List of virtual communities
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This is a list of Wikipedia articles about virtual communities.
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[edit] Benchmark virtual communities
- Usenet, one of the original decentralized, distributed discussion group architectures.
- BBS: The WELL, GEnie, The Meta Network
- Academic: EIES, USENET
- Blog: LiveJournal, Xanga, MySpace, Facebook, Blogger
- Webcomic: UserFriendly, Penny Arcade, Sluggy Freelance, Ctrl+Alt+Del
- Virtual world/city: LucasFilm's Habitat, Second Life, Millsberry, Red Light Center, IMVU
- IM: ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM
- IRC: IRCNet, Freenode, EFNet, Quakenet
- MMORPG: EverQuest, Final Fantasy XI, RuneScape, World of Warcraft, Silk Road Online
- MOO: LambdaMOO
- Mososo: Dodgeball, Meetro
- MUD/MUSH: TinyMUD
- P2P: Kazaa, Morpheus, Napster, Limewire
- Wiki: Wikipedia, WikiWikiWeb, MeatballWiki, Wetpaint, PBWiki
- WWW: eBay, GeoCities, Slashdot, Digg
- Consumers: eBay, Amazon.com
[edit] Additional virtual community listings
[edit] Discussion boards
- Dead Runners Society
- GameFAQs
- Something Awful
- Fark
- 2channel
- The Talk
- Forumosa
- Zombie Squad
- IGN
- TOTSE
- 4chan
[edit] Social networking
- See article: List of social networking websites
[edit] Art communities
[edit] MUD, MUSH, MOO
[edit] Ethnicity-based communities
[edit] Other types
- bianca
- Del.icio.us (social bookmarking)
- vMix (online video sharing community)
- GameTZ.com (an online game, music, movie, and book trading community)
- CouchSurfing (free accommodation world wide through hospitality exchange)
- Hospitality Club (free accommodation world wide through hospitality exchange)
- Meetup (an online service designed to facilitate real-world meetings of people involved in various virtual communities)
- Meetro (local focused communities)
- Stumbleupon (web surfing)
- YTMND (Picture, Sound, Text)
- Group blogs
- TakingITGlobal (Youth - social networking for social good)
