Forums Glossary
Browse 6 forums terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
6 Forums Terms
- Community Forum
- An online discussion space where a product's users, contributors, or interested public ask questions, share knowledge, and help one another. In tech culture...
- DenverCoder9
- The protagonist of xkcd #979, who finds a forum post from 2003 describing his exact problem, followed only by 'nvm, fixed it' with no solution. A universal...
- Developer Forum
- A forum where developers ask questions, share solutions, discuss tools, and help each other troubleshoot. In product culture, a good developer forum often...
- Discussion Thread
- A connected sequence of messages, replies, or comments centered on one topic. In modern work culture discussion threads are where context either gets preserved...
- Lurker
- A person who reads community discussions, mailing lists, forums, or chats regularly without posting much or at all. In tech communities lurkers are often...
- shitposting
- The deliberate posting of low-quality, provocative, or absurdist content with the intent to derail discussions, provoke reactions, or simply entertain. Unlike...
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