Community Providers
Agora Studios, Avid Gamers, CIX Online, Community Architect, Community Connect Inc., CommunityPeople.net, CommunityZero, Cytopia, Delphi Forums, eKith.com.
Directories
Access Place Lifestyle, Big Boards, eCultures, GrabAGroup, The Alliance of Quality Message Boards, The Ultimate Chatlist
Resources
Books, Chats and Forums, About.com: Community Online, Autospec Thematics: Virtual Communities To Match G, Benton Foundation: Community Building, Building an Online Community: Just Add Water, Building Community: Online Resources, Club about Online Communities, CNet.com: Will Media Giants Bulldoze Communities?, Code begets community, Community is Dead; Long Live Mega-Collaboration, Community Networking Movement
Software
BuildACommunity.com, ESX Engineering, Inchima, OpenACS (Open Architecture Community System), Specialty Match Network, Thumper, Web Crossing
Boonwalker Club
Provides members free customised web site and graphic design, news and reviews, email, a gaming arcade, forums, chat and a graphics library.
BusinessWeek: Internet Communities
Surfers are losing interest on website content and want now to settle in online communities.
ChatMania
Chat community and forum involving many different topics of discussion.
Communities.com
Provides chat rooms, communities, forums, instant messaging, detailed photo profiles, photo galleries, and photo ratings. Search members by age, sex, location, and interests.
Dacity.com
Provides members a free message board on many subjects, free chat services, free homepages and free online games.
Digital Catharsis
A gathering of students to discuss their creativity and artistry.
Facemeet: Meet Faces, Make Friends
Worldwide chatrooms, swap photos, rate and message each other - free signup and membership.
Flamingcube
Offer image gallery hosting, webmail, albums, polls, and forums.
Flork
Worldwide community of interesting people. Find new friends easily by 'florking around.'
Found Myself
Provides a forum for artwork, hobbies, and opinions. Has chat rooms, message boards, games, contests, an online drawing program, and image gallery.
Freebies Website
Offers free internet online services like online chat, guestbook, forum, downloads, articles and calendar.
Generation 2000
Everyone is welcome to join this community and build a mega online community where all the members can share their profiles, interests, hobbies, favorites and attitudes.
HelpBooster
Community where people can help each other through a reward delivery system.
Kancof: Greatness Among Nations
From philosophy to world news to politics to religion to sports to fitness to weapons.
Laibcoms
Covers topics ranging from classical, historical, to the internet, cultural, modern, and futuristic. Has news, forums, and polls.
Many2Many Social Networking
Meet new people, read/write articles and chat to other like-minded members. Visit communities of interest and join in discussions.
Meefo.com
Meefo is a place where anyone is accepted. Features news, reviews, gallery, chat and random banter.
Mindbubble.net
Read, share, and judge creativity. Members can keep journals of thoughts, upload files, and post surveys.
MyNeti.com: Next Online Communtiy
Personals, forums, chat, and shopping. Has message boards listed by subject.
NowTalking
Read and write diaries, send mail to other members, and exchange messages in guestbooks.
Online Node
A community aiming for multiculturalism by providing members with webpages, guestbooks, journals, chatrooms, message boards, private messaging and games.
OpenGaia
Browse through profiles, personals, shared interests, experiences and ideas, polls, creations, job search. Participate, share, meet people.
Peacekeeper Jason's Party Pac
What's a party pac? Find out and meet new people here.
Rogues Tavern Online Community
Online community of international rogues, scoundrels and rascals. Offering chat, message board, graffiti and a scrapbook.
Spammers Paradise
General discussion. Has forum, store, calendar, and member directory.
StargazerNET
Nonprofit offering knowledge base and portal hosting for organizations and individuals. Includes information on services and access to public resources. Provides conference rooms, message boards, surveys, library, and voluntarium.
Talk City
Participate in discussions about relationships, hobbies, business, technology, health and other topics. Socialize with friends, or start your own chat group.
TalkTrix
Described as a fun place where you can meet other people and talk about anything you want.
The Cult
A worldwide organization of mostly high school and college students - a unique collection of ideas and services.
The Duh Project
Philosophical discussion forum on all topics. Covers a wide range of topics from fiction writing to political and philosophical debates.
The Internet ClubHouse
Community that features picture rating, message forums, user profiles, buddy list, live chat, email and user-contributed articles.
The Lost Diner
Focused on the abandoned, forgotten, mysterious, and unexplained. Has forums, chat rooms, and message board. Share stories, photos, maps, conversation, links, and ideas.
The Pork
Members can access chat rooms, discussion boards, personals, and instant messaging.
The Spoke
Microsoft's digital lifestyle club for students from around the world, with message boards, hubs, blogs and 10 MB of upload space for members.
Wanderlist
User-contributed, user-evaluated lists of notes including lots of links.
Whyville
A virtual 3-D world for curious minds where you can own land, build your own house, play simulation games, win prizes, chat, and help the community grow.