What are some forums or discussion groups that provide some sense of community?

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Well, once upon a time, this site had 2000+ contributing members and it was a very successful combination of social media and Q&A. You could post pictures and so on. Like FB but much  better. Now, of course it's nothing like so ground-breaking, still fun but a very pale shadow of it's former self.

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It was REALLY big once - mainly UK members, and made a LOT of money. There was a photo gallery, answers could be marked and there was a member ranking feature. There were mods in the UK and China, so that 24-hour moderation was possible. We knew all the "amateur" mods (I was one, so were Arthur Wright and Lynn Dwyer ) Tim O'Shea (the owner), Dave Swindells (chief designer, web developer), Shujing Mackay (site manager) were all regularly online and would interact with the contributors, and it was USEFUL. I helped a guy in India through his computer exams and answered various questions for physics homework. Then it started to go wrong - a guy called Joe Wasik decided to use the site for his right-wing redneck propaganda. Janey used it as a personal crusade against anyone who did not agree with her, and then Blurtit oversimplified the site (probably with the best intentions) and it was much less fun to use.
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Take a look at the (now out-of-date) Wikipedia entry.

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