Forumosa
Not to be confused with Formosa (disambiguation).
| CIC | |
| Industry | Online communities |
| Founded | 1998, originally founded as ORIENTED.org |
| Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan |
Key people |
Gus Adapon: Founder John Dalton: Forum administrator |
| Products | Online discussions, Classified Advertising, Taiwan Information |
| Revenue | None |
Number of employees | under 30 (all volunteers) |
| Slogan | "Taiwan's Online Global Community" |
| Website | www.forumosa.com |
Forumosa.com is a discussion forum started in 1998 as ORIENTED.org.[1] The community of regular visitors grew as it changed names twice[2] (in 2002 to segue.com.tw and then in 2003 to forumosa.com).
It is primarily a phpBB-based discussion forum. For 6 months, it published a magazine about life in Taiwan in English called Taiwanease, but the magazine is no longer being published.
Primarily a discussion forum in English, the website is moderated by approximately 30 volunteers from different countries, including Taiwan, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. It also has a German-language forum in conjunction with Deutschland.TW and a private Women's Only forum.[3]
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Notes
- ↑ Reprint of original Taiwan News article about ORIENTED.org.
- ↑ Taipei Times article before the first name change
- ↑ Blog page explaining the need for a Private Women's Forum Commonly referred to as The Flob, Forumosa.com is the largest expatriate community in Taiwan.