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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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BBC's Casualty - Yahoo club, including a message board, chat and photo albums.
Meta Description: [ bbcscasualty: BBC's Casualty - The Place to talk all things CASUALTY!!!!!!! ]
Casualty Men - Yahoo group dedicated to the men of Casualty. Includes messages, chat and pictures.
Meta Description: [ casualtymen: casualty men - For fans of all those hunks on Casualty ]
Jonathon Kerrigan - Yahoo fan group dedicated to Sam Colloby. Includes a messageboard, pictures, and chat.
Meta Description: [ jonathonkerrigan2: jonathonkerrigan - Dedicated to ex-casualty star Jonathan Kerrigan ]
Pal Aron - Yahoo fan group dedicated to Adam Osman. Includes a messageboard, pictures, and chat.
Meta Description: [ palaron: Pal Aron - The sexiest actor ever to walk this earth! ]
Robert Gwilym - Yahoo fan group dedicated to Max Gallagher. Includes a messageboard, pictures, and chat.
Meta Description: [ robertgwilym2: Robert Gwilym - Casualty's HOT consultant!!! ]
Sandra Huggett - Yahoo fan group dedicated to Holly Miles. Includes a messageboard, pictures, and chat.
Meta Description: [ sandrahuggett: Sandra Huggett - Club for Casualty's Holly Miles ]
The Jan Anderson Group - Yahoo fan group dedicated to Chloe Hill. Includes a messageboard, pictures, and chat.
Meta Description: [ thejanandersonclub: The Jan Anderson Club - Home to Casualty's Chloe Hill ]
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