List of virtual communities

This is a list of Wikipedia articles about virtual communities.

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, Wordpress, Blogger TheStudentRoom, Tagged
• Webcomic: UserFriendly, Penny Arcade, Sluggy Freelance,
• Virtual world/city: LucasFilm's Habitat, Second Life, Millsberry, Red Light Center, IMVU, Neopets
• IM: ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM
• Internet Relay Chat (IRC): IRC networks
• MMORPG: EverQuest, Final Fantasy XI, RuneScape, World of Warcraft
• 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

• Software that enable online communities: Ning

Additional virtual community listings

Discussion boards

• Dead Runners Society
• 4chan
• GameFAQs
• Something Awful
• Fark
• 2channel
• The Talk
• Forumosa
• Zombie Squad
• IGN
• TOTSE
• Kaskus

Social networking

See article: List of social networking websites

Art communities

• Albino Blacksheep
• DeviantArt
• Dulwich OnView
• Elfwood
• Newgrounds

MUD, MUSH, MOO

• GemStone
• ifMUD
• Category:MU* servers
• Category:MU* games

Ethnicity-based communities

• Fillos de Galicia
• MIT BBS

Online Teaching Covens

• Coven of the Far Flung Net

Other types

• bianca.com
• Del.icio.us (social bookmarking)
• 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)
• 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)

See also

• Virtual community
• Support group