3 months ago 01st Oct 10:27
Message boards can be public and open to everyone, or private where only invited people can read them. They are very useful for researching information as children can look at conversations between other people and then contribute their own comments or ask further questions to the message board users.
These messages can be published on the message board in a matter of seconds. Message boards can be moderated. This means someone reads all of the messages and removes or edits the unsuitable ones. All bbc.co.uk message boards are moderated.
Chat rooms let people talk amongst themselves in real-time. There are lots of general conversational chat rooms, but there are also topic-specific ones where you can talk with, or ask questions to, people with an interest or expertise in the topic.
Chat rooms can be fast and frantic and they're not always the best places for children to look for in-depth conversations or research. Chat rooms can be public or private and they can be available on websites or through computer programs. Chat rooms can also be available through online computer and video games.
Instant messages are like a chat room except the chat is always private and cannot be read by anyone not invited into the conversation.
Children should know the person who they are instant messaging and the recipient should know them too. Otherwise either party can choose to ignore the message and not start a conversation.
Instant messages can be used for having a more in-depth discussion with a friend or someone like-minded who has been met through a message board or in a chat room.
Instant messaging is usually available through computer programs, but it also can be available through websites and computer and video games.
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