How many online communities do you call 'home'?

[tinapbeana]

The online world is a bit odd because you get such a one-sided perspective of the people you 'meet' based on where you 'meet' them: SavingAdvice, MySpace, Match.com, usenet etc.

So, for those that want to play along, how many online communities do you belong to, and are you willing to share what they are?

[tinapbeana]

i voted 1 b/c saving advice is the only one i check every day.

other groups i'm on: freecycle (trying to up the involvement there)

other places i'm considering: a photographers list, etsy (might be able to pay for the photography bug!)

[Broken Arrow]

There are several forums in the past that I had called "home". However, I no longer even visit them because they're mostly geared towards "toys" (from computers to guns), and I'm trying to minimize the temptations in my life.

It's tough sometimes because I also know some of the members in real life (like this guy who works for a prominent gun store in this area), and they're all like, "Hey man, where've you been? Haven't see you in ages."

I just DO NOT want to get sucked back into an expensive hobby right now.

So SavingAdvice is my only "home".

[PRICEPLUS]

Two homes. Here and a cycling site!

[vsjhoc]

Three others: one on credit repair, and two for writers.

[PrincessPerky]

Well I tecnically belong to two boards (this one and one for homeschooling) but this will always be my home the other doen't have new posts monthly much less daily.

[sarah]

This is the only site I'd call home.

[Bookie]

I'm active on three boards.

This one I frequent on a daily basis, and I'd consider it to be "home."

I also drop in on a lifestyle forum that I enjoy for the light-hearted banter.

There's also a specialty audio forum I visit a couple of times each week.

[Lori63]

This one plus 2 for couponers.

[Coleroo]

I use to have my own large collie dog owners group for a few years that i considered, but it got too large and hard to manage so I took it down. I use to consider Yafro.com as my home / hang out and had many buds on there i chatted with regularly but when myspace came along, people kinda deserted yafro and it was "no more good".

Now, the only place i consider my hang out is here at SavingAdvice. I've checked these boards almost every day since summer of 2005. I just got to courage to join though earlier today!!

[nanamom]

i check SA daily and right now am active on Sparkpeople (weight loss). Other than that there are a few I check periodically but not as constantly.

[frugalmomof1]

I voted 2. SA and YDF. I visit both of these sites almost daily.

[katwoman]

Quite a few, actually.

FW
SA
3 couponing boards although I'm registered on practically all of them.
2 credit boards although I'm registered at practically all of those, too.
a local Foodie type board

I'm on alot more but you all get the picture.

[rduell]

2: here and I'm an administrator on My Fitness Friends. I joined there over 4 years ago and have made some great friends, some of whom I've actually travelled to meet.

[jodi]

I used to be too active on parents.com, which is where I received the referral to this site (thanks Princess!), but I decided one day to just stop as it was becoming too consuming. This is the only site I check daily, although I do belong to several freecycles too (but I don't consider them "home").

[FrugalTexan75]

I am an active poster on Sparkpeople (weight loss/healthy living)
*I probably wouldn't be such an active poster if it wasn't for the fact that I am a team leader in a weight loss challenge and I am a Community Team Member where I have to meet certain requirements each week to keep my status.

I am an active lurker/occasional poster on:
Television Without Pity
a number of forums on Delphi (Isle of Whack, Frugal Living, Social Blunders, No More Debt)
Saving Advice

[baking23]

Originally Posted by tinapbeana

So, for those that want to play along, how many online communities do you belong to, and are you willing to share what they are?

I picked 4 but really it's more like seven, a few Jane Austen websites, a history related one, email, here, and a fitness website or two.

Have made some great RL friends through online things though.

[Little L]

I voted '3'. I visit SA and 2 organizing forums daily.

[MonkeyMama]

I can only have 1 online home at a time - LOL.

I made my foray with trying to conceive and pregnancy message boards. Those got ugly once we had our babies so I found a couple of local mom communities. A lot of us had made our friends and moved on. So I settled in MySpace for a while. Now this is my home. I don't even feel like I have enough hours in the day, and a made a rule a while back to have one main online place. I found it quickly snowballed out of control and I would spend way too much online, when my original forums and message boards snowballed into 20 off-shoots. I just don't do off-shouts anymore unless I am ready to jump ship. (This seems to be a mom message board thing since the women can get along more than 5 minutes - LOL). I think all of my past homes were very productive to where I was in my life, and now I am focusing on financial things, I hope to stay here a while. But it has been an interesting ride. I actually was very interested in an online book discussion community but just did not have the time to do all the reading and thinking to keep up. Dipped my toes in an online gaming forum and a weight loss forum. But I never settled so much in those though I may want to down the road. I guess I put my all into one place so that is about my limit. But there is just so much out there...

[ChimbleySweep]

I said '2'. I am an admin and long time staff member on a Harry Potter fansite for adults (don't roll your eyes, we have fascinating discussions!), and in addition to that, I constantly read SavingAdvice (although I'm not as prolific here).