Author Topic: What other forums do you participate in? (Read 28,170 times)

mouser · « **on:** January 24, 2016, 12:42 PM »

Have we ever asked this before.. What other forums on the internet do you participate in?

For me, DC is my only true home, but I do have an unhealthy obsession with my car (the codymobile, purchased with help from DC members), which has led to my frequent posting on a forum dedicated to my car model: http://clubsx4.com/forum

How about you folks?

wraith808 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 24, 2016, 04:01 PM »

I participate on BoardGameGeek and RPG StackExchange. I've given up on regularly visiting any others- it turns into a real time-suck.

mouser · « **Reply #2 on:** January 24, 2016, 04:11 PM »

BGG ! another one of my fave sites.

what's your username? here's me: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/dcmouser

rgdot · « **Reply #3 on:** January 24, 2016, 05:44 PM »

Recent times .... MilanMania and xtratime (both soccer forums), sometimes wordpress.org forums and more occasionally dslreports, linux mint forums and redflagdeals (Canadian all topics forum)

Ath · « **Reply #4 on:** January 24, 2016, 05:56 PM »

Only the (Dutch language) machine embroidery forum my wife had me start for her when her then-most-visited msn group on the subject ceased to exist, 7 years ago.
I'm the technical admin, and the (mostly) ladies frequenting the forum keep stuff alive there, posting new made work, and appraising the work of others

40hz · « **Reply #5 on:** January 24, 2016, 06:02 PM »

Mainly music these days now that I've retooled myself and am not as into computer tech as I used to be...except for the slowly dying FOSS vision and hope for the future.

My biggies:

TalkBass.com
BassOutpost.com

For general conversation (although I'm nowhere near as active as I once was) it's my original cyber-hangout The Well (thewell.com) which is the oldest and still IMO best. Or at least it was best once my own BBS (Port Zero) shut down way back in the lost mists of time.

P.S. Sure is quiet around here lately. Seems to be missing a lot of familiar avatars. What's up with that?

MilesAhead · « **Reply #6 on:** January 24, 2016, 06:52 PM »

I participate on Windows OS forums. Mainly:
http://www.tenforums.com/
http://www.eightforums.com/
http://www.sevenforums.com/
http://www.vistax64.com/

Windows 10 I don't have a machine to install it on the metal. And Vista the traffic is very sparse. So participation is limited for me on those. But I still try to solve issues on W8 and W7 forums.

Also for programming:
https://autohotkey.com/boards/index.php
https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/

I used to participate on he C based languages forums but it is too cumbersome trying to keep a hand in while working out of a suitcase. The scripting launguages are more suited to quick and dirty Windows utilities.

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #7 on:** January 24, 2016, 07:28 PM »

I dropped out of circulation IRL years ago, and...
Being more than just a bit of a misanthrope...I'm really only active here.

dr_andus · « **Reply #8 on:** January 24, 2016, 09:26 PM »

For me it's

Outliner Software - Outlining Software, PIMs, Knowledge and Information Management
ConnectedText Forum - for users of the personal wiki ConnectedText
Chrome OS Forum on Reddit - for Chromebook users

4wd · « **Reply #9 on:** January 24, 2016, 11:36 PM »

Quote from: Stoic Joker on January 24, 2016, 07:28 PM

I dropped out of circulation IRL years ago, and...
Being more than just a bit of a misanthrope...I'm really only active here.

Same here

ayryq · « **Reply #10 on:** January 25, 2016, 01:21 AM »

Quote from: 40hz on January 24, 2016, 06:02 PM

Mainly music these days now that I've retooled myself and am not as into computer tech as I used to be...except for the slowly dying FOSS vision and hope for the future.

My biggies:

TalkBass.com
BassOutpost.com

I've been an "irregular" on talkbass.com, drumforum.org lumberjocks.com, SimTropolis, and lately mytractorforum.com. Separately I check classifieds but don't really participate at sawmillcreek.org, harmonycentral.com. '

I also just discovered that links with square brackets don't work in BBCode

wraith808 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 19, 2016, 05:33 PM »

Other forums I participate in that I've just started as of late:

Geekhack, Deskthority, and though Reddit isn't really a forum, I participate in /r/mk fairly regularly.

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #12 on:** September 27, 2016, 06:52 PM »

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #13 on:** September 27, 2016, 06:55 PM »

Quote from: Stoic Joker on January 24, 2016, 07:28 PM

I dropped out of circulation IRL years ago, and...
Being more than just a bit of a misanthrope...I'm really only active here.

I have a presence elsewhere, but the username is different and I don't want to be associated with it here.

wraith808 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 27, 2016, 07:29 PM »

Quote from: Arizona Hot on September 27, 2016, 06:52 PM

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What does this mean?

ayryq · « **Reply #15 on:** September 27, 2016, 08:37 PM »

I'll start. Once upon a time, a child got a new pencil for his first day of school. He didn't have a pencil sharpener, though, so he located a pair of scissors...

Josh · « **Reply #16 on:** September 28, 2016, 01:32 AM »

Somethingawful.com

Deozaan · « **Reply #17 on:** September 28, 2016, 04:22 AM »

Quote from: wraith808 on September 19, 2016, 05:33 PM

and though Reddit isn't really a forum, I participate in /r/mk fairly regularly.

What is that?

I get a 404 when I try it out. Some sort of exclusive club, I guess.

ayryq · « **Reply #18 on:** September 28, 2016, 11:46 AM »

Just guessing he meant https://www.reddit.com/r/mechanicalkeyboards

tomos · « **Reply #19 on:** September 28, 2016, 01:40 PM »

^ How come I dont get no points

wraith808 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 28, 2016, 02:02 PM »

Quote from: Deozaan on September 28, 2016, 04:22 AM

Quote from: wraith808 on September 19, 2016, 05:33 PM
and though Reddit isn't really a forum, I participate in /r/mk fairly regularly.

What is that?

I get a 404 when I try it out. Some sort of exclusive club, I guess.

Yes... just used to typing /r/mk, but it's /r/mechanicalkeyboards

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #21 on:** September 30, 2016, 03:06 AM »

Quote from: wraith808 on September 27, 2016, 07:29 PM

Quote from: Arizona Hot on September 27, 2016, 01:52:24 PM

What does this mean?

It's a ghost post, not from me. Do you speak Ghost? Don't ask me what it says(Ghost is very mystical). The ghost substituted it for my post.

exjoburger · « **Reply #22 on:** September 30, 2016, 07:28 PM »

Well, I'm not sure if it can be called "participate", since I usually find what I'm looking for before asking a question, but Stack Overflow and some of its related sites. Actually, I'm almost afraid to ask questions there

wraith808 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 30, 2016, 07:44 PM »

^ Yeah, I'm on a few of the SE sites. Some are more welcoming and easier to get into than others it appears. SO is just too overwhelming, and has way too much traffic flow for me to ever become truly comfortable doing anything but searching there.

rgdot · « **Reply #24 on:** September 30, 2016, 08:25 PM »

The 'funniest' thing abut SO type sites is the ability of some to edit your question. Unless all those editors have super powers to clarify my dumb way of asking then sorry No. Yes I know some of the edits are for formatting but still that editing power is pointless at best imo.