Australia's Best Internet Forums

Bren20 on 28/07/2020 - 16:53

What is Ozbargain's opinion of Australia's leading internet forums?

The main one's I'm familiar with are

  • Ozbargain for purchases and general discussion
  • Whirlpool for telecoms/IT/computers and general discussions
  • Bushwalk for bushwalking
  • Aussiehomebrewer for homebrew
  • Hotcopper for investment
  • Reddit can be good for niche subjects where it doesn't need to be Australia specific

What else is out here - what's your niche forum? I'd be particularly interested in hearing about parenting and renovation forums.
There's also reddit and facebook, but I find these aren't as good as traditional forums.

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Comments

  • boomramada on 28/07/2020 - 16:55

    Google ? <subject> forum

  • Nugs on 28/07/2020 - 16:55
    +20

    ozbargain - car insurance problems
    .

    • Seraphin7 on 28/07/2020 - 18:40
      +1

      OzBargain - legal advice.

      • poboy on 28/07/2020 - 20:15
        +1

        Ozbargain - diagnosing elevated electricity bills.

  • scotty on 28/07/2020 - 17:00
    +2

    PropertyChat — anything related to buying/selling/renovating real estate.

    • Bren20 on 28/07/2020 - 19:45

      Looks like this one is mostly focussed on investment properties (how to find/manage), while homeone is more focussed on renovations?

  • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2020 - 17:00

    yt comments

    • tomsco on 29/07/2020 - 22:37
      +3

      You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

  • slow on 28/07/2020 - 17:06
    +1

    homeone.com.au

  • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2020 - 17:08

    4x4Earth.com

  • jelko on 28/07/2020 - 17:24

    https://www.stereo.net.au/forums - Hi-Fi/home cinema
    http://www.austech.info/ - Australian Technology Discussion Forum
    https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/ - Sports forum

  • AustriaBargain on 28/07/2020 - 18:02
    +3

    Toilet walls.

  • ItsMeAgro on 28/07/2020 - 18:11

    subreddits are best for specific stuff.

    For general chitchat, OzBargain forums are probably bigger than anything else, actually.

  • dust on 28/07/2020 - 18:12
    +7

    OzBargain is best if you rear end a Rolls Royce and don't have insurance but want advice.

    • Seraphin7 on 28/07/2020 - 18:42
      +2

      … and then get the sh1ts when the advice isn't what you want to hear (i.e. there's no magical way out of having your keister sued in half).

  • kanmen on 28/07/2020 - 19:06

    ATARNotes or whatever it's called now was banging back in the school days

  • QuickdraW on 28/07/2020 - 19:08
    +1

    ocau

    • Bren20 on 28/07/2020 - 19:41

      of course, don't know how i missed this one!

  • knightslay2 on 28/07/2020 - 19:35

    Boredofstudies for people who studying their HSC.

    • tallkid123 on 29/07/2020 - 15:28

      I actually made friends off BOS back in the day (2005-2009). I even met one of the creators as my now wife was doing some law comp with him.

  • Godric on 28/07/2020 - 19:52

    Ozbargain - For new PC Build Recommendations

  • Ghost47 on 28/07/2020 - 19:53
    +1

    You're already here, it's called OzBargain. Once you discover OzBargain, all other internet websites become irrelevant. Youtube, news.com.au, reddit, pornhub. You can get all of that right here.

  • krakenn on 28/07/2020 - 20:06
    +1

    r/Ausfinance and r/fiaustralia are both great finance forums.

  • FlipCrank on 29/07/2020 - 23:53

    I think theres a surprising amount of car/automotive specific Australian forums. Although I'm sure they're dying out/dead with the lack of enthusiasts.

    • Bren20 on 30/07/2020 - 10:08

      yeah, I just bought a Skoda a few months ago, I have to use international forums for that

  • abctoz on 01/08/2020 - 12:41

    tapatalk might have lists

    i just read twitter and watch youtube at 2x speed these days lol…

  • admira on 27/08/2020 - 21:26
    Merged from Other Australian related Forum sites

    Hi,

    I love the conversation here in the ozbargain forums - are there other places like this?

    Cheers!

    • iheartbargains on 27/08/2020 - 21:30
      +6

      You could also check out Whirlpool

      • pegaxs on 27/08/2020 - 23:50
        +1

        …WhirlWhine/Whingepool

        FTFY…

    • Godric on 27/08/2020 - 21:32
      +2

      No only Ozbargain, the one to rule them all

    • John Kimble on 27/08/2020 - 21:39
      +3

      If you love it, why let your eyes wander?

    • pharcyde on 27/08/2020 - 21:57
      -2

      Depends for what though - bargains or just anything? Whirlpool is ok. Reddit is too grossly infatuated with sycophantic leftist values for me.

      • Frayin on 27/08/2020 - 22:01
        -5

        Saying Reddit leans one way or another in ANY regard is such a weightless statement. Don't like what you're seeing on your feed? Change what subs you follow.

      • nick484 on 27/08/2020 - 22:07
        -3

        Let me guess, it all went downhill for you when they banned r/the_donald?

      • [Deactivated] on 27/08/2020 - 22:29
        +1

        Reddit is too grossly infatuated with sycophantic leftist values for me

        Basically all of reddit, even r/melbourne r/australia

        Still remember that time when I got a global reddit ban 🤣

        • pharcyde on 28/08/2020 - 20:04
          +1

          Yeah, it's really annoying. I appreciate both sides of the debate, but Reddit is genrally a one-way echo chamber. /r/Australia is absolutely horrible.

    • onetwothreefour on 27/08/2020 - 22:38
      +1

      If you love us you wouldn't leave us. Don't leave us. Please.

    • AustriaBargain on 27/08/2020 - 22:42

      You risk being banned for even suggesting such a thing.

    • jelko on 28/08/2020 - 00:25
      +1

      Existing thread discussing other Australian forums
      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/554673

  • LydiaG on 31/08/2020 - 17:43
    +2

    There is a new forum - Ausgeek just days old worthy of being an alternative to some.

    https://ausgeek.net/index.php

  • Ruprect on 07/09/2020 - 13:06

    LydiaG, Had a look. Very new, not many posts. I did join up and made a post, good knowledgeable response by someone…

    Too early though to give them a gong for being better then any other forum. See how things are in a year or so.

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