Internet forum
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An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site.
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Forum structure
Posters
The posters to the forum are considered the driving force behind the community. On some forums, a poster may edit or delete his or her own posts, although sometimes these rights are reserved.
Western-style forums often allow an avatar and signature. The avatar is generally a small image displayed below a user's username. The forum signature (or sig) consists of text and/or images defined by the user and put at the end of each of his posts. Both fundamentally are just expressions of the user's creativity, although many forums extend their rules to signatures.
Moderator
The moderators (short form: "mods") are users (or employees) of the forum which are granted access to the posts and threads of all members for the purpose of moderating discussion and also keeping the forum clean (neutralising spam and spambots etc).
Administrator
The administrators (short form: "admin") manage the technical details required for running the site. As such, they may promote (and demote) members to moderators, manage the rules, create sections and sub-sections, as well as perform any database operations (database backup etc). Administrators often also act as moderators. Administrators may also make forum-wide announcements, or change the appearance (known as the skin) of a forum
