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? [more inside]
posted by [insert clever name here] on Mar 14, 2013 - 38 answers

My friends and I need a free or cheap place to talk online. Any ideas? [more inside]
posted by kate blank on Oct 12, 2012 - 21 answers

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? [more inside]
posted by something something on Jun 29, 2012 - 9 answers

How do I promote my Open Souce tech project? [more inside]
posted by KHinds10 on Mar 9, 2012 - 7 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. [more inside]
posted by Sebmojo on Mar 7, 2012 - 13 answers

Are there any political forums where reasonable conservatives discuss politics with reasonable liberals?
posted by goethean on Feb 6, 2012 - 4 answers

How do you properly reference an online forum post in a masters thesis using APA 6? [more inside]
posted by meech on Oct 11, 2011 - 1 answer

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! [more inside]
posted by siclik on Dec 16, 2010 - 10 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 - 3 answers

Recommend me an excellent home theatre forum and/or standalone DTS decoder. [more inside]
posted by polyglot on Oct 19, 2010 - 5 answers

Research Methods/Statistics Discussion Board? [more inside]
posted by jimmysmits on Oct 4, 2010 - 7 answers

Why did my favorite forum just transform into what appears to be some sort of foreign-language YouTube? [more inside]
posted by Anyamatopoeia on Aug 27, 2010 - 4 answers

ForumFilter: What advice do you have for seeding a soon-to-launch professional forum with general topics? What should we bake-in to help build community, serve as social release valves, encourage participation, etc? [more inside]
posted by mumkin on Jul 12, 2010 - 5 answers

phpBB3 filter: Searched around, having trouble re-sizing the header/image in the header of my soon-to-be forum. [more inside]
posted by frmrpreztaft on Jul 12, 2010 - 5 answers

Do you know of any forum software with an integrated calendar which allows users to RSVP to events, or an add-on/mod that does this? [more inside]
posted by carnival of animals on May 4, 2009 - 2 answers

Best Bit Torrent Forum? I'm having a problem, plus I'd like to learn more about torrents. Does anyone have any recommendation on an active forum board I could join? Thanks, David
posted by davidaugust111 on Apr 29, 2009 - 14 answers

I own a forum where the majority of our posters are minors. What can I (or should I) do about a user who is sending sexual advances to other members via our PM system? He keeps coming back under new names after we ban him and we aren’t sure what legal obligations we may have regarding this.
posted by Mamapotomus on Sep 5, 2007 - 16 answers