TWCForum
| TWCForum | |
|---|---|
 TWCForum welcome screen | |
| Type | CompuServe forum |
| Founder | |
| Platform | CompuServe |
| Language | English |
| Content areas |
|
| Users | Unknown |
| Status | Closed |
| Launch date | February 2, 1995 |
| Closure date | 2006 |
| Succeeded by: | weather.com Message Boards The Weather Channel AOL group |
TWCForum (also capitalized as TWCFORUM) was a CompuServe forum that existed from 1995 to 2006. An official platform run by The Weather Channel, the forum marked the channel's first major communication platform with its fan community.
History
TWCForum was begun on February 2, 1995. As that day was Groundhog Day, TWC used a groundhog mascot to announce the forum's launch.[1] The launch of the forum occured not long after the launch of The Weather Channel's website, weather.com.
Little evidence exists online to establish much of the forum's history. It is known based off user testimony from Intelliguy that in the forum's later years, arguments and drama were common, in addition to topics being thrown off-topic. Administrators were rarely online to combat this behavior.[2] The forum was closed sometime between January and April 2006, with TWCForum being replaced by a general weather forum thereafter.[3][4]
Legacy
While The Weather Channel would connect with fans through other means prior to the establishment of TWCForum, it was The Weather Channel's first online means of doing so. Later, in 1999, the network would launch another official forum on weather.com that would coexist with TWCForum until the closure of the Compuserve forum in 2006. In addition, an official AOL group apparently followed a similar format to TWCForum sometime in the 2000s.
It was conjectured by one user that the turbulency of TWCForum as a result of controversies could be a possible reason for the founding of TWC Classics in 1997.
See also
References
- ↑ "TWC Forum on CompuServe". TWC Classics. April 12, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ M., Mike (April 29, 2010). "Go TWCFORUM on CompuServe". TWC Today. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Forum Center". CompuServe. Archived from the original on January 3, 2006. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
- ↑ "Forum Center". CompuServe. Archived from the original on April 30, 2006. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
| This article is a stub. You can help TWC Archive by expanding it. |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Under Weather Group, an Entertainment Studios company |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Programming |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| People |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weather Stars (Local on the 8s) |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Under The Weather Company, an IBM company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Related topics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
