Poll: Smartest Forums on the Internet?
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It speaks volumes of your Internet inexperience when Something Awful or 4chan could even be considered for the smartest forums on the Internet.
Look at fora such as this one as a buffet. You might get a wide variety of entrees, some of which are pretty delicious, it just can't compare to the gourmet cooking of an upscale specialty resturante (for better or worse).
You just have to be willing to put your various search engines though the paces to find dedicated fora that intellectuals are likely to frequent.
Here are a few examples- http://forums.randi.org/forumindex.php?s=3577bd1c8c554dd9d8b7890edc83f609
http://forum.richarddawkins.net/
It pretty much goes without saying that Smartest Forum doesn't necessarily equal a Fun/Pleasant forum.
Look at fora such as this one as a buffet. You might get a wide variety of entrees, some of which are pretty delicious, it just can't compare to the gourmet cooking of an upscale specialty resturante (for better or worse).
You just have to be willing to put your various search engines though the paces to find dedicated fora that intellectuals are likely to frequent.
Here are a few examples- http://forums.randi.org/forumindex.php?s=3577bd1c8c554dd9d8b7890edc83f609
http://forum.richarddawkins.net/
It pretty much goes without saying that Smartest Forum doesn't necessarily equal a Fun/Pleasant forum.
My money's on the Straight Dope Message Board. Sharp bunch of folks there.
The Dear Prudence Fray at Slate.com is another prime location for smart people.
What do those two fora have in common? The average age of the posters is MUCH older than the age on most Internet boards in general and game boards in particular. I'm often the youngest person in a discussion even at my age.
The Dear Prudence Fray at Slate.com is another prime location for smart people.
What do those two fora have in common? The average age of the posters is MUCH older than the age on most Internet boards in general and game boards in particular. I'm often the youngest person in a discussion even at my age.
A long time ago, back when Nintendo ran a decent website, there were the NSider forums.
It was a great place for intelligent people to talk about Nintendo games.
But then for some weird reason, Nintendo decided to shut the forums down.
I felt sad, but then I found The Escapist.
My faith in humanity has been restored.
It was a great place for intelligent people to talk about Nintendo games.
But then for some weird reason, Nintendo decided to shut the forums down.
I felt sad, but then I found The Escapist.
My faith in humanity has been restored.
The only smart forums I've been to are the ones I frequent, which are The Escapist and the TGWTG forums. So those.
Haha, yeah, but that's true of any other forum, too. You just need to find the right people, and your recommended daily value of smug will be satisfied before you snap your keyboard in frustration.Prophetic Heresy said:
4chan. Why? Because as a religion, fragmentism rocks, and all the Escapists seems to have to offer in return is atheism and anti-theism...
RPG.net, if we're talking about general discussion forums. Their "Tangency Open" forum can spawn some pretty strange things, but the mods are ruthless, there is next to no trolling, and even political/religious debates are surprisingly intellectual and fair, even if 90% of the forum members are atheist liberals and it's a thread on the existence of God.
Well, I'd just have to say the Escapist.
I've heard bad things about all the other sites on that list.
Doesn't mean we don't have bad things happen here, but we have rules that most people follow, and those who don't follow them, the mods catch.
Besides, I have some very interesting conversations with people on this site, which I can't say of any other site (There was one other, not a forum, but the site is gone now).
I've heard bad things about all the other sites on that list.
Doesn't mean we don't have bad things happen here, but we have rules that most people follow, and those who don't follow them, the mods catch.
Besides, I have some very interesting conversations with people on this site, which I can't say of any other site (There was one other, not a forum, but the site is gone now).