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, PBworks, TV Tropes
• WWW: eBay, GeoCities, Slashdot, Digg
• 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

• Category:MUD games
• Category:MU* games

Virtual world communities

• Category:Virtual world communities

Virtual reality communities

• Category: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

1. Virtual community
2. List of virtual communities with more than 1 million users
3. Virtual community (disambiguation)
4. Virtual community of practice
5. Virtual world
6. Virtual
7. Fotki
8. VTuber
9. Virtual reality
10. Buzznet
11. Virtual Boy
12. List of virtual reality headsets
13. Virtual reality applications
14. Comparison of platform virtualization software
15. Online community
16. Outline of community
17. Mobile virtual network operator
18. Apple Vision Pro
19. Ameba (website)
20. Virtual pet