List of virtual communities

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This is a list of Wikipedia articles about virtual communities.

## Contents

* 1 Benchmark virtual communities
* 2 Additional virtual community listings
* 2.1 Discussion boards
* 2.2 Social networking
* 2.3 Art communities
* 2.4 MUD, MUSH, MOO
* 2.5 Virtual world communities
* 2.6 Virtual reality communities
* 2.7 Ethnicity-based communities
* 2.8 Online Teaching Covens
* 2.9 Other types
* 3 See also

## 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, Twitter
* 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
* 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, GeoCities, Slashdot, Digg, Reddit
* Consumers: eBay, Amazon.com
* Software that enable online communities: Ning

## Additional virtual community listings

### Discussion boards

* reddit
* Hacker News
* Dead Runners Society
* 4chan
* GameFAQs
* Something Awful
* Fark
* 2channel
* Zombie Squad
* IGN
* TOTSE

### Social networking

### Art communities

* Albino Blacksheep
* DeviantArt
* Dulwich OnView
* Elfwood
* Newgrounds
* Tumblr

### MUD, MUSH, MOO

Main article: Software:List of MUDs

### Virtual world communities

### Virtual reality communities

### Ethnicity-based communities

* 1Point3Acres
* Fillos de Galicia
* MIT BBS

### Online Teaching Covens

* Coven of the Far Flung Net

### Other types

* 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)

## See also

* List of virtual communities with more than 1 million users
* List of social bookmarking websites
* List of social networking websites
* List of Internet forums
* Lists of websites
* Support group

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