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- Categories - A forum category is a group of topics within the forum. In a broad forum it may be useful to group similar topics - for example, the category “Working With Editorial Boards” in the Media Relations Sitewide Forum. You can bookmark categories to get to them from your Dashboard.
- Replies - Members can reply to topic posts in order to contribute to the discussion.