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Message boards or discussion forums are usually the main aspect of an online (virtual) community where one can interact with other people of similar interests by posting and replying to messages, in your own time. This usually results in higher quality of discussions than with real-time chat.
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Big Boards http://www.big-boards.com/Directory tracking the largest message boards and forums on the web.
Digital Kaos http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/Focuses on Dreambox, a GNU/Linux-powered DVB satellite, terrestrial and cable digital television decoder. Also has forums for games consoles, mobile phones, and PC help.
Offtopic.com http://www.offtopic.com/General Discussion Forums
ShareReactor http://www.sharereactor.com/ShareReactor.com indexes files on the eDonkey2000 PeerToPeer network.
GeekVillage http://www.geekvillage.com/Webmaster Forums, tools, and services.
TheSite.org http://vbulletin.thesite.org/Advice and information sharing community for young people.
Urban75 Forums http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/Message board with discussions covering urban issues such as politics, entertainment, drugs, sports and the media in large cities around the world.
Tilted Forum Project http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/index.phpAn evolving community of thousands of mature adults. Discussion of sexuality, politics, interests, art, and photography.
The Cellar http://cellar.org/Topics include politics, current events, technology, entertainment.
Forum Garden http://www.forumgarden.com/A general forum to discuss news, politics, arts or religion. Also includes regional forums.
AtForumz http://www.atforumz.com/General interest message boards, with a specific focus on entertainment, music, and political debate.
Discuss Anything http://www.discussanything.com/Off-Topic message board with subforums dedicated to society, debate, news, arts or spirituality.
AnswerPool.com http://www.answerpool.com/Browse message boards on many topics and consult over one-thousand members who are ready to answer burning questions.
All Forums Network http://www.allforums.net/Topics include current events, sports, humor, and technology.
BBC Messageboards http://www.bbc.co.uk/messageboards/Communicate your views nationally and locally through BBCi message boards with hundreds of topics to choose from including music, entertainment and science.
3GNmedia http://www.3gnmedia.com/Discussions on music, mixing, movies, games and lifestyles.
Salon Table Talk http://tabletalk.salon.com/Topics include books, work life, imagination, home and garden, music, movies, private life, the Whitehouse and writing.
INReview http://www.inreview.com/General discussion forum featuring sub-boards of recent newsworthy topics from world issues to entertainment.
Eternal Allegiance http://www.eternal-allegiance.com/Forum including a wide range of topics such as music, sports, art, life and relationships.
NZ Boards http://www.nzboards.com/Off-topic community, with specific areas dedicated to discussing lifestyle and entertainment.
Forums at Treweeke.com http://forum.treweeke.com/General chat forum with emphasis on IT topics such as hardware, software, internet, multimedia, security, technical and general news.
The Geek Forum http://www.geekforum.org/General chat with sub-boards for computers and technology, politics, and celebrities.
Minus Celsius http://www.minuscelsius.com/Entertainment & Friendship website
Frappy Doo http://frappydoo.com/forum/Discussion forums covering sports, entertainment, relationships, computers, and money matters.
Frost Jedi http://www.frostjedi.com/phpbb/index.phpA board for the bored, or for the curious, the artists, the debaters, and the gamers. Includes a roleplaying section.
Forums HQ http://www.forumshq.com/Multi-topic forum including general chat, jokes, sports, cars, bikes, computing, graphics, music, movies and life issues.
Total Twaddle http://www.totaltwaddle.co.uk/board/Friendly, general chat forum with member map, calendar and board statistics. Includes sub-boards for freebies, pictures and blogs.
The Conversation Cafe http://www.theconversationcafe.com/A general forum for intelligent discussion, hot debates, creative writing, support forums or fun and games.
2 Dark Park http://2darkpark.com/Forum topics include general chat, games, pictures, polls, society and politics. User journals, links and propaganda.
Stress Bank Forum http://www.stressbank.com/Discuss life, deposit stress, and have fun. Share passions, pain and pet peeves. Find humor, play games and laugh. Submit creative writing and art, or get help, support, and advice.
AllTopix.com http://alltopix.com/One Place - All Topics. AllTopix.com is a discussion board where users meet to chat with eachother. Also contains a chat room to talk live.
Postfarm.net http://www.postfarm.net/General chat forum featuring both a serious discussion area and a section with a more laid back atmosphere.
Hmoodle http://hmoodle.com/Hmong community site with forum. Includes sports, news on art and hmong celebrities, as well as interviews.
Banned From Life Forums http://www.bflsite.com/Chat about everything and nothing in particular on topics such as arts, news and computers.
Rant N Rave http://www.voy.com/75426/Uncensored posts on current events and personal rants.
Chat de Nouveau http://lenouveauplace.proboards.com/index.cgiOffers a place to discuss various things, from what's for dinner to the meaning of love.
AfterHours Forum http://forums.delphiforums.com/afterhours/Both intelligent and irreverent discussions on a variety of subjects.
Flashback Underground Forum http://forum.flashback.info/english/Underground discussion forum.
Alien Soup http://forums.aliensoup.com/Diverse forum community. Get help with games, chat, laugh, gripe and debate.
Just Us http://p074.ezboard.com/bjustus11436Just nosiness, rants, fun and games.
Blah Forums http://www.blah.net.nz/Topics range from computers and Internet, sports, current events, politics and jokes. Friendly community.
Gazm.org http://www.gazm.org/Eclectic individuals share their intellectually stimulating ideas, creativity, opinions and wit.
Hollywood Forums http://www.hollywoodforumsonline.com/Topics include film, music, television, politics, astrology, and general chat.
The Mantel - A Virtual Water Cooler http://www.pla-designs.com/themantel/Diverse selection of topics including relationships, gardening, philosophy, fitness and technical issues.
TFYATDT.com http://www.theyfuckyouatthedrivethru.com/phpBB2/Message boards for venting anger and annoyance about a variety of topics.
Websavey.com http://www.websavey.com/Off topic message board available to everyone which includes a photo gallery, email, and private messages.
Adobe Village http://www.adobecomputers.com/forum/index.php?referrerid=212A general discussion forum with a variety of content.
Subcategories
By RegionBy TopicGoogle GroupsSearch Engines Tools for searching the content of message boards and forums.
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Arabic مواقع المنتديات العربية
Chinese 討論區或論壇通常是一個線上(虛擬)社群的主要部份,讓志趣相近的成員之間可以透過自由張貼及回覆訊息進行交流。這種交流模式通常可比實時交談產生出更為高質素的討論。
Chinese Simplified 中文简体关于综合性质论坛的类别。
CzechDanish Sider på dansk som enten indeholder et forum eller tilbyder fora til eget brug.
Dutch Sites waar (eventueel geregistreerde) gebruikers berichten kunnen plaatsen, problemen kunnen voorleggen aan een panel of de
overige gebruikers, en discussiëren op onderwerp.
(less...) Farsi این شاخه مخصوص تابلوهای پیغام میباشد.
French Les forums de discussion sont des lieux de rencontre entre internautes, permettant le dialogue sur divers sujets.
Hebrew אתרים המיועדים לשיחה ודיונים על גבי האינטרנט (פורומים ודומיהם)
Indonesian Kategori ini mendaftarkan forum, papan-pesan (message board) yang memiliki beragam topik diskusi. Misalnya: hanya mendaftarkan forum diskusi yang bersifat umum, bukan spesifik
untuk komunitas tertentu atau topik tertentu saja.
(less...) Italian In questa categoria sono accettati siti in lingua italianache offrono script o software per pubblicare e gestire FORUM DI DISCUSSIONE. I siti che offrono forum di discussione non tematici, devono
essere inviati in World/Italiano/Società/Persone/Chat_e_Forum.
(less...) JapaneseKoreanLietuvių Forumai (angliškai Message boards arba discussion forums) - tai tokia bendravimo internetu priemonė, per kurią žmonės specialioje svetainėje rašo savo pranešimus jiems tinkamu metu. Šie
pranešimai chronologine tvarka ir pagal temą rodomi toje svetainėje.
(less...) Romanian Forumuri româneşti care abordează subiecte multiple.
Russian Раздел содержит список форумов на любые темы.
Slovak Diskusie na internete
Swedish Ett webbforum är en skriptdriven webbanslagstavla med diskussioner. Diskussiondeltagarna kan vara anonyma, de ämnen som diskuteras är
viktigare än själva gruppen av människor som diskuterar.
(less...) Thai Web board, community forum
TurkishChats and Forums A listing of forums and chat rooms. Care is taken in the selection of sites listed here. However, caution must be taken when entering chat rooms and using forums. For your safety, it is recommended
that you DO NOT give out your phone number, address, or any other personal information. Also, do not always believe what you hear in a chat room. If it is too good to be true..it probably is.
(less...) DirectoriesHosted Services Providers of remotely-hosted message boards and forums. These message boards do not require server-side installation of software. They are popular for use on free web hosts, web sites without enough
space or bandwidth to host a message board, and for webmasters who are uncomfortable with locally hosted message board installation and maintenance. Message boards about web design are located in Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Chats_and_Forums/. Guestbook services listed here can be pay, ad-supported, or free.
(less...) Online Communities A directory of Internet sites that helps people on the Internet to communicate and interact with each other. These sites feature services such as message forums, chat rooms, email and other messaging
services. They may also feature online games and other ways for user to interact. These sites offer the users a hub for a specific subject and have information and other resources there. Subject-specific communities should be listed with the subject category. For shortcuts to some of these, see By_Subject.
(less...) Resources Tutorials, guides, literature, tools, and people that help in planning, setting up and running an online community.
Software This category attempts to list the wide and ever-increasing variety of web-based discussion forum server software.
Neigbour categories
Best of the Web Websites that help us find the most valuable resources, provides lists of links (ranked and unranked, limited to certain numbers or not), select sites periodically (sites of the day, week, month,
year) and/or gives awards, and write reviews. This category lists sites that cover these areas. IMPORTANT NOTE: This is *not* a place to submit an entry for your site because you think it's the best, nor is this a place to dump your web design and/or development site entry. This is for sites that deal with the SUBJECT of "The Best of the Web."
(less...) Free Stuff *** Important Notice *** The following sites will not be considered for addition: 1) Any collection of "Sponsor" or paid links. These include: bachsys, websponsors, clicktrade, cyberbounty,
directleads, etc. Sites must have primarily original content/legitimate links. 2) Sites that use "Jump.cgi" or "Out.cgi" scripts or similar, redirect urls, forwarding pages, full page ads and similar to deter the determination of sponsor use and original content. 3) Sites with numerous popups or redirects through large ads. 4) Banner farms. 5) Doorway or affiliate sites. 6) Sites under construction. 7) "Get paid to surf the net" or "Earn free money off the net" types of sites. Free Stuff: This category is for free stuff available via the web, as well as sites listing links to free stuff. Examples include gifts, subscriptions, electronic postcards, catalogs, sweepstakes entries, coupons, etc. Link Pages: If your site contains a majority of legitimate links to offers, please submit it to http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/WWW/Free_Stuff/Link_Pages/ When submitting your site, please ensure that: 1) You use the proper title for your site. 2) The description is brief, concise and accurate. No promotional copies please
(less...) Podcasts Podcasting is the creation and dissemination of MP3 files (known as podcasts) for people to listen to on their computer or on a portable MP3 player. These MP3 files are not the usual set of song files
that many people download or copy from their CDs. These files are talk shows, music shows, recordings of talks and speeches and maybe people reading the texts of books -- the genre has a wide variety of formats but the most common at this point is podcasts similar to a radio show (talk, music, variety) that can be played on demand. The name is a derivative of the one for Apple's iPod.
(less...) Syndication and Feeds A web feed is a lightweight mechanism used to provide users with details of updated content on the web. Content distributors provide web feeds with their content (know as syndication), and users can
then monitor the feeds for changes or use the supplied content in other ways (known as subscribing).
(less...) Web Applications Web Applications are web sites that perform the same function as software that you might otherwise download and run locally. Having the advantage of executing on a web server, Web Applications don't
consume space on your hard drive, don't crash or conflict with other applications, and best of all are accessible from anywhere. Leave your desktop behind and use these applications from any browser equipped machine on the net. The companies that create and serve web applications are called Application Service Providers (ASPs).
(less...) Webcams Cameras connected the web. Includes both indoor and outdoor views as well as links to good directories of cameras.
Weblogs A weblog (often shortened just to blog) is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Weblogs come in a wide range of varieties,
including personal surfing diaries, commentary on news and current events, and news itself often restricted to certain projects. This category is for sites relating to weblogs, including background information and resources for bloggers. Actual weblogs are not listed here (unless they happen to cover the topic of blogging itself).
(less...) Web Portals Web sites that provide a variety of internet content. Minimally the portal site should feature a search engine/directory, web based e-mail, news, and weather. Portal sites may also have auctions,
shopping links and classifieds. Generally a portal site is a convenient place to start from when you go online.
(less...) Web Rings Web rings (or perhaps more commonly, "webrings") are groupings of sites that share a common topical interest with distributed navigation structure. Through links on member pages such as Next,
Previous, and List Sites, visitors can navigate to similar but independent pages elsewhere on the web. A list owner generally serves as moderator and administrator for a ring.
(less...) Worst of the Web Sites dedicated to examining the "the worst sites on the web". See also the FAQ for this category.
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