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An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.{{cite web|title=vBulletin Community Forum - FAQ: What is a bulletin board?|url=http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/faq.php?faq=vb3_board_usage#faq_vb3_forums_threads_posts|publisher=vBulletin.com|quote=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. |access-date = 2008-09-01}} They 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.{{cite journal|author1=Aichner, T. |author2=Jacob, F. |title=Measuring the Degree of Corporate Social Media Use|journal=International Journal of Market Research|date=March 2015|volume=57|issue=2|pages=257–275|doi=10.2501/IJMR-2015-018|s2cid=166531788|quote=Social media are therefore not limited to social networks like Facebook but include blogs, business networks, collaborative projects, enterprise social networks, forums, microblogs, photo sharing, product/services reviews, social bookmarking, social gaming, video sharing and virtual worlds.|quote-page=258}}

Forums act as centralized locations for topical discussion. The Forum format is derived from BBS and Usenet.{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Joel|title=How We Talk Online: A History of Online Forums|url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-we-talk-online-a-history-of-online-forums-from-cavemen-days-to-the-present/|publisher=MakeUseuOf.com|access-date=October 23, 2012}} This is a list of the most notable and significant Internet forums communities that have converged around topics ranging from medicine to technology, and vocations and hobbies.

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  • 2channel (2ちゃんねる){{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2007/04/2channel|title=2-Channel Gives Japan's Famously Quiet People a Mighty Voice|last=Katayama|first=Lisa|date=19 April 2007| access-date=29 November 2010|magazine=Wired|quote = This single site has more influence on Japanese popular opinion than the prime minister, the emperor and the traditional media combined. On one level, it serves as a fun, informative place for people to read product reviews, download software and compare everything from the size of their poop to quiz show answers. But conversations hosted here have also influenced stock prices, rallied support for philanthropic causes, organized massive synchronized dance routines, prevented terrorism and driven people to their deathbeds.}}
  • 4chan
  • 420chan {{small|(defunct)}}
  • 6park
  • 8chan (Infinite Chan)

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  • Airliners.net
  • AR15.com
  • Ars Technica* Condé Nast. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150811024443/https://www.condenast.com/brands/ars-technica "Ars Technica | Condé Nast"]. Archived from the [http://www.condenast.com/brands/ars-technica original]. Condé Nast. Retrieved on 17 August 2015.
  • [http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/06/13/edward_snowden_ars_technica_nsa_leaker_s_internet_commenting_past_uncovered.html "Edward Snowden-Ars Technica: NSA leaker's Internet commenting past uncovered."]. Slate Magazine. Retrieved on 17 August 2015.
  • [https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/06/nsa-leaker-ed-snowdens-life-on-ars-technica/ "NSA leaker Ed Snowden’s life on Ars Technica"]. Ars Technica. Retrieved on 17 August 2015.
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/us/for-snowden-a-life-of-ambition-despite-the-drifting.html|title=For Snowden, a Life of Ambition, Despite the Drifting|date=16 June 2013|work=The New York Times}}
  • {{cite book|last=Holohan|first=A.P. Anna|author-link=|date=6 December 2013|title=Community, Competition and Citizen Science: Voluntary Distributed Computing in a Globalized World|publisher= Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|pages=56, 63–64, 80–83|isbn=9781409452980|series=Global Connections|publication-place=Dorset Press; Dorchester, UK}}
  • AtariAge
  • ATRL
  • AutoAdmit
  • Avsim.com
  • MyAnimeList

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References

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{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Z3UF4hTyhEC&pg=PA235|page=235|title=Data Mining: Foundations and Intelligent Paradigms: Volume 3: Medical, Health, Social, Biological and other Applications|first1=Dawn E. |last1=Holmes |first2=Lakhmi C |last2=Jain|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|year=2012|isbn=978-3642231513}}

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Further reading

  • {{cite book|last1=Mark|first1=Richard Scott|title=Internet BBSs: a guided tour|date=1996|isbn=1-884777-30-9|url=https://archive.org/details/internetbbss00rich}}

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