They're used by native speakers in formal situations but often informally as well, in text messages, on internet forums.

母语人士会在正式场合使用它们，但是也经常在非正式场合使用，比如说发短信的时候，在网络论坛中。

If we are one of those people on the internet forums who just love to compare apples to oranges, this is now also a possibility.

如果我们像互联网论坛上的一些人一样 喜欢比较两种完全不同的事物，现在这也是有可能的。

I don't think I've ever used an avatar, but it's popular among many people on Internet forums.

我想我从来没有使用过头像，但它在互联网论坛上的许多人中很受欢迎。

I certainly hope you don't flame anyone on your Internet forums, if you participate in them.

我当然希望您不要在您的互联网论坛上攻击任何人（如果您参与其中）。

This episode is a conversation between Dale and Jessie talking about something which is very popular, Internet forums, or Internet discussion groups.

这一集是 Dale 和 Jessie 之间的对话， 谈论一些非常流行的东西，互联网论坛或互联网讨论组。

And due to some of these newer video and audio editing techniques, I expect that within the internet forums, fake news is going to be an enduring topic.

由于这些更新的录像和音频编辑技术的出现，我预料在因特网论坛上，假新闻会成为持久的话题。

And so she's sitting at home in front of a computer on this science forum, this kind of internet forum.

所以她坐在家里的电脑前参加这个科学论坛，这种互联网论坛。

A " thread" (thread) in an Internet forum is a group of messages that are responses to each other; they're a group of related messages.

互联网论坛中的“线程”（线程）是一组相互响应的消息;它们是一组相关的消息。

I don't generally participate in Internet forums, but some people really love them and find they are a good way to connect to other people.

我一般不参加互联网论坛，但有些人真的很喜欢它们， 并发现它们是与其他人联系的好方法。

Instead of using upper and lower case letters, you use all capital letters – all upper case letters – all caps, it's considered a little angry or impolite on an Internet forum.

不要使用大小写字母，而是使用全部大写字母——全部大写字母——全部大写，这在互联网论坛上被认为有点生气或不礼貌。