Generally speaking, a forum thread represents a conversation. The thread starter indicates the beginning of the conversation, and the replies are responses to the thread starter.
In Telligent Community, however, a forum thread:
- Provides increased the sense of community
- specialized types of threads discussion question
- metrics likes; this also helped me & and I also have this question, suggested answer & verified answer
Feeling of community
A forum thread is based on the community archetype. In Q&A, members pose a question to other group members, and then work together through the format of community to answer the question. In discussion, one member poses a statement, and other members respond to it. Participants can indicate the relevance of the question to them by clicking "I have this question too."
Different types of threads
Metrics
I have this question too, This helped me .
There are higher ranking participants based on their responses
A discussion forum allows votes up/take away vote
suggested answer/verified answer for Q&A