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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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#Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
forexgo (Karl-Heinz Landwehr) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:57:55 -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, 06 Nov 2009 11:23:48 -0000
Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
@tantanoo Haha! Happens! And in the spirit of the game the klues are not to be discussed anywhere other than forums or chats. Checked blog?
thesaurabh (Saurabh Shrivastava) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:44:02 -0000
@tantanoo Haha! Happens! And in the spirit of the game the klues are not to be discussed anywhere other than forums or chats. Checked blog?
Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
forexgo (Karl-Heinz Landwehr) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:39:54 -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) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:22:13 -0000
Trading community through forums and live chats http://bit.ly/d8MBA
Talking about all things edu-ma-cation on the RO forums right this very minuto. Come and have chats here: http://tinyurl.com/yknydj7
JoDegney (Jo Degney) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:04:01 -0000
Talking about all things edu-ma-cation on the RO forums right this very minuto. Come and have chats here: http://tinyurl.com/yknydj7
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Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Consultation Liaison Nurse Network - Links peers for an exchange of information and ideas, with a view to improving communication and support. Email group aimed at independent practitioners.
Meta Description: [ AandNZConsultationLiaisonNurses: A and NZ Consultation Liaison Nurses ]
BASC Forum - Discussion center is an open forum where professionals can interact. Post questions (to forum members in general or to the BASC authors), contribute your opinions, or simply see what other psychologists are talking about.
Meta Description: [ Pearson Assessments, Pearson NCS, and the AGS Publishing assessment division deliver psychological assessments, special education assessments, and data management technology and services to help you collect, manage, analyze, and report data. ]
Behavior OnLine - The gathering place for mental health professionals. Forums and Chat Events on a wide range of topics, chaired by leading contributors to the field.
Behavior OnLine Chat Events - Topics of interest to mental health professionals. In each chat, editor John Suler leads a discussion of invited panelists followed by open discussion.
Postmodern Therapies (PMTH) - PMTH stands for Postmodern Therapies. It is a list intended primarily for therapists, graduate students, and scholars with a special interest in psychotherapy.
Meta Description: [ The Newsletter for a listserv for postmodern therapists. It contains articles on major postmodern thinkers and relates them to the issues of psychotherapy. ]
Roadmind - Features a forum for international discussion of mental health.
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Suicidology E-Group - A moderated research information network that facilitates the rapid dissemination of research information and news relevant to the study of the suicidal phenomena. It is specially dedicated to mental health professionals, but also to all the medical community and other people interested in suicide research and prevention.
Meta Description: [ Suicidology: Suicide and Parasuicide Research ]
The Therapeutic Milieu - Online community for mental health professionals working with at-risk youth and emotionally disturbed children in residential treatment.
Meta Description: [ Residential treatment support materials for professionals working with children, adolescents, and families experiencing crisis. ]
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