Looking through the conferences, topics, and messages gives you a good idea of what information is on this board, as well as how others are presenting information. Conferences are the idea starters for the board. Topics and messages provide the content for conferences. A conference is created by the administrator, but the real discussion begins when someone posts a topic to it. Other members can reply to the topic by posting reply messages at any time.
Several people reply to that topic about their experiences.
Someone else started the topic Life Without Mom, to which others reply, and so forth. In essence, a topic message starts a discussion, and any replies continue it. You can follow a thread from its beginning if you desire, or jump in at a later point. Displaying New Messages Inspiration Point gives you several ways to see and read new messages quickly. Conferences that have new messages are marked with a NEW icon to the right of the conference name.