Phillyblog

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**Phillyblog.com**

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URL	http://phillyblog.com/
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Phillyblog.com is an Internet forum or Virtual community whose focus is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and its surrounding communities. Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell is its honorary chairperson.

1 History
2 Membership
3 Community Impact
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

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It was started in October 2002 by four Philadelphians who decided to create a site for productive discussion about the city of Philadelphia and its surrounding region. As of December, 2006, there were more than 11,500 registered users.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Membership

Residents and former residents of Philadelphia's many neighborhoods (and its immediate suburbs) meet here to ask questions, share ideas and discuss their experiences of life in the fifth largest city in the United States. Phillybloggers are a mixture of natives, long-time residents and newcomers to the city, as well as the occasional expatriate. Popular discussion topics include food and dining, local and national politics, parenting and education, and crime in the city. Threads that deny the Holocaust and others that hint of anti-Semitism and racism^[3] have permeated the site and have remained under the guise that it does not technically violate the Phillyblog Terms of Service.

Like any other public Internet forum, it has its share of Internet trolls, as well as a breed particular to Philadelphia, the Negadelphian, or someone who says negative comments about Philadelphia, especially about its professional sports teams.

While spam posters are banned from the forum on a regular basis, as of December, 2006, only 4 other posters had been banned from the site for violations of Terms of Service.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Community Impact

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Because of its search-engine placement, Phillyblog is a go to resource for people who want to discuss issues about Philadelphia. Currently, it partners with Karl Martino and Philly Future who has provide a feed allowing users to get up to date blog posts by Philadelphia Bloggers and blogs about life in Philadelphia. The site is also followed (and quoted) by members of the local media, ^[4] and used by law enforcement officers for gathering and disseminating information about crime and criminals.^[5]

PhillyBlog runs a "Best of Philly ..."" contest. ^[6]. The site and its founder Wil Reynolds were profiled in the February 15, 2007 Philadelphia Daily News. ^[7]