Front Porch Forum

The Front Porch Form is a social network founded in 2000 and based in Burlington, Vermont. The site contains 185 forums, each corresponding to a town or district of a city. Out of the 260,000 households in Vermont, as of 2018 approximately 160,000 were registered with the site, and 50% of users sent out at least one post. All who sign up are required to give their address. The company makes its revenue through advertisements from local companies, subscriptions from politicians or local governmental officials, and a yearly pledge drive. The Forum sends out emails digests of posts in the community. They have 12 employees who review and monitor forum postings.