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Forum.hr

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Forum.hr
Type of site
Internet forum
Available inCroatian
OwnerŽeljko Anderlon
Created byŽeljko Anderlon
URLwww.forum.hr
CommercialYes (ads)
Registrationfree
Users503,144 (27 August 2017)
Launched1999
Current statusactive
Written inPHP

Forum.hris the largest and one of the oldest Croatian general-purposeinternet forums.It was launched in 1999 by Željko Anderlon.[1][2]It originated as a section of the website Monitor.hr, but was eventually singled out with its own domain in 2003.[3][third-party source needed]As of August 2017, the forum has nearly 504,000 registered users with nearly 50 million messages.[2]The forum most frequently attracts highly educated individuals, between 18 and 35 of age.[3][third-party source needed]

Influence and legacy

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A 2009 forum threadKad si jadna šupendara(When you're a miserable asshole) from the sectionUsamljena srca(Lonely hearts), where forum users told their love and romance experiences[4]gained over 3 million views with 10,000 messages and was subsequently adapted to theatre play titled "My nuclear love" in 2016. It premiered inConcert Hall Vatroslav LisinskiinZagreb.[5][6][7]

With more than 2 million unique visitors per month in 2010, Forum.hr's impact was large enough to be depicted in theRandall Munroe'sxkcdmap of online communities.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^Brezak Brkan, Ivan (21 January 2011)."Monitor.hr i Forum.hr prijete izlaskom sa Gemiusovog popisa najpopularnijih hrvatskih web stranica".Netokracija(in Croatian).Retrieved12 January2017.
  2. ^abHrastovčak, Tomislav (10 October 2016)."Forum.hr još uvijek je živ i zdrav".PlanB(in Croatian).Retrieved17 January2017.
  3. ^ab"Marketing - Forum.hr".Monitor.hr(in Croatian). Monitor i Forum d.o.o.Retrieved12 January2017.
  4. ^"NAJBOLJE OD PRIČA IZ PROŠLOSTI: Kako sam ispao(la) prava šupendara - prvi dio".
  5. ^"Moja nuklearna ljubav - Teatar Rugantino".Teatar Rugantino(in Croatian).Retrieved12 January2017.
  6. ^"'MOJA NUKLEARNA LJUBAV' Olja Lozica u Lisinskom spaja internetski forum i kazalište ".Jutarnji list(in Croatian). Zagreb. 18 October 2016.Retrieved12 January2017.
  7. ^"Premijera predstave 'Moja nuklearna ljubav'".Culturenet.hr(in Croatian). 24 October 2016.Retrieved12 January2017.
  8. ^"Forum.hr uvršten na internet-kartu svijeta".Jutarnji list(in Croatian). 21 October 2010.Retrieved18 December2020.
  9. ^"Online Communities 2".xkcd.Retrieved18 December2020.
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