- FOK!
Infobox Website
name = FOK!
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url = http://www.fok.nl
commercial = Yes
type = Community website
registration = No
owner = Danny Roodbol
author = Danny Roodbol
launch date =1999
current status =
revenue =FOK! is a Dutch
website andvirtual community , containing active content likenews ,review s, columns and polls. It was founded by Danny Roodbol, and is one of the largest internet communities of theNetherlands . Originally aimed at young people, today the website is popular with older users as well. FOK! officially opened its doors in October 1999, but its forum has been active since July of that year.Much of the success of its forum, the most popular feature of the site, is due to Big Brother. FOK! offered lots of scoops about the television program and soon visitors of the official Big Brother site were sent to FOK!forum to discuss the show.
Frontpage
The news that is posted on the frontpage of the site is managed and written by volunteers. Not only does the news consist of important events, it also has room for some lighter and funnier news. Lots of other sources, like
radio stations, seem to use FOK! as a source to find content for their shows.Apart from the general news, FOK! has special sections for news and reviews about
videogames and sports.Forums
Even though the FOK! forum had grown a lot during the first Dutch Big Brother show, the forum did not stop growing afterwards. Today it has over 40 subforums, and over 200,000 accounts. But not every account is unique, there are many users with multiple accounts. For example, user Barry van Dam created 284 accounts.
Trivia
"Fok" is one of the most commonly used swearing words in
Afrikaans .References
External links
* [http://www.fok.nl FOK! Main Page]
* [http://forum.fok.nl FOK!forum]
* [http://games.fok.nl FOK!games]
* [http://weblog.fok.nl FOK!weblog]
* [http://sport.fok.nl FOK!sport]
* [http://bigbrother.fok.nl FOK!bigbrother]
* [http://fotoboek.fok.nl FOK!fotoboek]
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