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

Social networking

Art communities

MUD, MUSH, MOO

GemStone
ifMUD
Category:MU* servers
Category:MU* games

Ethnicity-based communities

Online Teaching Covens

Coven of the Far Flung Net

Other types

bianca.com
Del.icio.us (social bookmarking)
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)
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

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