Hi
Are there lists of the top discussion boards/forums on the Internet?
In particular, I am looking for intellectual/academic fora
(psychology, science, and philsophy in particular).
I am sure lists of the best discussion boards will include these.
Thanks
Max
The Straight Dope Message Board is a large, active forum that you
might find interesting. Although there's a lot of fluff here, you'll
also find some very bright, well-educated people having some
interesting discussions:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?
I wouldn't suggest the above link.
Not many respectable forums add themselves to "top site" pages. In
being added there one must add a banner to vote for the top site which
improves the websites listing among that group.
Stay away from "top site" lists.
OK. Sorry. I didn't check it out thoroughly. I just wanted to point
out that lists of top forums do exist.
Steph53 is right - and in general, USENET has been around a long time
as one of the best "discussion boards" (and google answers is mstly an
archive of these worldwide newsgroups). Consider getting a good
USENET newsreader - most ISPs have these newsfeeds, or there are
specilized sites with a few tens of thousands of newsgroups and decent
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Hi PinkFreud and everyone
It was not a criticism at all - I am very grateful to all of you.
Great pointers and much appreciated.
Max
Search dmoz.org for your interests.
Most of the categories have "chats and forums" subcategories.
able2know.com is pretty massive.
somethingawful.com is a pay per service that has a lot of activity.
eliteskills.com is a good general writers forum
You can get the list of Top Discusion boards/Forums at
http://www.big-boards.com/
Among them the largets one found is
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/index.php
Google Answers comes to my mind as a top discussion forum...heheheh
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Thank you both very much, great boards.
It's hard to believe that there isn't a compilation of the Internet's
top discussion boards. There is a best of blogs, best of websites,
best of everything, but not a "best of forums"
Here's a multi-page list of forums that may interest you:
http://www.bordeglobal.com/forum/rate/index.html
One reason why it's difficult to compile a "best of forums" list is
that most forums have a slant toward a special interest, and only
those who find that special interest to be fascinating will enjoy the
forum. The Straight Dope Message Board (mentioned above) is more
broad-based, which is why I find it so enjoyable.
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