What is ScubaBoard?
ScubaBoard is an Internet Website serving the international Scuba diving community. It operates on Bulletin Board software hosted on servers running in the cloud.
ScubaBoard is a community of scuba divers whose goal is to further the knowledge and enjoyment of scuba for all divers and those interested in diving with a fun and informative approach.
Divers Helping Divers
ScubaBoard's heart and soul has everything to do with divers helping divers. The cycle begins with discovering ScubaBoard, most often through Internet searches, because people are looking for information. In time, they become members so they can ask their own questions and share their experiences.
What are Forums, Threads, and Posts?
Forum categories contain forums, forums contain threads, and threads contain posts.
A thread is an online discussion that starts with the OP (Original Post or Post #1) and establishes the topic — to start with anyway. By default, replies are sorted by the time & date it was posted.
Every thread has a title that describes the content. That content can be a question or information the member wants to share.
ScubaBoard History
ScubaBoard.com went online in early 2000. The current owner, @The Chairman, became a member 879 the same year and was made a moderator less than a week later. He acquired ScubaBoard a few years later.
See: ScubaBoard's first thread?
scu·ba·board
/ˈsko͞obəbôrd/
noun
1. World's largest Internet community serving Scuba divers.
Etymology: Derived from Scuba diving and internet bulletin Board
ScubaBoard is an Internet Website serving the international Scuba diving community. It operates on Bulletin Board software hosted on servers running in the cloud.
- There are nearly 500 public forums
- We have over 240,000 registered members
- Who started over 600,000 Threads
- Containing over 9 million posts
- Typically has well over a hundred members and over a thousand guests online at any moment in time.
- Has operated for over 20 years, founded in the year 2000
ScubaBoard is a community of scuba divers whose goal is to further the knowledge and enjoyment of scuba for all divers and those interested in diving with a fun and informative approach.
Divers Helping Divers
ScubaBoard's heart and soul has everything to do with divers helping divers. The cycle begins with discovering ScubaBoard, most often through Internet searches, because people are looking for information. In time, they become members so they can ask their own questions and share their experiences.
What are Forums, Threads, and Posts?
Forum categories contain forums, forums contain threads, and threads contain posts.
A thread is an online discussion that starts with the OP (Original Post or Post #1) and establishes the topic — to start with anyway. By default, replies are sorted by the time & date it was posted.
Every thread has a title that describes the content. That content can be a question or information the member wants to share.
ScubaBoard History
ScubaBoard.com went online in early 2000. The current owner, @The Chairman, became a member 879 the same year and was made a moderator less than a week later. He acquired ScubaBoard a few years later.
See: ScubaBoard's first thread?
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