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            <h1><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">&nbsp;A Forum quorum:&nbsp;</span></h1>
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                <li><span style="background-color: #ffffff; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #444444;">A forum is an online discussion site where users share ideas, thoughts, or help by posting text messages. </span>
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                    <li><span style="background-color: #ffffff; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #444444;">In other words, it’s an area where people can hold conversations via posted messages.</span></li>
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                <li>Forums <em>are not the same</em> as chat rooms since posting message does not happen in real-time, and users can read these messages at any time.<br />
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                <li>Moreover, unlike in chat rooms, messages are often longer, and they are temporarily archived.<br />
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                <li>Sometimes, a moderator of the forum reviews and approves users’ messages before posting them.</li>
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                <li>This depends on the set-up of the forum and the access level of the user.</li>
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                <li>Furthermore, users may have to register in the forum and log in to post messages. Some forums may allow posting without registration.
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                    <li>Generally, users do not have to log in to read messages.</li>
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