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There are several forums on the internet for the skeptical, and I've been of a few of them over the years. Here's a look at some of them
(Dates are the earliest referenced pages on archive.org, I suspect that most of these forums existed in some form for several years before now)
JRef Forums, 2004
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/
vBulletin. Members: 26,287 Threads: 145,687 Posts: 6,582,575, Online 505 (139/366)
A huge forum, with a lot of members, 512 of whom were online just now. Seemingly though a lot of the threads are actually started by believers, and much time is spent there smacking them down.
BAUT Forum, 2005
http://www.bautforum.com/
vBulletin, Members 74,801Threads 96,150 Posts 1,798,295, ONline 463 (59/404)
Lots more members, but less discussion.
Skeptic Forum, 2005
http://www.skepticforum.com/
phpBB Total posts 213418 • Total topics 10398 • Total members 4975
The forum of the Skeptic Scociety (Michael Sherma), only 20% the size of JRef.
Seems to have a better focus on Skepticism with less trolling.
Skeptic Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic
Members unknowns, seems like maybe ten net topics a day, not that many comments.
(Dates are the earliest referenced pages on archive.org, I suspect that most of these forums existed in some form for several years before now)
JRef Forums, 2004
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/
vBulletin. Members: 26,287 Threads: 145,687 Posts: 6,582,575, Online 505 (139/366)
A huge forum, with a lot of members, 512 of whom were online just now. Seemingly though a lot of the threads are actually started by believers, and much time is spent there smacking them down.
BAUT Forum, 2005
http://www.bautforum.com/
vBulletin, Members 74,801Threads 96,150 Posts 1,798,295, ONline 463 (59/404)
Lots more members, but less discussion.
Skeptic Forum, 2005
http://www.skepticforum.com/
phpBB Total posts 213418 • Total topics 10398 • Total members 4975
The forum of the Skeptic Scociety (Michael Sherma), only 20% the size of JRef.
Seems to have a better focus on Skepticism with less trolling.
Skeptic Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic
Members unknowns, seems like maybe ten net topics a day, not that many comments.
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