Forums are typically cluttered with too many sub forums, users’ signatures, content that’s quoted over and over again, blinking emoticons, and embedded images that cause pages to load slowly. Meanwhile, chat rooms are poorly organized and their content tends to be fleeting: if you’re not there in the moment, the conversation disappears.

Ninja Post forum software combines the best of both worlds: the speed and simplicity of a chat room and the structure and stability of a forum. We do not abide by the clutter that clogs most forums but we do provide enough organization so that new users can quickly get up to speed on the topic of conversation.

Here is a handy Venn Diagram: