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 Webcomic: UserFriendly, Penny Arcade, Sluggy Freelance Virtual world/city: LucasFilm's Habitat, Second Life, Millsberry, Red Light Center, IMVU, Neopets, Roblox IM: ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Kik Messenger, WeChat, Viber, Discord, Skype, iMessage, KakaoTalk, Line, Telegram Internet Relay Chat (IRC): IRC networks MMORPG: EverQuest, Final Fantasy XI, RuneScape, World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV, Star Wars: The Old Republic MOO: LambdaMOO Mososo: Dodgeball, Meetro, Foursquare MUD/MUSH: TinyMUD P2P: Kazaa, Morpheus, Napster, Limewire, BitTorrent Wiki: Wikipedia, WikiWikiWeb, MeatballWiki, Wetpaint, PBworks, TV Tropes WWW: eBay, Slashdot, Digg, Reddit 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
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Virtual reality communities
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Ethnicity-based communities
1Point3Acres Fillos de Galicia Laneros 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