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Can someone tell me what the difference between Chat and forum is the chat a livestream of something or no

are you asking like what a forum is or like what is it used for?

the forum is a message board where people can post topics of discussion or questions, like this one. back in the early days of the internet everything was on forums, every niche hobby and interest had one, but they kinda died out when bigger apps and sites went live like facebook and other social media.

basically reddit but on a bunch of different websites

Chat is like ... talking to people in q group chat or being in a Discord server.

Forums are like making a social media post and people responding.

Chat is basically real time conversation where the forums someone can add their comment about a subject at anytime (from immediately to 3 days or more later)

Oh okay I see thank you

I thought it was a stream which is why I was confused but it's cool there's sub categories

Another key difference:

Chat is largely expected to be real time where replies are short and might occur in a few minutes. The text content is ephemeral, which means it doesn't endure.

On message boards, or forums, the replies are generally longer, but so are response times, which can take hours or sometimes days. Also, most message boards are publicly viewable by anyone, even anonymous users who aren't logged in (so keep this is mind before sharing any personal information). However, the text is expected to endure for an indefinite period of time. It could be months or even years.

Oh that is a lot 😅 but I kind of get it, im sure with time I'll get used to it thank you ^