Do you belong to an online community? Have you built one? Tell me about it.
Do you hang out on a site for moms, fashion designers, social media fanatics, cooking gurus, brides-to-be or technology geeks? How about DIY types, music lovers or people obsessed with the Andy Griffith show? I’d like to know where to find it.
Have you built an awesome community for dancers or teachers, book lovers or clowns-in training?
Whether you frequent the site or manage it yourself, post it in the comments area below.
Just leave the URL of the site in the comments area, along with any other interesting info about it. It’ll pay off. Trust me on this.
Advertisement
17 comments
Comments feed for this article
December 3, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Patrick
I’ve built some.
I’ll keep it to one:
http://www.karateforums.com
December 3, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Nathan
Hi Angela,
I’m co-founder of a still-in-closed-beta social network centered around discovering what movies are really the “best of all time”. Visit http://www.flickchart.com to find out more, or you can read our blog at http://blog.flickchart.com
-Nathan
http://www.flickchart.com
December 3, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Tom
I’m building one – for dads:
http://odadeo.com
December 3, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Jason Kintzler
Yes, I built the PitchEngine Network on Ning – http://mediapitch.ning.com there is a shorth description on the homepage if you’re interested in seeing how it has grown
December 3, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Martin Reed
As I am sure you know, Angela my newest online community launched in September of this year. The URL is http://www.femaleforum.com and it is an online community dedicated to women and women’s issues. The site is different from the ‘competition’ in that it is built around simplicity and ease of use. We have great content in the form of unique articles, and a great bunch of members already.
- Martin
December 3, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Nathan C.
I just discovered a cool site for cat and photography lovers (that’s me!) called http://piccat.com/. You can upload photos, discuss, etc. I love it so far!
I also have a blog my two cats run that is slowing gaining momentum – it mostly features artistic cat photos, and some video. http://www.pippyandchamp.com/
December 3, 2008 at 2:28 pm
John Carson
Hi there,
I started http://www.kibbutzvolunteer.com/ back in 1997 before “social” and “media” were used in the same sentence. It’s about travelling on a kibbutz in Israel — I did it for two years, had a blast, so help others. It’s non-profit.
There’s an e-newsletter and two forums; I answer questions personally by e-mail.
Cheers,
Twitter: johncarson
December 3, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Scott
Been running a Tech community for nearly 12 years now over at http://www.hawkee.com
December 4, 2008 at 7:50 am
Escarlata
I’ve been a member of RenaissanceFestival.com, a very specialized forum for enthusiasts of the Faires. Some of the members are my most loyal readers at FaireNews.com
December 4, 2008 at 8:29 am
Ray
I have just started a website with a community for people living in or visiting Manchester, England. It covers events, nightlife, entertainment, siteseeing and eating out in the city (and much more).
http://www.ManchesterWide.com/forum
Ray
December 4, 2008 at 3:41 pm
MojoSteph
The People Powered Yellow Pages:
http://www.mojopages.com
A community where friends, family and neighbors help each other find the BEST local businesses! Still very new, but check us out!
December 4, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Aldo
Hi, I have just launched a winecommunity in Europe. We are now live in Dutch and are currently preparing to make Vinoo available in English and French. http://www.vinoo.eu
December 5, 2008 at 2:24 pm
app
I am a very active participant in the fantastic DonationCoder.com software enthusiasts community.
The About page will give you much more detail than I can here: http://www.donationcoder.com/About/index.html
The community is self supported by member donations and has a quite successful microdonation system in place that allows you to donate small amounts to members in appreciation for the work they do and the content they provide.
There is something for everyone, from great software made in-house, tech discussions, member written reviews, a community produced blog, contests, great software discounts, community events, an awesome newsletter, a programming school for self-learners, and even an opportunity to request small custom software made by volunteer coders on the site (for free!).
The site founder wrote an article about the first year, that is quite an interesting read: http://www.donationcoder.com/Articles/One/index.html
It’s a very nice friendly place…unusually friendly. If you use a computer, you’ll love it.
http://www.donationcoder.com
December 6, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Michael Carnell
I have built a number over the years, both off-line and on-line, for everything from Jimmy Buffett fans to MG 1100 car aficionados. Have also started on on-line group for my church on Facebook. One of my more recent efforts is an on-line one for British car people at http://www.justbritish.com with the main forums being at http://www.justbritish.com/forums. Would love to have anyone interested stop on by1
December 6, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Jeremy
I’ve got a trio of online communities, all for different outdoor games. My first one, for the game Cornhole, has been around a few years and is doing pretty well ( http://www.cornholeplayers.net/forum ). My most recent two were both launched this year, and are both pretty quiet yet. One for Washers – http://www.washerplayers.net and one for a bunch of different Outdoor Games at http://www.outdoorgameplayers.net
If you like games, check them out!
January 16, 2009 at 5:11 am
goundoulf
OpenBox4 (http://www.neufbox4.org) is a french tech-oriented community I have created 1 1/2 year ago.
(The Neuf Box 4 is a DSL router / gateway of the French Internet service provider named SFR, previously Neuf Telecom).
January 16, 2009 at 5:11 am
goundoulf
The link didn’t work for OpenBox4: http://www.neufbox4.org