I'd say the forum gods personally >chuckles< but on a more real note;
There isn't anyone person who invented, or a better word developed.
It has been developed and improved by many developers over the decades to what you see now as modern forums. Early web-based forums date back as far as 1996. But there were Usenet networks that were common from the late 1970s to the 1990s.
So in a simple answer- not one person, but a bunch of developers over the ages.
Your best chance of finding an answer to your steamboat question is: steamboats.org. They host three very information forums.
You can find information on bariatric forums by going to www.obesityhelp.com/forums,www.thinnertimes.com/forums, www.caloriesperhour.com/forums, www.weightlosstriumph.com,
How do I join theAQW forums?
You can find information about Google forums from the Product Forums section of the Google website. You can access the Google Forums from the Google website.
The action of facepalming has been around for ages, and it's impossible to know exactly when it was developed. Though it's easier to precisely account for the wide spread use of Internet 'facepalming'. That started around the early to mid 00s on online videogame forums, like Gamefaqs.com, and other forums like 4chan.org. People on these forums would 'facepalm' when they read a post that was nonsense or otherwise bad.
One can take part in celebrity forums when one goes to the websites of FM Forums, Forums, Celebrity-Pix, Forums Digital Spy, BBC Radio, Similar Sites, etc.
Hip Forums is a site that is a site where people can gather to talk about all sorts of various topics. If you're considering joining Hip Forums you will have in excess of 100 forums to choose to participate in.
Adventist Forums was created in 1967.
Ubuntu Forums was created in 2004.
Yes, Ubuntu Forums are about electronics.
Depending on what you are looking for by a commodity, some forums that are very good are the PokerOwned forums. The Cards Chat forums are also a very good commodity forum.
There are a number of forums that are popular for iPhone users. Some of the most popular forums are the "iPhone Forums", "MacRumors Forum" or the "iLounge Forums".