List of virtual communities
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This is a list of Wikipedia articles about virtual communities.
Benchmark virtual communities
[edit ]- Usenet , one of the original decentralized, distributed discussion group architectures.
- BBS : The WELL, GEnie, The Meta Network
- Academic: EIES, Usenet
- Webcomic : UserFriendly, Penny Arcade , Sluggy Freelance
- Virtual world/city : LucasFilm's Habitat, Second Life, Millsberry, Red Light Center , IMVU, Neopets, Roblox
- IM : ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Kik Messenger, WeChat, Viber, Discord, Skype, iMessage, KakaoTalk, Line, Telegram
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC): IRC networks
- MMORPG : EverQuest , Final Fantasy XI , RuneScape , World of Warcraft , Final Fantasy XIV, Star Wars: The Old Republic
- MOO : LambdaMOO
- Mososo : Dodgeball, Meetro, Foursquare
- MUD /MUSH : TinyMUD
- P2P : Kazaa, Morpheus, Napster, Limewire, BitTorrent
- Wiki : Wikipedia, WikiWikiWeb, MeatballWiki, Wetpaint, PBworks, TV Tropes
- WWW : eBay, Slashdot, Digg, Reddit
- Consumers: eBay, Amazon.com
- Software that enable online communities: Ning
Additional virtual community listings
[edit ]Discussion boards
[edit ]- Hacker News
- Dead Runners Society
- 4chan
- GameFAQs
- Something Awful
- Fark
- 2channel
- Zombie Squad
- IGN
- TOTSE
Social networking
[edit ]Main article: List of social networking websites
Art communities
[edit ]MUD, MUSH, MOO
[edit ]Main article: List of MUDs
Virtual world communities
[edit ]Main articles: Virtual worlds § Social, and Virtual community § Virtual worlds
Virtual reality communities
[edit ]Main article: Applications of virtual reality § Virtual communities
Ethnicity-based communities
[edit ]
Online Teaching Covens
[edit ]Other types
[edit ]- Pinboard
- bianca.com
- Scratch (an educational programming website by MIT)
- GameTZ.com (an online game, music, movie, and book trading community)
- CouchSurfing (free accommodation worldwide through hospitality exchange)
- Hospitality Club (free accommodation worldwide through hospitality exchange)
- Warm Showers (free accommodation worldwide through hospitality exchange for bicycle travelers)
- Meetup (an online service designed to facilitate real-world meetings of people involved in various virtual communities)
- Meetro (local focused communities)
- StumbleUpon (web surfing)
- Woozworld (virtual gaming community for youth)
- YTMND (Picture, Sound, Text)
- Group blogs
- TakingITGlobal (Youth - social networking for social good)
- CrossFit (a fitness program where users post their scores and comments on daily workouts)
- DXY.cn (an online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities)