Forum
Not to be confused with a form, a forum is an area where users share thoughts, ideas, or help by posting text messages. Different from chat because it is almost never live and can be read at anytime.
In the picture to the right, is an example of what a forum may look like and an example of the Computer Hope help forum.
Forum etiquette
Below is a short list of forum etiquette that should be followed when communicating with other forum members to help make yourself more welcome.
- Behave the same way you would when talking to people in real-life.
- Avoid chat slang.
- When creating a new post create a short descriptive subject of what it's about.
- Try your best to spell all words correctly and use proper punctuation. But also remember no one is perfect. Improve your spelling by using a browser spell check tools.
- Give your post some time to get responses or answers to question. Continuously bumping a message or nagging other members to respond doesn't help.
- Do not WRITE IN ALL CAPS as it makes you appear as you're yelling.
- Read the "Readme first" posts or other sticky posts before creating a new post.
- Respect all other members on the forum.
- Try not going into too great of detail or making a post more than three paragraphs long. Long posts may get a TLDR reply.
- Don't reply to old threads or necropost.
- Abide by the rules created by those running the forum.
- How to use the Computer Hope forums.
- How do I create forums for my webpage?
- How can I get more visitors on my forum?
Also see: Administrator, BBC, Bulletin Board, Bump, Chat definitions, First, Internet, Internet definitions, Lock, Moderator, Newsgroup, Post, Profile, Signature, Social network, Sticky, Thread, TLDR, Unlock