Getting the web to work harder...

Bulletin Boards have always been synonymous with online games user groups and specialist computer forums but can this medium be used in business? The simple answer is yes and to great effect. Discussion forums have a unique advantage over say email.

 

When a discussion evolves in email then the users must be tracked so that all people get the information. The emails themselves get overloaded with information which has been included due to its normal functionality and creates unnecessary work for the reader to filter out what they have already read. Threads can be broken by one user not using the correct title or category for the email.

 

Discussion forums overcome this. Once a topic has been set then the software will track chronologically all threads to the topic producing a rich source of information gathered from various users, specialists and knowledgeable personnel.