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|[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] products
|[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] products
|2000
|2000
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[RedFlagDeals]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[RedFlagDeals]]
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|Bargain, Couponing
|Bargain, Couponing
|2000
|2000
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|-
|style='text-align: left;'|[[College Confidential (company)|College Confidential]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[College Confidential (company)|College Confidential]]
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|Higher education
|Higher education
|2001
|2001
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;' |[[urban75]]
|style='text-align: left;' |[[urban75]]
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|Politics, General
|Politics, General
|1996
|1996
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;' |[[Ubuntu Forums]]
|style='text-align: left;' |[[Ubuntu Forums]]
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|[[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
|[[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
|2004
|2004
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[Stormfront (website)|Stormfront]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[Stormfront (website)|Stormfront]]
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|[[White nationalism]]
|[[White nationalism]]
|1995
|1995
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[GTPlanet]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[GTPlanet]]
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|Video games, Automobiles
|Video games, Automobiles
|2001
|2001
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|-
|style='text-align: left;'|[[Clutchfans]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[Clutchfans]]
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|[[Houston Rockets]]
|[[Houston Rockets]]
|1996
|1996
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;' |[[TOTSE]]
|style='text-align: left;' |[[TOTSE]]
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|Aviation
|Aviation
|1998
|1998
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|-
|style='text-align: left;'|[[Professional Pilots Rumour Network|Prof. Pilots Rumour Network]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[Professional Pilots Rumour Network|Prof. Pilots Rumour Network]]
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|Aviation
|Aviation
|1996
|1996
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[Veggieboards]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[Veggieboards]]
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|Vegetarianism
|Vegetarianism
|2000
|2000
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|-
<!-- JS count code (run on forum home page): var temp_arr = String(document.body.innerHTML).match(/[0-9,]* posts/g); for (var i=temp_arr.length; i--;) temp_arr[i] = temp_arr[i].replace(" posts", "").replace(/,/g, ""); console.log(temp_arr); var correct_num = 29; console.log("There are supposed to be "+correct_num+" sub-forums, and there are "+temp_arr.length+" reply counts [okay: "+Boolean(correct_num == temp_arr.length)+"]"); var count = 0; for (var i=temp_arr.length; i--;) count += parseInt(temp_arr[i], 10); console.log("Total number of replies: "+count+" (formatted: "+count.toLocaleString()+")"); -->
<!-- JS count code (run on forum home page): var temp_arr = String(document.body.innerHTML).match(/[0-9,]* posts/g); for (var i=temp_arr.length; i--;) temp_arr[i] = temp_arr[i].replace(" posts", "").replace(/,/g, ""); console.log(temp_arr); var correct_num = 29; console.log("There are supposed to be "+correct_num+" sub-forums, and there are "+temp_arr.length+" reply counts [okay: "+Boolean(correct_num == temp_arr.length)+"]"); var count = 0; for (var i=temp_arr.length; i--;) count += parseInt(temp_arr[i], 10); console.log("Total number of replies: "+count+" (formatted: "+count.toLocaleString()+")"); -->
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|[[Autism]], [[Asperger syndrome]]
|[[Autism]], [[Asperger syndrome]]
|2004
|2004
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|-
|style='text-align: left;'|[[LinuxQuestions.org]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[LinuxQuestions.org]]
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|[[Linux]]
|[[Linux]]
|2000
|2000
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[HealthBoards]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[HealthBoards]]
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|Health
|Health
|1998
|1998
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|-
|style='text-align: left;'|[[NamePros]]<ref name="namepros-forum-stats">{{cite web|url=https://www.namepros.com/#widget-4|title=Forum Statistics|website=NamePros|accessdate=2014-08-30}}</ref><ref name="namepros-dnforum-update">{{cite web|url=http://domainingtips.com/do-you-like-the-new-namepros-and-dnforum.html|website=Domaining Tips|date=2014-05-14|accessdate=2014-08-29|title=Do You Like the New NamePros and DNForum?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domainerincome.com/news/exclusive-interview-with-ron-james-from-namepros/|title=Exclusive interview with Ron James from NamePros|date=2008-07-01|author=Simon|accessdate=2014-08-28|website=Domainer Income}}</ref>
|style='text-align: left;'|[[NamePros]]<ref name="namepros-forum-stats">{{cite web|url=https://www.namepros.com/#widget-4|title=Forum Statistics|website=NamePros|accessdate=2014-08-30}}</ref><ref name="namepros-dnforum-update">{{cite web|url=http://domainingtips.com/do-you-like-the-new-namepros-and-dnforum.html|website=Domaining Tips|date=2014-05-14|accessdate=2014-08-29|title=Do You Like the New NamePros and DNForum?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domainerincome.com/news/exclusive-interview-with-ron-james-from-namepros/|title=Exclusive interview with Ron James from NamePros|date=2008-07-01|author=Simon|accessdate=2014-08-28|website=Domainer Income}}</ref>
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|[[Domaining]]
|[[Domaining]]
|2003
|2003
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[mozillaZine]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[mozillaZine]]
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|[[Mozilla Foundation]] programs
|[[Mozilla Foundation]] programs
|1998
|1998
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[SkyscraperPage.com]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[SkyscraperPage.com]]
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|Architecture, Photography
|Architecture, Photography
|2002
|2002
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[GameDev.net]]{{Citation needed|reason=There are no third party references establishing notability in the article for this website.|date=January 2015}}
|style='text-align: left;'|[[GameDev.net]]{{Citation needed|reason=There are no third party references establishing notability in the article for this website.|date=January 2015}}
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|Game development
|Game development
|1999
|1999
|05-28-15
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[Democratic Underground]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[Democratic Underground]]
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|US democratic party
|US democratic party
|2001
|2001
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[BPDFamily.com]]<ref name=bpdfamily>{{cite web|title=Mission, Members|url=http://bpdfamily.com/about|publisher=BPDfamily|accessdate=July 7, 2014}}</ref>
|style='text-align: left;'|[[BPDFamily.com]]<ref name=bpdfamily>{{cite web|title=Mission, Members|url=http://bpdfamily.com/about|publisher=BPDfamily|accessdate=July 7, 2014}}</ref>
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|[[Borderline personality disorder]]
|[[Borderline personality disorder]]
|1998
|1998
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[RxPG]]{{Citation needed|reason=There are no third party references establishing notability in the article for this website.|date=January 2015}}
|style='text-align: left;'|[[RxPG]]{{Citation needed|reason=There are no third party references establishing notability in the article for this website.|date=January 2015}}
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|Higher education
|Higher education
|2003
|2003
|05-28-15
|2015-05-28
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|style='text-align: left;'|[[DoItYourself.com]]
|style='text-align: left;'|[[DoItYourself.com]]
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|[[Do it yourself]]
|[[Do it yourself]]
|1995
|1995
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Revision as of 13:46, 8 July 2015

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.[1]

General

Forums are one of the reasons why the Internet is so large. Forums act as centralized locations for topical discussion. The Forum format is derived from BBS and Usenet but on a much larger scale and in more specialized ways.[2] The most notable and significant Internet forums communities have converged around topics ranging from medicine to technology, and vocations and hobbies.

Forums are an element of social media technologies which take on many different forms including blogs, business networks, enterprise social networks, forums, microblogs, photo sharing, products/services review, social bookmarking, social gaming, social networks, video sharing and virtual worlds.[3]

  1. Internet forums differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporarily archived.
  2. Internet forums differ from question and answer boards which rank answers to questions.
  3. Internet forums differ from social networking services which are based on public profiles, a list of users with whom to share connections, and view and cross the connections within the system.

Notable Internet forums

Notable English language forums with over one million posts, listed in rank order.[a]

Name Posts Members Category Launch year STATS updated
Something Awful 172,609,585 192,357 Comedy, Satire 1999 06-28-15
BodyBuilding.com 123,238,858 10,742,701 BodyBuilding 1999 06-14-15
NeoGAF 85,256,765 155,107 Video games, General 1999 06-14-15
PbNation 77,762,401 687,558 Paintball 2001 06-14-15
Digital Spy 71,007,689 550,113 Media 1999 05-28-15
XDA-Developers 57,606,022 6,490,314 Mobile devices 2002 05-28-15
Sherdog 55,864,444 289,891 Mixed martial arts 1997 05-28-15
The Student Room 51,593,398 1,747,150 Education 1997 05-28-15
Literotica 49,694,545 1,733,465 Erotic literature 1998 05-28-15
Whirlpool.net.au 47,019,962 688,678 Technology 1998 05-28-15
Slickdeals 41,864,907 2,920,884 Consumer advice 1999 05-28-15
TexAgs 38,633,936 Texas A&M University 1998 05-28-15
MoneySavingExpert 38,439,886 1,423,648 Investment 2003 05-28-15
Facepunch 28,869,091 183,249 Video games, General 2004 05-29-15
Ultimate Guitar 26,386,910 9,298,617 Music 1999 05-28-15
Flyertalk 24,448,156 596,986 Travel 1998 05-28-15
NationStates 21,221,630 693,378 Play-by-post, General, Politics 2009[4] 07-04-15
MacRumors 20,556,533 963,873 Apple products 2000 2015-05-28
RedFlagDeals 19,214,399 730,046 Bargain, Couponing 2000 2015-05-28
College Confidential 17,761,526 Higher education 2001 2015-05-28
urban75 13,894,070 49,097 Politics, General 1996 2015-05-28
Ubuntu Forums 12,655,010 1,975,488 Ubuntu 2004 2015-05-28
Stormfront 11,271,444 300,129 White nationalism 1995 2015-05-28
GTPlanet 10,440,499 250,867 Video games, Automobiles 2001 2015-05-28
Clutchfans 9,771,273 51,657 Houston Rockets 1996 2015-05-28
TOTSE 9,666,399 95,036 Sub-culture, General 1989
Airliners.net[citation needed] 9,392,076 169,702 Aviation 1998 2015-05-28
Prof. Pilots Rumour Network 7,813,597 411,521 Aviation 1996 2015-05-28
Veggieboards 6,618,341 67,134 Vegetarianism 2000 2015-05-28
Wrong Planet 6,020,489 Autism, Asperger syndrome 2004 2015-05-28
LinuxQuestions.org 5,340,813 539,262 Linux 2000 2015-05-28
HealthBoards 4,894,945 1,095,036 Health 1998 2015-05-28
NamePros[5][6][7] 4,882,611 975,708 Domaining 2003 2015-05-28
mozillaZine 4,690,468 412,513 Mozilla Foundation programs 1998 2015-05-28
SkyscraperPage.com 4,672,337 49,782 Architecture, Photography 2002 2015-05-28
GameDev.net[citation needed] 4,626,424 221,489 Game development 1999 2015-05-28
Democratic Underground 4,522,689 152,183 US democratic party 2001 2015-05-28
BPDFamily.com[8] 2,946,601 71,990 Borderline personality disorder 1998 2015-05-28
RxPG[citation needed] 2,753,185 611,049 Higher education 2003 2015-05-28
DoItYourself.com 2,194,305 308,385 Do it yourself 1995 2015-05-28
  1. ^ Post counts are provided as a general reference only. Editors will update periodically.

See also

References

  1. ^ "vBulletin Community Forum - FAQ: What is a bulletin board?". vBulletin.com. Retrieved 2008-09-01. A bulletin board is an online discussion site. It is sometimes also called a 'board' or 'forum'. It may contain several categories, consisting of sub-forums, threads and individual posts.
  2. ^ Lee, Joel. "How We Talk Online: A History of Online Forums". MakeUseuOf.com. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  3. ^ "Measuring the Degree of Corporate Social Media Use". International Journal of Market Research. 57 (2): 257–275. March 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Barry, Max (29 April 2009). "Brave New Forum". NationStates. Max Barry. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Forum Statistics". NamePros. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  6. ^ "Do You Like the New NamePros and DNForum?". Domaining Tips. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  7. ^ Simon (2008-07-01). "Exclusive interview with Ron James from NamePros". Domainer Income. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
  8. ^ "Mission, Members". BPDfamily. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
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