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Forum
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A Forum is a place on the Internets where people like you argue about important stuff.
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[edit] History
Back when the old media still reigned and the Internets were owned by AOL, basement-dwellers would hang out on a version of the web known as BBS. BBS was quick to evolve into newsgroups, which begat forums, which begat chans, which now herald the end of humanity as we know it.
[edit] Having a Forum Instead of Real Content
Some web sites exist exclusively as forums. Chans, for instance, are forums where the only thing one can do is upload pictures of loli, shota, or THE PIC. Other places, like Something Awful or Fark, have no redeeming value other than their forums. In all cases, forums are where lulz are harvested for the good of the many in the form of trolls and internet tough guys. IMDB and its forums are notable in that the former does have valuable content, but the latter counters that content with its ability to actually force you to put a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger.
[edit] Full of Win
Occasionally forums are taken too seriously, which often results in epic threads. When this occurs mods often baleet the thread and pretend the epicness never happened, therefore you should always archive potential epic threads for great justice and copypasta to ED.
[edit] V& > B&
Forums do not meet their true potential until someone ends up banned or vanned. In these special cases, it is the duty of the Archiver of Lulz to duplicate and post everything that led to the smiting.
[edit] See Also
[edit] List of Forums
- Chans
- Complaints Forum
- Something Awful
- Enturbulation
- EQ2Flames
- Otaku Studios
- Banned all stars
- Citadel
- Ed's Room
- Free Republic
- Gametalk
- Musicals.net
- Mygnrforum
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Oinklol v& - Television Without Pity
- Enturbulation
- Thunderdome
- Semiotic
- Totse
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