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General
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MetaFilter
Quarter To Three Forums
Something Awful Forums
Straight Dope Message Board
TV Tropes
A/V
AVS Forum
Animation
No Homers Club
Anime and Manga
AniList
Kanzenshuu
MangaDex
MyAnimeList
Astronomy
Cloudy Nights Forums
Australia
Whirlpool Forums
Autism
Wrong Planet
Buildings and Infrastructure
SkyscraperCity
Cars and Vans
IH8MUD Forum
PlatesMania.com
Ram Promaster Forum
Film and TV
Blu-ray.com
Digital Spy
Fanedit.org
Gallifrey Base
Jedi Council Forums
Finance & Investing
Bogieheads.org
Gaming
AtariAge
AVSIM
Boolprop.net
CivFanatics
Doomworld
Famiboards
GameFAQs Message Boards
Gaming Latest
GBAtemp
GTPlanet
Minecraft Forum
NeoGAF
Neoseeker Forums
ResetEra
Serebii.net
Smogon Forums
Sonic and Sega Retro Forums
TrueAchievements Forums
ZDoom
Metal detecting
DetectorProspector.com
Friendly Metal Detecting Forum
Modelling
Britmodeller
JNS Forum
RMweb
Tamiyaclub.com
Motorcycles
Adventure Rider
Bay Area Riders Forum
Horizons Unlimited - The HUBB
Netrider
Motorsport
Autosport Forums
Music
PianoTell
RYM
Steve Hoffman Music Forums
VI-CONTROL
Poker
Two Plus Two
Photography
Digital Photography Review
Science
Physics Forums
Software
Blender Artists
Spaceflight
NASASpaceFlight.com
Sports
HFBoards
RealGM
Slowtwitch Forum
VillaTalk
Tabletop Roleplaying
EN World
RPGnet Forums
Technology & Electronics
EEVblog Electronics Community Forum
Hacker News
MacRumors Forums
MelonLand Forum
Real World Technologies
XDA Forums
Transport
FlyerTalk
National Preservation
NYC Transit Forums
RailUK Forums
The Ferry Forums
TrainBoard.com
Typography
TypeDrawers
Wargaming
DakkaDakka
The Bolter and Chainsword
Watches
Omega Watch Forums
Webcomics
Comic Fury
Writing
alternatehistory.com
SpaceBattles
Sufficient Velocity
Zoos
ZooChat
Not yet classified
Blue Room
The Garage Journal
Official forums
Arch Linux Forums
Ars OpenForum
Battlefront.com
Bay 12 Games Forum
Bunpro Community
CA Community
Dovetail Games Forums
EA Forums
Godot Forum
iNaturalist Community Forum
Kerbal Space Program Forums
NG BBS
Nintendo Life Forums
Overclockers UK Forums
paizo.com
Royal Road
Spiceworks Community
Steam Discussions
WaniKani Community
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