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A successor to UsefulNotes/{{Usenet}}, a message board is a kind of web browser-based [[{{Fora}} forum]] designed to facilitate ongoing conversations. Typically, there will be a list of "threads" of conversation, each of which can have multiple posts. Threads are usually sorted by the date-time stamp of the last post so that the threads with the most recent activity will be at the top, though any "sticky" threads will be listed above any non-sticky threads.

Message Boards that existed before the Web (you had to dial a different number for each server) are known as Bulletin Board Systems or BBS. Those that still exist use e-mail or telnet protocols. The terms Bulletin Board and Message Board are basically interchangeable now, however.

A successor to Website/{{Usenet}}, a message board is a kind of web browser-based [[{{Fora}} forum]] designed to facilitate ongoing conversations. Typically, there will be a list of "threads" of conversation, each of which can have multiple posts. Threads are usually sorted by the date-time stamp of the last post so that the threads with the most recent activity will be at the top, though any "sticky" threads will be listed above any non-sticky threads.

A ShoutBox is essentially a small, single-thread Message Board that is embedded in another webpage. An ImageBoard is a Message Board that focuses on people posting images.

A successor to {{Usenet}}, a message board is a kind of web browser-based [[{{Fora}} forum]] designed to facilitate ongoing conversations. Typically, there will be a list of "threads" of conversation, each of which can have multiple posts. Threads are usually sorted by the date-time stamp of the last post so that the threads with the most recent activity will be at the top, though any "sticky" threads will be listed above any non-sticky threads.

A ShoutBox is essentially a small, single-thread Message Board that is embedded in another webpage. An Website/ImageBoard is a Message Board that focuses on people posting images.

A ShoutBox is essentially a small, single-thread Message Board that is embedded in another webpage. An ImageBoard is a Message Board that focuses on people posting images.

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* Rich Burlew's [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/ Giant in the Playground forums,]] associated with his ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' {{webcomic}} and now also Balder & Noguchi's ''{{Erfworld}}'', is an example of extensive rules and strict moderation. It also contains a high concentration of tropers.

A MessageBoard can be very easy and inexpensive (even free) to set up, and can have an elaborate structure of sub-boards, so most any communal interest can have its own place (or more likely places) for discussions. They can be set up to be very open or very exclusive: either open to unregistered posters, closed to unregistered posters but with fully automated registration, or even requiring administrator approval of registration. They can also have as many different styles of moderation as there are personalities.

A ShoutBox is essentially a small, single-thread MessageBoard that is embedded in another webpage. An ImageBoard is a MessageBoard that focuses on people posting images.

Examples: