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 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
Discussion boards
Art communities