Talk:Internet forum

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Largest forum ever?

what is the largest forum in the world? --Coheed56 (talk) 12:39, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Not sure there is one since they are always changing. Stealth (talk) 13:42, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

This is not true, there is a largest forum in the world.

The largest forum(s) in the world is/are easily viewable at http://www.big-boards.com. Presently Gaia Online is the largest with a total of 1,344,909,013 posts and 12,589,038 members.

i think there is this forum on [debts] and this is pretty big with more than 111111 members. 121.247.129.72 (talk) 13:03, 28 April 2008 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.247.129.72 (talk) 13:01, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow, that's a lot of posts on what is described as "an anime role-playing forum" (Gaia). AL (talk) 15:48, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

A lot of it could be described as spam, as players earn gold from posting and there a websites and programs that automatically create accounts and post - and companies that sell "Gaia gold" in exchange for real life money. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.166.143.19 (talk) 18:20, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Administrator Abuse

The page lacks a section on abuse of power by moderators. Where an admin ban a user for disagreeing with them, disagreeing with another admin, disagreeing with an admin's friend, breaking a nonexistant rule, asking why the admin only enforces rules when they feel like it... This kind of thing is hardly uncommon. Anyone else think it deserves a mention? Or a redirect to where it's already discussed?ANTIcarrot (talk) 13:20, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

You have a good point however this is untrue. On some (maybe even many) forums it is true, buit on more community like forums it is untrue. It is worth a mention however there needs to be a note that this is only true on 'some' forums. Stealth (talk) 13:29, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Why on earth would it require a full section? Regardless, feel free to add anything you can source that strengthens the article. The current format is much more definition-focused than it ought to be. 04:17, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Posts instantly seen

The last sentence in Internet_forum#Comparison_with_other_web_applications says:

Another difference is that you do not instantly see posts on forums, while in chat rooms or instant messaging, the posts made are instantly seen.

Huh? Either this is poorly worded or it's wrong. Any forum I've ever participated in shows posts instantly. Am I missing something? Since it's unreferenced I'm removing this sentence, but add it back in if I'm wrong, or it's just misworded. --jjron (talk) 08:55, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I think they mean that you have to refresh the page if AJAX is not used. ff 12:53, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/button_nowiki.png

Bold text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.164.88.31 (talk) 07:11, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Should there be a section in which it talks about wikipedia?

I think so, because wikipedia is like a huge talking place. Although its purpose is to build an encyclopedia, there are some communication on talk pages, user pages, e-mail, and the reference desk. Yes, wikipedia is also a forum. Before wikipedia, I never chatted online. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.60.225.102 (talk) 16:18, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't see the need. Besides there's enough information on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.166.143.19 (talk) 11:21, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

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