Online Community
Micro Mart also has a large online community based on the website's forums. Currently there are slightly over 10,000 registered users (although a much smaller number regularly contribute). The forum is divided up to cover several topic sections (such as retro computing, Linux or gaming) and has a core group of contributors who answer questions and queries. The board is moderated by volunteers who each monitor different sections.
The Micro Mart chat room is connected to the forums, most regularly used between midnight and 2am every night by certain forum users and moderators, there was also a monthly early evening meeting organised by Jason d'Allison (from the Ask Jason magazine column) where he answered questions. However, in October 2008 Jason D'Allison announced that the chatroom had "run its course", and the final official monthly met was held in December 2008.
A Micro Mart blog was set up in October 2005 but was abandoned quite quickly. After the move to Dennis Publishing, some new members of the Micro Mart editorial team have attempted to revive it, but it is still only updated sporadically.
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