 Not to be confused with a form, a forum is an area where users share thoughts, ideas, and/or help by posting text messages. Different from chat because it is almost never live and can be read at anytime. to the right is a picture 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. You can help with your spelling by using a browser spell check tool, additional information about these found on document CH000853.
- 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.
- Abide by the rules created by those running the forum.
- Additional help with the Computer Hope forum can be found on document CH000636.
- Additional information about creating your own web site forums can be found on document CH000747.
- See document CH000898 for additional information about increasing your web sites forum popularity.
Also see: Administrator, BBC, Bulletin Board, Bump, Chat definitions, First, Internet, Lock, Moderator, Newsgroup, Post, Profile, Signature, Social network, Sticky, Thread, TLDR, Unlock | |
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