What other (types of) forums are you active on?

[mrgarci1]

Just an informal survey to see what other types of things ebikers are interested in. As it's generally not good form to post links to other forums ("advertising" other forums), please keep your responses general - no URLs - I'm trying to gauge what TYPES of forums people are active on, not specifically which forums they use.

For my part, I'm active on:
~ EV forums (this and the "V-place" as Reid puts it)
~ Electronic dance music DJ forums (mostly of the popular-in-UK hardstyles variety at the moment)
~ Semi-active on an exotic bird owners forum

 

[Reid Welch]

Poetry Critical's message board, where I am generally well-hated, but cannot be banned.
Other than that, I post to this board, usually as a gentleman of very odd, eccentric mannerisms.

Thank you for the poll,

call me Oscar. Wild. Not a typo, only a human fluke or parasite of normal's time and patience

Reid Welch

 

[frodus]

http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/
http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/
http://elmoto.net/
http://www.evmotorcycle.org/home/
http://www.rcgroups.com/motorcycles-183/
http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/
http://vfrworld.com/forums/
http://visforvoltage.org/
http://www.electricforum.com/cars/
http://ecomodder.com/forum/


I'm admin on 2 of those

 

[liveforphysics]

www.spsclubhouse.com (non-public forum) Coral reef geek forum
www.thepsas.org Coral reef geek forum
www.reefcentral.com Coral reef geek forum
www.reeffrontiers.com Coral reef geek forum
www.reefsanctuary.com Coral reef geek forum
Energy Dynamics, version 4? lol (non-public forum) engine design geek forum
www.onecamonly.com Honda engine geek forum
www.candlepowerforums. Lighting device and design forum

 

[spinningmagnets]

http://www.otherpower.com
how to build a homemade wind turbine to generate electricity, also PV solar, micro-hydro, and "other".

Also http://www.builditsolar.com but they don't have a forum, only a constantly updated index of alt energy info.

Craigslist forums when I'm bored. "Auto" to help others avoid problems I have had in the past that cost me trouble and money. Lately, "Bicycle" is amusing, "Boomers" because I'm older and its where to go to converse with gray-haired nice people.

Used to ask/post on http://www.visforvoltage.org, but lately its mostly E-scooters.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/HotAirEngineSociety/
Hot Air Engine Society (HAES), mostly Stirling engines, but several variants of hot air engine. I believe theres a real need for a cheap low-tech home-made solar-powered generator, and possibly a solar ORC engine (freon-steam generator), skimming the pics and files can be amusing...

 

[Anonymous]

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[Link]

This and IGN. VforV I don't really browse anymore. I'm not really around here all that often anymore, either. Busy with other stuff, mostly. :?

 

[tostino]

I used to be active on the L2J development forums, a Java emulated Lineage 2 server. And than I ran my own forum for my private server, which had a somewhat active 200-300 posters (and 70-120 people in game).

And even before that, I was active on a forum for a game called Neocron.

 

[Anonymous]

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[Zoot Katz]

I still pull headers from rec.bicycles.misc where I've made real-life friends. I don't post much there any more.
Sometimes I'll check out the Xtracycle goofle grope. The local fixie hipster bag of dicks dot com gets boring fast.
I've un subscribed a few mailing lists when they got too repetitive or I got repeatedly censored.

Being a Usenet addict for over ten years, I thought web based forums lame.
When bicycleforums.com first appeared it was AOL and WebTV suddenly hitting Usenet. Their posts all had drool stains.

 

[tostino]

Post-apocalyptic cyberpunk? Interesting. I might have to try that neocron.
I've done some mods to other post-apocalyptic games, very fun stuff.

It was the most fun MMO i've ever played, but it's aged now, and there is almost no community left, which is what made the game fun.

Not many first person shooter mmorpgs around even now, and none that have as much of the rpg aspect, but still have great combat.

The company that made it was full of complete idiots though, and it's amazing they managed to produce a game at all. They were never able to make the game stable, and if you played it you would expect for it to crash eventually. Their server software, from what I can tell by playing, was a huge piece of trash that would drop connection occasionally, and just be generally buggy.

Even with all it's downfalls, it was still the most fun i've ever had in pretty much any game. If you had great movement and aiming skills, you could end up winning a fight against 2-3 players that had characters set up just as well as you. That is something you don't get in almost any other mmo.

 

[torker]

used to be ham radio now just the propagation logger. Then bentrideronline and recycled recumbent where I learned how to build the toureasy . Now it's here and renewable energy stuff, mostly solar. I run my yard lights on solar and heat my pool with solar collectors.

 

[mrgarci1]

Being a Usenet addict for over ten years, I thought web based forums lame.
When bicycleforums.com first appeared it was AOL and WebTV suddenly hitting Usenet. Their posts all had drool stains.

:lol: that's hilarious, i can just imagine. You made me remember that I still check Rec.Music.Phish every once in a while, but I was late to the Usenet game and RMP is a shell of its' former self. Unfortunately, similar to the case you mention, the new web forum that's taken the place of RMP is miles worse than the cesspool of this place could ever aspire to.

 

[Zoot Katz]

. . . miles worse than the cesspool of this place could ever aspire to.

Got my hide calloused in alt.binaries.warez.* where there was an art to flaming.
A good flame provides heat and light or uses three or fewer words to turn the whole thing into a joke.

Flaming isn't approved here and I've not seen many remarks that suggest an exclusive "in group" vs "out group" mentality.

I'm generally an unabashed car-basher though I do my best to subdue it here lest I alienate otherwise good people.
For the record: Stinking or buzzing, a coffin remains a coffin, IMO.

 

[ngocthach1130]

Hackaday.com - because deep down i'm still 100% nerds

engadget.com - nerds need their electronic toys

citrus.forumup.org - i collect different type of citrus, it's also fun to learn grafting and other propagation techniques. Anyone ever have a 5 in 1 citrus tree? Check that site too. One guy have an 80n1 citrus tree. 1 tree, 80 different types of citrus !

foodwishes.com - because guys who can't cook are failure. Think about it. If you know how to cook then even if your significant others suck at cooking you can do something about it. If you suck then you have no leverage so prove your point that the food suck

aquahobby.com - used to be interested in this. Then ebikes took over the time. Full planted fish tank with barely any fish at all. The aquascape is the main point.