I think what he means is this:

This is newsgroup style:

+ Main Post
    |
    | ----- Reply 1
                |
                | --- Reply 1 to Reply 1
                | --- Reply 2 to Reply 1
                       |
                       | --- Reply 1 to Reply 2 to Reply 1
    |
    | ----- Reply 2

( I hope that formatted ok)

This is phorum style:

+ Main Post

- Reply 1

- Reply 2

- Reply 3

- Reply 4

I'm partial to phorum style, myself.

- Kath

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> What's the difference between newsgroup-style and phorum style threads?
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> I'm always doing messageboards, and this thread got my attention
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> > USENET style threads. I *really* hate Phorum-style threads, where
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> > really detracts from the conversation when you have to write whose post
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