Editing Internet forum (section)

===Other features===
An ''ignore list'' allows members to hide posts of other members that they do not want to see or have a problem with. In most implementations, they are referred to as ''foe list'' or ''ignore list''. The posts are usually not hidden but minimized, with only a small bar indicating a post from the user on the ''ignore list'' is there.<ref name="vBFAQDTU" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phpbb.com/community/faq.php#f61 |title=PhpBB FAQ: How can I add / remove users to my Friends or Foes list? |publisher=PhpBB.com |access-date=2008-09-14 |archive-date=2008-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913215458/http://www.phpbb.com/community/faq.php#f61 |url-status=live }}</ref> Almost all Internet forums include a ''member list'', which allows the display of all forum members with an integrated search feature. Some forums will not list members with zero posts, even if they have activated their accounts.

Many forums allow users to give themselves an ''avatar''. An avatar is an image that appears beside all of a user's posts in order to make the user more recognizable. The user may upload the image to the forum database or provide a link to an image on a separate website. Each forum has limits on the height, width, and data size of avatars that may be used; if the user tries to use an avatar that is too big, it may be scaled down or rejected.

Similarly, most forums allow users to define a ''signature'' (sometimes called a ''sig''), which is a block of text, possibly with BBCode, that appears at the bottom of all of the user's posts. There is a character limit on signatures, though it may be so high that it is rarely hit. Often, the forum's moderators impose manual rules on signatures to prevent them from being obnoxious (for example, being extremely long or having flashing images) and issue warnings or bans to users who break these rules. Like avatars, signatures may improve the recognizability of a poster. They may also allow the user to attach information to all of their posts, such as proclaiming support for a cause, noting facts about themselves, or quoting humorous things that have previously been said on the forum.

A ''subscription'' is a form of automated notification integrated into the software of most forums. It usually notifies the member either by email or on the site when the member returns. The option to subscribe is available for every thread while logged in. Subscriptions work with ''read marking'', namely the property of ''unread'', which is given to the content never served to the user by the software.

Recent developments in some popular implementations of forum software have brought ''social network features and functionality''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nodebb.org/|title=NodeBB|website=NodeBB|access-date=2017-10-28|archive-date=2017-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929144241/https://nodebb.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> Such features include personal galleries and pages, as well as social networks like [[Online chat|chat]] systems.
Most forum software is now fully customizable, with "hacks" or "modifications" readily available to customize a person's forum to theirs and their members' needs.

Often forums use "[[HTTP cookie|cookies]]", or information about the user's behavior on the site sent to a user's browser and used upon re-entry into the site. This is done to facilitate automatic login and to show a user whether a thread or forum has received new posts since his or her last visit. These may be disabled or cleared at any time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fanforum.com/faq.php?faq=vb_user_maintain#faq_vb_why_register |title=FAQ: User Maintenance |publisher=Fan Forum |access-date=2012-10-31 |archive-date=2012-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022092636/http://www.fanforum.com/faq.php?faq=vb_user_maintain#faq_vb_why_register |url-status=live }}</ref>