| 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. You can see a
great example of a
forum by visiting the Computer
Hope forum. Forum etiquette
Below is a short list of forum
etiquette that should be followed
when communicating with other forum members.
- 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 remember no one is perfect.
- 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.
- 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, Bulletin
Board, Bump, Chat definitions,
Internet, Lock,
Moderator, Newsgroup,
Post, Profile,
Signature,
Social network,
Sticky,
Thread, Unlock
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