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Online discussion is a relatively new form of Communication , facilitated usually by Computer Network s. The first such communications were on Bulletin Board System s or "BBS's" in the mid to late 1980s . As networks became more sophisticated, and access to said networks became easier (such as through universities and " Dial-up " access), networks like USENET hosted an immense range of discussions. In the early 1990s , Internet Relay Chat became (and remains) popular. With the advent of the World Wide Web (WWW), myriad Web Forum s have become new forums for discussion. Online discussion groups tend to have a social element to them similar to a Clique . There are generally established leaders (perhaps the owner of the medium the communication travels across), as well as more and less frequent communicators (or "posters"). Additionally, a discussion of the social properties of online discussion would not be complete without mention of the Internet Troll . These social networks can be very dynamic, can contain many thousands of members, and can even originate Swarm s such as the 1999 Seattle Protests . REFERENCES SEE ALSO |
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