In the not too distant future I will be relocating to Romania (through work), probably for a few years. Before I go, and while I'm there, I'd like to keep abreast of local current affairs and culture. What well-written and well-informed blogs or news sources *in English* should I keep an eye on? (obviously I am hoping to use this posting as a chance to brush up on my very limited Romanian, but that's going to take a while...)
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posted by oclipa
on May 13, 2013 -
4 answers
What are some stress-reduction techniques that support representatives and forum moderators use on-the-spot to remain cool and collected during difficult interactions with clients, and not let their own frustration get the best of them?
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posted by Opal
on Apr 28, 2013 -
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The forum was made up of psychopaths talking about their experiences, points of view and things they've done. It was fascinating to read and learn about. What prompted me to look into it back then was that I'm quite certain my father is one.
The only results I've been finding are support forums for people who've been in relationships with psychopaths.
posted by mrflibble
on Mar 25, 2013 -
7 answers
I've got an idea for a community website that is women centric in a very male dominated hobby. I've looked, there really doesn't seem to be a community catering to women in this hobby out there right now, and I'm coming to realize that this really could be a good niche because women involved in the hobby are pretty marginalized.
What I could use some advice on is - do I make it woman only, or allow men to participate just promoting to women and keeping some women centric topics?
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posted by [insert clever name here]
on Mar 14, 2013 -
38 answers
I'm looking for examples of fiction that heavily involve transcripts of online communication - forum posts, website content, emails, IM conversations, the more and more varied the better.
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posted by restless_nomad
on Jan 3, 2013 -
37 answers
What is the premium website and messageboard/forum for Nissan Pathfinder fanatics, if such a thing exists?
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posted by TheManChild2000
on Nov 12, 2012 -
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What are the best motorcycle forums? Too many hits from a Google search, so I'd love some specific recommendations. Looking for active members, friendly to relative newby questions. General is good, but some specifics about me: In the Northeast US, recreational rider (not racing), grown-up, older "standard" bike, very interested in riding safely with proper gear. Thanks!
posted by The Dutchman
on Oct 21, 2012 -
14 answers
Need a chat/forum-solution for a limited time. Since I've been out of the loop for some time I look to you, mighty Mefites, to hear you personal choises and recommendations.
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posted by Rabarberofficer
on Aug 16, 2012 -
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I'd like to read substantive writing about MMA that does more than just follow the news. If possible, I'd like to participate in thoughtful discussion about it. Ideally, I'd like a blog, column, or forum that gets updated regularly, but books are fine, too.
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posted by ignignokt
on Aug 14, 2012 -
8 answers
I'm part of a long-standing email list community (both digest and non-digest individual mail versions) where some folks would like to be able to move to some kind of web forum type format, but others would like to hang on to their plain old email mailing list format. Is there any software out there that would work well to allow for an email interface to a web forum? Or some other way to get the old school email folks and the people who want something more like phpbb to all talk amongst themselves without too much pain for either group?
posted by rmd1023
on Aug 12, 2012 -
3 answers
Is there a open source or inexpensive (its for a charity) web based solution that contains a cms, a blog (wordpress), an extensible forum (phpBB), a digg like system for voting on submitted links (pligg), and less important an image gallery that allows members to upload their photos.
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posted by digividal
on Aug 4, 2012 -
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I'm part of a 25-member private message board. We've been using pHpBB for years, hosted on one of our members' private website, but her space is limited and we have periodic issues with the database crashing as a result. What are our options?
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posted by something something
on Jun 29, 2012 -
9 answers
What are the best ways for a cinephile like me to find communities of those similarly interested in film?
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posted by dr handsome
on May 23, 2012 -
3 answers
Opinions on gentrification from a gentrified neighborhood's non-gentry residents?
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posted by defmute
on Apr 29, 2012 -
15 answers
Looking for online fiction, non-fiction and creative writing communities and forums of all kinds.
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posted by cilantro
on Apr 4, 2012 -
5 answers
Is
this forum for real? It's tweaking my 'this is some kind of SEO fake' instincts but it seems to be legit. It's driving me slightly crazy. Ponderings below.
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posted by Sebmojo
on Mar 7, 2012 -
13 answers
Our roller derby team needs to stop talking derby on Facebook and into its own forum. We'd like it to be a "members only" area of our Wordpress self-hosted website. What's the best, easiest forum platform these days that integrates with Wordpress and doesn't require yet another complicated login (preferably people can sign in with Facebook, Google or YahooID).
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posted by iamkimiam
on Feb 21, 2012 -
9 answers
Are there any political forums where reasonable conservatives discuss politics with reasonable liberals?
posted by goethean
on Feb 6, 2012 -
4 answers
I'm looking for a forum where I can ask questions about networking, security, coding, operating systems, web design, etc. There are
many of these out there, but I'd like to find a
single community which covers all these topics more or less equally (so it isn't a Linux forum with a small section on BSD, or a coding forum with a small section on networking). I'd like it to be the sort of forum where users stay around for several years as they learn and contribute at different levels, with high literacy and education-to-spam levels. Could I have your recommendations please?
posted by westerly
on Dec 18, 2011 -
9 answers
I'm looking for a forum module that looks nice for a small .com start up I'm working with. A lot of the ones I see, even with themes in place, look antiquated, instead of the threaded, facebook-esque look we're looking for. Could someone point me in the right direction?
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posted by unreason
on Dec 1, 2011 -
6 answers
What is the story behind the text "My brother raped me last night" that has been posted to hundreds of apparently random online forums recently?
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posted by msalt
on Nov 16, 2011 -
10 answers
What's the best platform for setting up an email mailing list or discussion for my local neighborhood? How should it be organized and promoted? We have a mix of younger (more tech-savvy) and older residents.
posted by thirteenkiller
on Nov 3, 2011 -
9 answers
While you can find forums for just about anything, there seems to be this void for an active small business owners forum. Specifically small businesses with less than 50 employees. Whatever I've found so far is low/no traffic or packed with spam. In a perfect world.... I know it would be asking a lot to discover a site like Metafilter, but is there anything out there that comes close?
posted by jamesalbert
on Oct 25, 2011 -
9 answers
How do you properly reference an online forum post in a masters thesis using APA 6?
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posted by meech
on Oct 11, 2011 -
1 answer
I've been toying with the idea of starting a website that's sort of half forum, half store. I have a general understanding of how the web works, but I haven't done anything web design-ey for about ten years, and even then I was definitely quite amateur. What would I need to do to get going?
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posted by Scientist
on Oct 5, 2011 -
7 answers
Where is a good place to seek submissions for a new, small-scale, locally-grounded literary magazine?
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posted by millipede
on Sep 28, 2011 -
13 answers
Does anyone know any appropriate mailing lists or online forums where I can find participants for an online music rating study?
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posted by leibniz
on Jul 19, 2011 -
11 answers
Can anyone recommend a good graphic design forum? Somewhere I can submit works-in-progress and get constructive feedback?
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posted by hamandcheese
on Jun 20, 2011 -
4 answers
What are some good online forums/communities for older adults w/ diabetes & obesity?
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posted by jruckman
on Mar 26, 2011 -
5 answers
Moderators/Community managers: How do you focus on the good, when your job is to deal with the bad?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 21, 2011 -
8 answers
Can anyone recommend a good, well-trafficked forum for Microsoft Office (particularly 2010) questions? Seems like this should be eminently Googleable, but maybe because there are so many of them, I'm not finding the one that is
the one. Thanks!
posted by The Dutchman
on Mar 19, 2011 -
7 answers
Is there a forum out there where I can post a "query" (for example, "dramatic painting of an old wise man pointing to the heavens") and crowd-source the results? I'd like to be on both sides of that game!
posted by oneous
on Jan 18, 2011 -
4 answers
What are some fun, smallish, friendly online communities that I could join? Details for what I am looking for inside
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posted by rebent
on Jan 16, 2011 -
8 answers
How do you keep track of when you are quoted or replied to here and on other internet forums?
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Jan 13, 2011 -
8 answers
Please help me find a thread (from a year or two ago) that consisted entirely of people sharing stories (for the first time ever) of nice things they've done for complete strangers. It was popular at the time, but I can't seem to find it now!
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posted by siclik
on Dec 16, 2010 -
10 answers
What are the best online communities for poets? This
previous thread says that poetryslamming was pretty good, but it looks dead now. Are there any others?
posted by yaymukund
on Nov 30, 2010 -
2 answers
I moderate a couple of forums but would prefer not to have to keep checking recent posts' page to see if someone has posted something. Is there a program (
for Linux) that would check for new posts on a vBulletin forum for me and alert me of them? I haven't heard of anything like that before but since there are so many social networking applications out there now, I thought it would be worth a shot.
posted by Unhyper
on Nov 28, 2010 -
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