Beginner's guide to internet forums

by Brad Linder Feb 20th 2008

We found what could possibly be the most useful video ever on instructional video site VideoJug. Or at least, it would have been incredibly useful if someone had produced this 20 years ago and shown it to pretty much every single person who ever decided to post a message on a bulletin board, forum, or chat room.

Seeing as how this primer to internet forums is a few decades late for most folks, we can take solace in the fact that it at least looks like something that could have been produced in the 80s. And it's still funny because it's true. And if you disagree you're probably a Nazi or something.

[via Boing Boing]

Tags: forums, videojug

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

macboy14 said 6:04PM on 2-20-2008

That was hilarious!!

windhamg said 6:04PM on 2-20-2008

This needs to be in schools, Now.

Reneer said 9:12PM on 2-20-2008

Eh, this isn't as good as "Posting And You..." - http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting

Kamal said 8:53AM on 2-21-2008

Is it just me or does this guy sounds like he wants be zero punctuation.

James said 10:04AM on 2-21-2008

Can't watch it from work... does it include the point that if you spell "you" as "u" or "to" as "2", thousands of Jawas will swarm your house and gouge your eyes out with hot pokers?

It should.

brian said 10:55AM on 2-21-2008

I love the litte detail when the xbox 360 appears over the guys head in "fanboys" section it has a red ring of death on it!

Michael Gallegos said 1:06PM on 2-21-2008

Post count was just for me...

Nikola Gorgievski said 7:35AM on 2-25-2008

Hopefully we'll be looking into 'Internet behavior' subject in schools soon enough!

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