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This is the Virtual Community Directory grouped by format, pointing out the best places online, whether they are mailing lists, chat systems, IRC channels, newsgroups, MUD/MOO/MUSEs, or conferencing systems. Thriving virtual communities - Internet sites where people use text, pictures or sounds to intertwine their lives - are vital and connected, with clear and distinct personalities and voices. Argument, support, debate, commiseration, excitement, and life electrify conversation. Virtual communities are more than places to exchange information - they are second homes, with sustained interaction and synergy.
If you know of other excellent places, please take a few moments to tell us about them. We are looking for your suggestions of vibrant, thriving online locales. You can also view the directory by geographical affiliation , alphabetically and by subject. Dive in, check out the communities that we've visited, and tell us about other places that keep you coming back for community interaction. |
chat systemsAdult Adoptees
America Online's Online Campus
Astronet
The Aviation Forum
Baby Boomers
Backpacker
Bianca's Smut Shack
#Bisex, The Friendly Channel
The Book Report
#callahans
Cancer Forum
Catholic Community
Chat About the Web
Chicago Online
The Club for First Wives
Cyborganic
De Digitale Stad Amsterdam
Digital City Seattle
The Dressage MiniForum
FIBROM-L
FireFly
Grateful Dead Forum
ISCABBS (Iowa Student Computing Association)
Jewish Community
Le Chateau
Little House on the Prairie/Laura Ingalls Wilder Discussion
Match.Com
Military & Vets Club
National Urban League Forum
Native American Chat
Net Girl
Orlando Sentinel Online
Over 40
ParentChat
Parent Soup
Pet Care Forum
PlanetOut
Scouting Forum
SeniorNet
space bar
Star Trek Forum
Thrive
@Times
TownTalk
Transformations
Transgender Community Forum
Writers Club
#writerscafe
Women Online Worldwide
Women's Wire
conferencing systems
Ask Isadora
Agora Online
The Aviation Forum
Almac BBS
America Online's Online Campus
Astronet
Baby Boomers
Backpacker
Baha'i Faith Forum
Behavior Online
The Book Report
Cancer Forum
Catholic Community
Channel 1 BBS
Chicago Online
The Club for First Wives
Compu-Data
Compulink Information eXchange
c|net
Construct
Crystal Quill
The Data Dimension
Davey D's Hip Hop Corner
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Forum
De Digitale Stad Amsterdam
Digital City Seattle
The Dressage MiniForum
Drizzle
Echo
Epicurious Food Forums
Epicurious Travel
E-Town
FireFly
The Gate
Geekcereal
Grateful Dead Forum
Grex
Hinduism Forum
Hotwired
iBride
Ilink Network
Internationale Stadt Berlin
Internationale Stadt Bremen
Invention Factory
ISCABBS (Iowa Student Computing Association)
Jewish Community
The Liane BBS
Military & Vets Club
National Urban League Forum
Nerdnosh
Net Girl
New York Online
Orlando Sentinel Online
Parent Soup
Pathfinder's O.J.: The Civil Trial and Beyond Board
Pet Care Forum
PlanetOut
Prairie Online
REWIRED
RIME Network (Relaynet)
The River
Scouting Forum
SeniorNet
Senior Network Users Group (SNUG)
The Spring
Star Trek Forum
Table Talk
Thrive
@Times
Tribe
Transgender Community Forum
TravelTalk
Utne Cafe
The Well
Women Online Worldwide
World Data Network (WDN)
Writers Club
mailing lists
ABC's World News Now Discussion List
Afro Techies Mailing List
Al-Anon Mailing List
Alzheimer Mailing List
Breast Cancer Discussion List
Cajun Nights
Chi-Improv Mailing List
Circle of Hope
Circles of Email
Community Memory
CyberCat
Cybermind Discussion List
Cyborganic
Dead Media List
Dead Runners Society Mailing List
DECLUTTR Mailing List
Down-Syn
Dr. Who Discussion List
EAT-LF
Fatfree
FEMCATH-L
FIBROM-L
Folk Music Mailing List
Freelancers Mailing List
FringeWare News Network
Homestead
LearningOrg -- Dialog on Learning Organizations
Les Miserables
Little House on the Prairie/Laura Ingalls Wilder Discussion
MacWay, The EvangeList
Magic of Believing
Music Ministry Discussion List
Nerve Net Digest
Netly News Discussion List
NETTRAIN
New England Hearth and Home Mailing List
NoEnd
Opera-L
Over the Back Fence
Roses and Thorns
SIDS Mailing List
Suicide Survivors
Teen-list
The Spoon
Teatime Social
THYSTL-L
Witsendo
Women and Technology Mailing List
World Wide Web Artists Consortium
newsgroups
alt.alien.visitors
alt.anarchism
alt.angst
alt.baldspot
alt.beer
alt.bitterness
alt.cacophony
alt.callahans
alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
alt.cyberpunk
alt.culture.us.1980s
alt.cult-movies
alt.fan.bgcrisis
alt.feminazis
alt.folklore.urban
alt.infertility
alt.movies.independent
alt.movies.indian
alt.movies.monster
alt.parenting.spanking
alt.pinecone
alt.pulp
alt.radio.pirate
alt.sex.stories
alt.sex.bondage
alt.shoe.lesbians
alt.showbiz.gossip
alt.smokers
alt.smokers.cigars
alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs
alt.sysadmin.recovery
alt.tv.mst3k
alt.tv.the-tick
alt.tv.twin-peaks
alt.tv.xena
alt.video.laserdisc
rec.arts.anime
rec.arts.bodyart
rec.arts.books
rec.music.funky
rec.music.tori-amos
soc.support.depression.misc
text-based multiuser environments
AmberMUSH
BayMOO
BioMOO
Cajun Nights
Chiba MOO-THE SPRAWL
Crypt MUX
Diversity University
Elendor MUSH
FurryMUCK
GrassRoots MOO
Jay's House MOO
MediaMOO
MicroMUSE
Mundo Hispano
Net-Lab MOO
Pax Magica
PernMUSH
RealmsMUD
ResRocket Realtime Jamming Online
TOS TrekMuse
graphical multiuser environments
De Digitale Stad Amsterdam
Finchnest
Stimuverse
websites
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