A report on Internet forum

Usenet resembles a bulletin board system (BBS) in many respects and is the precursor to the Internet forums that have become widely used.

Posting is ephemeral, as threads receiving recent replies are "bumped" to the top of their respective board and old threads are deleted as new ones are created.

Once logged in, the user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging messages with other users through public message boards and sometimes via direct chatting.

However, blog owners or authors often moderate and filter online comments to remove hate speech or other offensive content.

In Internet slang, a troll is a person who posts inflammatory, insincere, digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.), a newsgroup, forum, chat room, online video game, or blog), with the intent of provoking readers into displaying emotional responses, or manipulating others' perception.

Newsgroups are technically distinct from, but functionally similar to, discussion forums on the World Wide Web.

The Internet has enabled and accelerated new forms of personal interactions through instant messaging, Internet forums, and social networking services.

Commonly, people communicate through social networking sites, chat rooms, forums, email lists, and discussion boards, and have advanced into daily social media platforms as well.

Discussion lists often require every message to be approved by a moderator before being sent to the rest of the subscribers (moderated lists), although higher-traffic lists typically only moderate messages from new subscribers.

Internet forums are a replacement for traditional bulletin boards.