Internet 'third places'

[Squidiottt]

pony town! which is a chat/rp kind of game in the mlp style with lots, and i do mean LOTS of customization to your avatar XD you might think it would be mostly mlp fans in there but you can find so many different fandoms

unfortunately its not very well moderated and even in the safe server people sometimes talk about mature topics, so beware

[Horsey Chobunso]

don't know if this counts, but i consider mmos to be just precisely that.

habbo hotel, club penguin, toontown rewritten, there.com, city of heroes, animal jam, etc.

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This made me realize that Virtual Magic Kingdom was absolutely my third place as a kid. It explains just why I was so sad to see it go and why I've spent most of my adult life switching between various online third spaces. I used to be active in some fighting game communities and large discord servers, but I've kind of moved on from those places. Hopefully I find something new, but I gotta make sure I'm not just filling a void.

[wolfkitty42]

pony town! which is a chat/rp kind of game in the mlp style with lots, and i do mean LOTS of customization to your avatar XD you might think it would be mostly mlp fans in there but you can find so many different fandoms

unfortunately its not very well moderated and even in the safe server people sometimes talk about mature topics, so beware

I've had- mixed experiences with ponytown unfortunately.... The customization is GREAT and I love how easy it is to find different fandoms!
I tried it out for a while and felt like I was making friends but at one point a person on ponytown sent me some graphic descriptions of violence and later on I got called a slur by the same group. I'm gonna be real here I have no clue if this is common across the game as a whole or just an issue with the group that hung out for one of my fandoms. :(
I might try it again when I'm older and can access the 18+ server because I'm guessing that the userbase is probably a bit different and. maybe chiller? it would be nice ;w; i'm honestly still really sad about it because i really liked ponytown but i just didnt really feel good about the interactions i was having :(