List of Internet forums

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.[1] They are an element of social media technologies which take on many different forms including blogs, business networks, enterprise social networks, forums, microblogs, photo sharing, products/services review, social bookmarking, social gaming, social networks, video sharing and virtual worlds.[2]

Forums act as centralized locations for topical discussion. The Forum format is derived from BBS and Usenet.[3] This is a list of the most notable and significant Internet forums communities that have converged around topics ranging from medicine to technology, and vocations and hobbies.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2019)

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Contents:

* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References
* Further reading

## 0–9

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* 2channel (2ちゃんねる)[4]
* 4chan
* 420chan (defunct)
* 6park
* 8chan (Infinite Chan)

## A

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* Airliners.net
* AR15.com
* Ars Technica[5]
* AtariAge
* ATRL
* AutoAdmit
* Avsim.com
* MyAnimeList

## B

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* Baidu Tieba (百度贴吧)
* Beyond.ca
* Bleeping Computer
* Blind
* Bluelight
* Blurtit
* boards.ie
* Bodybuilding.com
* Bored of Studies
* BPDFamily.com
* BlackHatWorld

## C

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* Carder.su
* Cemetech
* City-Data
* ClutchFans
* collectSPACE
* College Confidential
* CompuServe (defunct)
* Computational Chemistry List
* Craigslist[6]

## D

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* Dark0de[7]
* DaniWeb
* DarkMarket
* DataLounge
* DC Inside
* Dek-D.com
* Democratic Underground
* Delphi Forums
* Digital Photography Review
* Digital Spy
* Discord[8]
* DISCUSS
* Disqus
* Dogster
* Dread
* DSLReports
* The D-Word
* Dvach

## E

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* Easy Allies (defunct)
* Eng-Tips Forums
* Ekşi Sözlük
* Edugeek
* Eevblog (forum + associated YouTube videos)
* Elakiri
* Emirates Discussion Forum (Arabic: منتدى الحوار الإماراتي)
* eBaum's World
* Experts Exchange

## F

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* Fanfiction.net
* Fark
* Flickr
* Flashback Forum
* Flightsim.com
* Flyertalk
* FOK!
* ForoCoches
* Forum.hr
* Freedomain Radio
* Futaba Channel (2chan)
* Funko

## G

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* Gaia Online[9]
* GameFAQs
* GameSpot
* Gearspace

## H

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* HackBB (defunct)
* HackThisSite
* Head for Points
* HealthBoards
* The Hive (defunct)
* HotCopper
* HKGolden
* The Hub (defunct)

## I

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* IGN Boards[9]
* Ilbe Storehouse (일베저장소)

## J

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* Joomla

## K

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* Kaskus
* KiwiFarms
* Krstarica

## L

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* LIHKG
* LinuxQuestions.org
* Literotica
* LessWrong

## M

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* MacRumors
* MacTalk Australia (defunct)
* Maes-e
* Miestai.net
* Milnet.ca
* MindVox
* Miniclip
* Medium
* MoneySavingExpert.com
* Mop.com
* MozillaZine
* Mumsnet[10]

## N

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* Nairaland
* NamePros
* NationStates
* NeoGAF
* Neowin
* Newgrounds
* Nexopia[9]
* Nexus Mods
* NikeTalk
* NYCAviation

## O

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This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (June 2016)

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## P

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* Pandlr
* PbNation
* phpBB
* PistonHeads
* Professional Pilots Rumour Network
* PTT Bulletin Board System

## Q

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* Quora

## R

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* RedFlagDeals
* Reddit
* ResetEra
* RLLMUK
* Romhacking.net
* Russian Anonymous Marketplace
* Rigveda Wiki

## S

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* Server.com
* SkyscraperCity
* SkyscraperPage.com
* ShadowCrew[11]
* Sherdog
* Slashdot
* Something Awful
* Stack Overflow
* Steam Community
* Stormfront
* Student Doctor Network
* Student Edge
* Suomi24
* Speedrun.com
* Sporcle

## T

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* Tbilisis Forumi
* TexAgs
* Team Liquid
* TechNet
* Tianya Club[12]
* Topix (website)
* Tor Carding Forum
* TOTSE
* TomsHardware
* TrekNation
* TripAdvisor
* Two Plus Two

## U

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* Ubuntu Forums
* Ultimate Guitar
* urban75

## V

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* vBulletin
* Veggieboards
* Voat (defunct)

## W

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* Wattpad
* Websleuths
* The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (The WELL)
* Whirlpool.net.au
* Wowhead
* Wrong Planet

## X

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* XDA-Developers

## Y

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* Yahoo Groups (defunct)
* YCombinator
* YTMND

## Z

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* Zhihu (知乎)

## See also

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* Comparison of civic technology platforms
* Comparison of Internet forum software
* Comparison of Q&A sites
* Lists of websites
* Forum spam

## References

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1. ^ "vBulletin Community Forum - FAQ: What is a bulletin board?". vBulletin.com. Retrieved 2008-09-01. "A bulletin board is an online discussion site. It is sometimes also called a 'board' or 'forum'. It may contain several categories, consisting of sub-forums, threads and individual posts."
2. ^ Aichner, T.; Jacob, F. (March 2015). "Measuring the Degree of Corporate Social Media Use". International Journal of Market Research. 57 (2): 257–275\. doi:10.2501/IJMR-2015-018. S2CID 166531788. p. 258: "Social media are therefore not limited to social networks like Facebook but include blogs, business networks, collaborative projects, enterprise social networks, forums, microblogs, photo sharing, product/services reviews, social bookmarking, social gaming, video sharing and virtual worlds."257-275&rft.date=2015-03&rft_id=info:doi/10.2501/IJMR-2015-018&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:166531788#id-name=S2CID&rft.au=Aichner,+T.&rft.au=Jacob,+F.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+Internet+forums" class="Z3988">
3. ^ Lee, Joel. "How We Talk Online: A History of Online Forums". MakeUseuOf.com. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
4. ^ Katayama, Lisa (19 April 2007). "2-Channel Gives Japan's Famously Quiet People a Mighty Voice". Wired. Retrieved 29 November 2010. "This single site has more influence on Japanese popular opinion than the prime minister, the emperor and the traditional media combined. On one level, it serves as a fun, informative place for people to read product reviews, download software and compare everything from the size of their poop to quiz show answers. But conversations hosted here have also influenced stock prices, rallied support for philanthropic causes, organized massive synchronized dance routines, prevented terrorism and driven people to their deathbeds."
5. ^ * Condé Nast. "Ars Technica | Condé Nast". Archived from the original. Condé Nast. Retrieved on 17 August 2015.
* "Edward Snowden-Ars Technica: NSA leaker's Internet commenting past uncovered.". Slate Magazine. Retrieved on 17 August 2015.
* "NSA leaker Ed Snowden’s life on Ars Technica". Ars Technica. Retrieved on 17 August 2015.
* "For Snowden, a Life of Ambition, Despite the Drifting". The New York Times. 16 June 2013.
* Holohan, A.P. Anna (6 December 2013). Community, Competition and Citizen Science: Voluntary Distributed Computing in a Globalized World. Global Connections. Dorset Press; Dorchester, UK: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 56, 63–64, 80–83\. ISBN 9781409452980.63-64,+80-83&rft.pub=Ashgate+Publishing,+Ltd.&rft.date=2013-12-06&rft.isbn=9781409452980&rft.aulast=Holohan&rft.aufirst=A.P.+Anna&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+Internet+forums" class="Z3988">
6. ^ Lloyd, Jenna; Kinkoph Gunter, Sherry (2008). "ch. 2". Craigslist 4 Everyone (1st ed.). Que Publishing, Pearson Education. ISBN 978-0789738288.
7. ^ "Cybercriminal Darkode Forum Taken Down Through Global Action". Europol. 15 July 2015.
8. ^ Taylor Hatmaker (14 September 2022). "Discord adds Reddit-like Forum channels for chatting about specific topics" TechCrunch. retrieved 23 December 2022.
9. ^ a b c Holmes, Dawn E.; Jain, Lakhmi C (2012). Data Mining: Foundations and Intelligent Paradigms: Volume 3: Medical, Health, Social, Biological and other Applications. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 235\. ISBN 978-3642231513.
10. ^ "When Mumsnet speaks, politicians listen". BBC News. 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
11. ^ Buxton, Julia; Bingham, Tim (January 2015). "The Rise and Challenge of Dark Net Drug Markets" (PDF). swansea.ac.uk: Global Drug Policy Observatory, Swansea University. p. 4\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
12. ^ Cao, Lina; Tang, Xijin (16 October 2013). "Prevailing Trends Detection of Public Opinions Based on Tianya Forum". Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning -- IDEAL 2013. Springer. p. 186\. ISBN 9783642412783. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

## Further reading

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* Mark, Richard Scott (1996). Internet BBSs: a guided tour. ISBN 1-884777-30-9.

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Computer-mediated communication

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* Email
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* Data conferencing
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