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Posted by Ramarius (# 16551) on :

....Christian or otherwise....

[Edit: the typo was giving me the irrits]

[ 24. June 2012, 08:21: Message edited by: Zappa ]

Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :

What are these "other" forums of which you speak?

Posted by Ramarius (# 16551) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eutychus:
What are these "other" forums of which you speak?

...online discussion groups - I see allusions to them on other threads - just wondered where else people go....

Posted by George Spigot (# 253) on :

Gamers with jobs. For computer game enthusiasts.

Anyone who posts using l33t speak or using fag in a derogorty way gets banned so the level of discussion is very good.

I sometimes dip my toe into the talkjesus forums but not very often.

Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Ramarius:
...online discussion groups - I see allusions to them on other threads - just wondered where else people go....

You mean there are other things available on my computer monitor apart from the Ship?

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eutychus:

quote:
Originally posted by Ramarius:
...online discussion groups - I see allusions to them on other threads - just wondered where else people go....
You mean there are other things available on my computer monitor apart from the Ship?

No, not really. This is just an imagination game.

Posted by wilson (# 37) on :

Sword and Laser, and UK Kindle groups on Goodreads.

Mobileread.

A few writing forums, though I haven't written anything in ages.

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

Nothing recently, although I have tried St. Pixel's in the past.

Of course, SoF hosts are kept far too busy to have time to visit any other online sites.

Posted by Photo Geek (# 9757) on :

The Gardenweb Tomato forum ( I need all the help I can get.

Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :

I frequent and participate on the forum of the website of a musician and singer that I like. I'm not going to tell you who it is though firstly because I interact a bit differently on the two boards and would rather keep them separate but mainly because I'm embarrassed to reveal my lowbrow taste in music... [Hot and Hormonal]

Posted by Edith (# 16978) on :

The TES forum. Sad, isn't it?

Posted by Jay-Emm (# 11411) on :

Read, but no identity for, the XKCD forums.
Recently signed on to a gaming one, planned to be of some use (but so far prevarication isn't helping)

Posted by HCH (# 14313) on :

I used to check mvshelp.com every day, but it suffered some kind of disaster and is no longer working as it did.

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

I do participate in some of the stackexchange forums. In particular, ux, scifi and writers. I did do the christianity one for a while, but they are not as nice as the shipmates.

Posted by George Spigot (# 253) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Edith:
The TES forum. Sad, isn't it?

The Elder Scrolls?

Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :

quote:
Originally posted by George Spigot:

quote:
Originally posted by Edith:
The TES forum. Sad, isn't it?
The Elder Scrolls?

Times Educational Supplement a must read for all teachers in England. Largely independent of the Times (you subscribe separately), it is probably the best known of the supplements. They include Times Literary Supplement and the Times Higher Education Supplement. I am sure there are others.

Jengie

Posted by Roseofsharon (# 9657) on :

BookGroup Online (as in my sig), where I'm a moderator
Ravelry
ReadItSwapIt - although I mostly just 'swap' and don't post much on the forum

Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :

Trade Me - it's the NZ equivalent of ebay and the is a community section, as well as the auctions.

I tend to read only the Books, Recipes and Christchurch Earthquake boards, as much of the other discussion is at the level of a badly run talkback radio show.

Posted by agingjb (# 16555) on :

BAUT (astronomy - strict moderation)
for3 (BBC Radio 3 forum, although not a BBC owned forum)
politicalbetting (much partisan bile)

not recommendations as such, so I haven't quoted full URLs.

And one small forum run by a group including a shipmate - I'll leave it to her to mention it if she wants to.

many others bookmarked, but fewer and fewer looked at now.

Closed forums I miss: "Into the Wardrobe", "Which Online", and one or two of the rapidly vanishing BBC forums.

Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :

I frequent the badscience forums, which started as an offshoot of the Guardian column of that name. Independent now though. Very sweary and frequently hilarious.
And a mummy forum which isn't publicly findable.

Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :

I come to the Ship every day, just about, but I also have a revolving list of other fora that I visit about once a week. They are:
Living History, the British re-enactors' forum
Absolute Write Water Cooler, for aspiring (and published) writers
Creative Living forum, for crafty things and alternative lifestyle
Brass Goggles, a steampunk forum
Historum, for history - I've tried several history forums, but this one seems to suit me best at the moment.
and onlinebookclub for discussion of literature.
I've tried a few science forums, but the conversation is either way over my head, or becomes very 'samey' after a while.

Posted by no_prophet (# 15560) on :

Several Linux forums. Linux being the true operating system of Anglicans. The via media of operating systems. Mac being that corresponding to RC, and Microsoft to protestants.

In Mac, the operating system is locked down and the Apple authorities will change it for you when they think it is right so to do. They do not care too much what you think.

Microsoft is supposed to locked down, but you have total freedom to bugger it up, get it infected by odd and dangerous ideas like viruses, and then you may have to hit bottom, reformat and start over. Repeatedly.

With Linux, it is locked down, but you have the capability to deliberately alter and/or break it, and you cannot do it without full intention, knowing the risks.

So that's why I am on some Linux forums. [Big Grin]

Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Jay-Emm:
Read, but no identity for, the XKCD forums.

I'm on there under the same screen name and post very occasionally on the threads devoted to individual comics (actually I'm proud, in a sad sort of way, to have actually got there in time to post the comic up to start a thread on a couple of occasions).

I also read and occasionally post on Fark, which I find provides better and more insightful coverage of news than any traditional news sites. You have to wade through 4chan type images, juvenile humour and so on but you frequently get links to well-written, informative websites written by people who clearly know what they are talking about or at the least, provide interesting viewpoints.

[ 24. June 2012, 18:19: Message edited by: Eutychus ]

Posted by mrs whibley (# 4798) on :

badscience - another of those rare places where people are both intelligent and nice. I've tried various chicken-keeping forums and am now more-or-less settled at Omlet. I post (just as rarely as here) under my real name at both those places, though.

Posted by angelica37 (# 8478) on :

a UK based large family forum, a Catholic discussion forum and I suppose facebook is a kind of forum

Posted by Graven Image (# 8755) on :

A music forum. I stick with he beginner thread.

Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on :

I like the V Drums Forum- a discussion group for those who own Roland V-drums, electronic drums. There is also a discussion board that appeals to the DIY crowd--those who buy all the equipment and build their own electronic drum sets. I ask lots of questions in there because I toy around with the idea to build my own set.

I also frequent the American Diabetes Association forums for Type 2 diabetics.

And I've been checking out various online forums for sufferers of Gastroparesis, a stomach ailment that diabetics are likely to have.

I used to post on Beliefnet but a few years ago they revamped the entire site and I was getting a lot of dating requests (!?) from men and I got tired of that in a hurry.

Posted by Pancho (# 13533) on :

quote:
Originally posted by no_prophet:
In Mac, the operating system is locked down and the Apple authorities will change it for you when they think it is right so to do. They do not care too much what you think.

IMHO, Umberto Eco hit closer to the truth:

quote:
Indeed, the Macintosh is counter-reformist and has been influenced by the ratio studiorum of the Jesuits. It is cheerful, friendly, conciliatory; it tells the faithful how they must proceed step by step to reach -- if not the kingdom of Heaven -- the moment in which their document is printed. It is catechistic: The essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation.

I used to be active on a Tolkien forum and a Catholic forum. Lately I've been lurking on a bunch of language forums: one for people who are learning languages (lurk there a lot), another one for people who construct languages for the fun of it (even though the fan-boy-ness* there annoys me but there's lots of info about linguistics), and a mailing-list for people into auxiliary languages (languages like Esperanto meant to be common or international languages). I also lurk on a men's interest board (no, not that kind of men's interest), a couple of menswear forums, and at the Fedora Lounge ('cuz tonight I wanna party like it's 1939).

*I mean the bad kind of fan-boy-ness, not the good kind. Lot's of rude behavior, snobbery, geekier-than-thou attitude, etc. Like the Comic-Book Guy on the Simpsons. I'm already getting tired of it.

Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Lucia:
I frequent and participate on the forum of the website of a musician and singer that I like. I'm not going to tell you who it is though firstly because I interact a bit differently on the two boards and would rather keep them separate but mainly because I'm embarrassed to reveal my lowbrow taste in music...

Oh, God... it's Kenny G., isn't it?! No wonder you want to keep this on the down low. [Razz]

Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :

Will & Testament

As far as I can see, this is the only BBC blog concerned with religion.

Posted by Hugal (# 2734) on :

I go on.
The Dibb (British Disney park fan site)
The Christian Dance Fellowship of Britain
The International Christian Dance Fellowship
The Fellowship of Christian Magicians
Dress Circle (Musical Theatre fan site).
I keep busy.

Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :

In this household there is only the Ship, Facebook and Pogo and various newsites.

Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on :

I'm on a number of different sites, but the only one which is a forum per se is the Open University - each group I tutor has its own forum which as the tutor I moderate by default.

I have ' written conversations' in a number of other places though - on various blogs, facebook and twitter mainly.

Posted by irish_lord99 (# 16250) on :

When I did more radio control I used to frequent RC Groups, a forum dedicated to radio controlled models of all kinds (I was mostly into airplanes).

I'll probably get back into posting there once I make the move back stateside and have a place to fly once again.

Now that I'm getting into building guitars, I'm thinking of also signing onto a guitar building forum.

I find forums are great places for practical advice and help with hobbies, work, and crafts.

Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :

Not exactly a forum, but I read a number of blogs about world music, and sometimes enter in discussions on their comment threads.

Posted by MSHB (# 9228) on :

Just as often as I participate in the Ship, I participate in a forum for people on the autism spectrum, and in a forum for people with a particular form of sensory sensitivity. I check all three forums every day. I also follow (and occasionally comment on) a number of blogs, mostly related to the autism spectrum.

I guess that delineates me as an ecumenical Christian on the autism spectrum, with peculiar sensory problems. At least, these are my leading "special interests" (obsessions) on the web.

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