Ask HN: Tell me about some good niche online communities you know?

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by anujkk • 15 years ago

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Everyone knows about facebook, google+, twitter and other popular social networking sites/communities that are general purpose(for all audience). I wish to know which niche communities(like HN) you like the most and why?

Edit : I'm also especially interested in communities that are women oriented.

DanBC• 15 years ago

Meatball wiki is crucial reading for people wanting to learn about online communities.

(http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/)

revorad• 15 years ago

I'm not part of either of these, but http://ravelry.com is a famous knitting community. Another one which is really impressive is http://www.airliners.net. The photos and in-depth reviews people post on that site are just mind blowing.

szany• 15 years ago

Programming languages: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/

gadders2• 15 years ago

http://www.bobpitch.com

People who just enjoy chatting about various subjects all day long.

stfu• 15 years ago

I prefer http://www.popbitch.com ;)

gadders2• 15 years ago

There was a schism and some people created it as a spin off.

Similar sense of humour, but no interest in celebrities.

hcho• 15 years ago

In the UK, there's http://mumsnet.com Obviously it's a mother's online community.

wj• 15 years ago

Not specifically for women but Elite Trader (http://www.elitetrader.com/) is pretty niche.

Food bloggers seem to have a lot of online (and offline) meetups.

latch• 15 years ago

http://webhostingtalk.com is a pretty huge forum for everything hosting (vps, cloud, dedicated, colo..) related. Used to participate pretty heavy. It's actually a really good hacker resource.

Mankhool• 15 years ago

Cinema 5D http://www.cinema5d.com/index.php Now including discussion about large sensor video cameras, but started very niche for those of us interested in shooting video on DSLRs.

katiepatrick2• 15 years ago

http://www.ign.com/ - not sure if it counts as 'community' - but is very popular and was sold for something around $600m I think.

katiepatrick2• 15 years ago

There is also essentialbaby.com.au that is an Australian new mom site that was purchase by fairfax for around $4m

EgeBamyasi• 15 years ago

rateyourmusic.com

Every music nerds wet dream.

callmeed• 15 years ago

http://www.digitalweddingforum.com is my favorite forum for professional wedding & portrait photographers. I'm a member and an advertiser. It's a pretty great resource if you want no-nonsense business/technical photography info.

Membership is in the thousands and it's a paid forum, so it's profitable.

I don't know the actual numbers, but portrait and wedding photography has become very popular with women in the past few years. There are a lot of women that participate (possibly a majority).

There is also a women/mom photography forum called http://www.clickinmoms.com that is fairly popular, but I have no first-hand knowledge of it.

lilkik• 15 years ago

http://www.justbreastimplants.com/forum/ is self-explicatory, fairly busy and has a female audience.

joshontheweb• 15 years ago

some obvious ones:

* web developers - http://forrst.com

* web designers - http://dribbble.com

episod• 15 years ago

http://Everything2.com is a great community of writers; kind of an alternate reality, perspective-based wikipedia with a mix of fact, fiction, essays, drivel, and close-nit culture of folks who regularly meet up together.

dchuk• 15 years ago

I setup http://www.saasaholics.com for SaaS and Startup founders to help each other out

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