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Internet forum

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion platform where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporarily archived.

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Internet forum

Nodes139
Edges138
Triples46
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014388
Components1

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Internet forum

Top relations

related to Registration or anonymity · 10
Internet forum → American, CAPTCHA, COPPA, Inactive, Many Internet, Registered, Subsequently, The, Until, While
related to Other features · 8
Internet forum → Almost, An, Each, In, Internet, Many, Some, The
related to Double posting · 7
Internet forum → An, Internet, Multiple, One, The, Usenet, Users
related to history · 6
Internet forum → BBS, Early Internet, From, Later, The, Usenet
related to External links · 5
Internet forum → Archived, Delphi Forums, Forum Software Reviews, Internet, Why
related to Common features · 3
Internet forum → By, Internet, Typically
see also · 2
Internet forum → Bulletin, Internet

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Important terminology

forum forums posts post user may discussion also thread message moderators users usually threads members messages system one software often

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Tianya Club.Some of the first forum systems were the Planet-Forum systeminstance ofChina also has millions of posts on forums0.80text
developed at the beginning of the 1970sinstance ofChina also has millions of posts on forums0.80text
Japaninstance ofto those who help the community grow.In areas0.80text
registration is frequently optionalinstance ofto those who help the community grow.In areas0.80text
anonymity is sometimes even encouragedinstance ofto those who help the community grow.In areas0.80text
Internet forumrelated to Common featuresBy0.60section
Internet forumrelated to Common featuresInternet0.60section
Internet forumrelated to Common featuresTypically0.60section
Internet forumrelated to Double postingOne0.60section
Internet forumrelated to Double postingInternet0.60section
Internet forumrelated to Double postingUsers0.60section
Internet forumrelated to Double postingMultiple0.60section

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