celtic mythology, books on art, architecture, and design. ]
Magickal Kingdom - Centre For the Arts - Discussions within various arts such as poetry, writing, visual arts, music. Share work with other artists and receive constructive feedback.
Orpus - A discussion board for artists with various areas built around a central theme. Topics include anime, poetry, fine arts and music.
The MountainSplash Arts Community - Art, poetry and philosophy message boards. Outsider, raw and visionary artists encouraged.
Meta Description: [ Read share a variety of poetry styles, poem challenges, IBPC & NPAC competitions, cin(E)-poetry and workshops. Live poetry reads Poets Cafe via VP Chat. Your Family at Splash Poetry Broads! ]
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