Forum terms?

[Ringr]

Hey Guys,

Well this kind of goes under "website concepts". Anyways, I was just wondering what the different terms for a "forum" might be.

So far the ones I can think of are:

• Forum
• Forums
• Board
• Boards
• Talk
• Discussion

Are there any other commonly used words that generally mean the same as "forum"? I tried the thesaurus, but since it is non-human it didn't give me the best answers, at least not the ones I was looking for.

Thanks in advance,
Andy M.

 

[Brian]

somtimes might see them referred to as - bb

 

[Ferman]

not exact thing you are looking for but these words are also used by forums/communities

community
pros
chat
point
site

 

[StudioWorks]

community site
online community

 

[weblaunch]

a couple of others:

bulletin board
message board

I wouldn't use these myself. "Forum" is short and simple. "Community" probably carries the most positive connotation.

 

[Coastalguy]

"speak"
"gossip"
"yak"

ST

 

[Ringr]

Thanks guys, you've all really helped me a lot!