Once upon a time I found myself in an amazing chat room where people actually discussed spirituality, politics, dreams, ologies etc...and did so in a respectful manner. This room was very engaging, challenging and inspiring and I am searching for a new discussion group or chat room that is similar in its dynamic. Any suggestions?
posted by gypseefire on Jul 23, 2009 - 6 answers

Besides Google Groups, where else can I find archives of discussions from the early days of the internet? (on any subject)
posted by vizsla on Mar 11, 2008 - 7 answers

What's the simplest, easiest, fastest way to create a search engine for a discussion website (in particular, this one) which is NOT RUN by that website, but on another computer, and which recognizes as searchable/sortable fields: 1) the "board" the post is in, 2) the titles as well as the bodies of posts, and 3) the dates the posts were made? Oh, and it should update with new posts every few hours, say.
posted by shivohum on Jun 17, 2007 - 4 answers

Deceptively unchatfilter =P I am looking for good discussions on Occam's Razor -- which I think is obscenely absurd. Looking for links to discussions, not necessarily petitioning comments (although welcome). [more inside]
posted by vanoakenfold on Feb 13, 2007 - 28 answers

Where can I find and participate in high-level, Metafilter-style discussion of relationships? [more inside]
posted by agropyron on Apr 25, 2006 - 10 answers

Where can I find an easy, modular, includable, threaded (preferably) chat forum? [more inside]
posted by Kickstart70 on Sep 23, 2005 - 5 answers