[Matthew]

Blog: A website where one person stands on a soapbox and gives his two-cents' worth on a variety of topics. Some blog "followers" might comment, and those comments are usually heavily moderated (usually pre-approved before they appear on the site). In summary: the blog owner is front-and-center on his blog.

Forum:
Message Board:
A website where hundreds of users post and discuss topics in a short of virtual coffee-shop. The owner(s) of the forum is "just another member" except he has more privileges than the other users. He probably will post a decent amount on his own forum, but his posts amount to less than 1% of the total forum content.
In summary: the forum owner just happens to own/run the forum. The forum is much more about the community that frequents it, rather than the owner himself.

[Lighthouse]

  'zactly!

[Sigismund]

Was there some doubt about this?

[Matthew]

Was there some doubt about this?

Unfortunately, yes.

I generally let septuagenarians and older off the hook -- but far too many people are confused and refer to a message board/forum as a "blog".

Really, the two are QUITE different. About the only similarity is that they both exist on the Internet.

[Diego]

 'zactly!

Isn't the correct spelling 'zackly ?

 

[Sigismund]

Was there some doubt about this?

Unfortunately, yes.

I generally let septuagenarians and older off the hook -- but far too many people are confused and refer to a message board/forum as a "blog".

Really, the two are QUITE different. About the only similarity is that they both exist on the Internet.

Interesting.  I am an internet idiot and even I know this.  Hmmm... Maybe I am not a the bottom of the gene pool when it comes to the internet after all.   :wink: