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This is about online forums in general -- places and means on the Internet by which people can discuss things and exchange ideas.

Since many people disagree on a lot of things, there is bound to be a lot of disagreement expressed on discussion forums. So some of the challenges of moderators/hosts of forums and the developers of forum software is how to allow and encourage people to share their ideas and opinions in a safe place without being attacked or without it turning into a hostile debate/argument. Which is not to say that debate, argument, disagreement, ... are bad in themselves...

[edit] Specific instances

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reddit

digg

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slashdot

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[edit] Religion

http://www.fundamentalforums.com/

http://www.talkjesus.com/

[edit] This article

[edit] The name

The word "forums" brings to mind (my mind anyway) bad connotations: namely, clunky, PHP-based discussion forums like phpBB. Most "discussion forums" that I frequent and consider high-quality are actually mailing lists, not (primarily) web-based forums.

However, I suppose there is no better name to call this topic.

"Forums" might be too ambiguous?

Aliases: Forums, Discussion boards