Discussions
Based on the concepts of both physical and electronic pre-Internet bulletin boards, discussion forums allow employees to initiate discussions for others to review and contribute to. These discussions might consist of questions, opinions, or responses to an event e.g. the last staff meeting. Responses are generally posted one after another in a linear or threaded fashion with all responses and the original topic collectively known as a thread. Internal discussion forums are familiar to most organizations as their first foray into the world of collaboration software.
