Editing Parahumans Online

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{{quote|The front page had constant updates on recent, international news featuring capes.  From there, I could go to the wiki, where there was information on individual capes, groups and events, or to the message boards, which broke down into nearly a hundred sub-boards, for specific cities and capes.|[[Taylor]]|[[Insinuation 2.2]]}}
'''Parahumans Online''', abbreviated to '''PHO''', is the "go-to" website about [[capes]]. The main website displays recent international news about [[parahumans]], and it also includes a cape wiki, message boards with private message functionality, a chatroom, and other information on cape groups and events. Its URL was '''Parahumans.net'''.<ref name="2.2">[[Insinuation 2.2]]</ref>

==Cultural impact==
Parahumans Online is the premier cape site for gossip and serves as the site of record for parahuman names. If one is not careful a name carelessly chosen or mentioned in passing could be misinterpreted. Long clunky names are simplified for example "Genocide by Scythe" becomes [[Genoscythe]]‎. The community will also change or swap out different names until they meet standards.<ref name="R1">Parahumans Online is something of a wiki that establishes names. If you don't pick and declare a name for yourself, someone else will ([[interlude 3|a la Skitter]]). If you pick a name that's stupid (superdude785) or offensive, the community will name you or strive to rename you ([[Insinuation 2.2|a la Bitch/Hellhound]]), depending.<br/><br/>Keep in mind that language is always striving to simplify itself. Long-winded names don't tend to get a lot of traction and will become nicknames, which eventually become the new standard. Someone names themselves Cyber Stealth Death Ninjaman ends up getting referred to as Cyberdeath, and that becomes their name.<br/><br/>Getting huffy and going, "But guyyyys! I'm Cyber Stealth Death Ninjaman, not Cyberdeath!" is a fast way to lose rep and have people move even faster to the short-form.<br/><br/>When a villain dies, their name is up for grabs, but if it's just taken without a second thought, then has a way of maintaining bad reps and picking up old rivalries with few of the benefits. That guy who always wanted to stomp Tailspin's ass might get some cathartic release from beating down Tailspin II. Sometimes very stupid villains take a name that's already taken, causing headaches for everyone involved, and invite beatdowns & contests over the name.<br/><br/>Heroes are far more likely to simply ask for permission to use a name. Unicorn III passed her name on to [[Unicorn IV]], for example. - [https://redd.it/4l1s5w Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>

It is unknown what other sites there are.

==Message Boards==
The message boards are the most seen section of Parahumans Online in Worm. The most in-depth look at the boards is seen later,<ref>[[Interlude 19.y]]</ref> which includes some of [[Greg Veder]]'s posts, which includes sections of a Parahumans Online message boards thread.<ref>[[Interlude 24.y]]</ref>

Other characters seen or referred to using it are [[Taylor]], [[Charlotte]], [[Lisa]], [[Cassie|WagTheDog]], [[Sveta]], [[Weld]], and [[Vista]]. [[Saint]] has also been shown to pore over messages from Parahumans Online through [[Dragon]]'s information feeds.
===Members===
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width:100%"
|Known Members
! scope="col" |
|-
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*17593Q183H17953R9713E714693 
**[[March]]
*A_real (Admin)
*Aku-42 
**Attempted to fake the "At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay" badge
*Alathea 
**Original Brockton Bay board moderator
*AnonymousEDT103
*Answer Key 
**Reference to commenter Anzer'ke
*Antigone
*ArchmageEin
*Athonic
*AtoLo
*AvenG 
**[[Avenguard]]
*AverageAlexandros (Cape husband)
*Azavael (PRT Science)
*Bagrat (Veteran Member) (The Guy in the Know) 
**Reference to commenter Packbat
*Ball-Chan
*boaty5
*Boo-chan
*Boosher
*bothad (At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay)
*Brilliger (Moderator: [[Protectorate]] Main)
*Brocktonite03 (At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay)
*Bruce Lao (Brockton Bay Refugee)
*[[Capricorn]] (Hero)
**[[Tristan Vera]]
**[[Byron Vera]]
*Casey_F08 
**Casey (Shortly demised broken trigger)
*Chaosfaith
*Char (At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay)
**[[Charlotte]]
*Chilldrizzle (At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay)
*Chrome
*Coyote-C 
**Reference to commenter Loki-L
*Dana & Evan (Student)
*Dawgsmiles (Veteran poster) 
**Reference to commenter Sadcat
*Deepwell5
*Dgators 
**Mentioned Only
*DigaWell
*Dive Bucket
*DonJon
*Doubletime_Collies
*E.S.Reaver
*Ekul (Brockton Bay Refugee)
*[[Engel]]
*Erasmus
*Ferris (Cape Dad)
*Feychick 
**Reference to commenter Faerie
*FFlash
*Fishie (Board Admin)
*Fishmon
*FlippinMad 
**[[Madison Clements]]
*Forgotten Creator 
**Reference to commenter Lost Demiurge
*General Prancer 
**Reference to commenter Admiral Skippy
*Geronimo
*Glitzglam 
**[[Crystal Pelham]]
*Good Ship Morpheus
*GstringGirl/Space_Squid/Kraken_in_a_Jar
**[[Sveta]]
*Heart_Shaped_Pupil
**[[Kenzie Martin]]
*Hope_In_Pithos (Admin) 
*[[Houndstooth]]
*I♥Lethe
*Jr_Max
*Judge 
**Reference to commenter Truthseeker 
**Original Brockton Bay board moderator
*K.G. Ray (City: West Point)
*Khain (Guild Staff)
*KillDestroyKiss (Library) 
**Reference to MurderDeathHug
*Laser Augment (At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay)
*Lasersmile 
**Reference to commenter Razorsmile
*Lex_Dogbell
*Lo A Quest (At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay)
*Logs 
**Reference to commenter notes
*Lolitup
*Lucky Luke (Hero)
*Mac’s Dual Rocket Propelled Grenades (Brockton Bay Refugee) 
**Reference to commenter mc2rpg
*Mane Magenta 
**Reference to commenter Pinkhair
*Mangled_Wings
**[[Ashley Stillons II]]
*Miraclemic (Brockton Bay Refugee)
*Miss Mercury ([[Protectorate]] Employee) 
**Reference to commenter Hydrargentium
*[[mlekk]] (is mlekk)
*Mock Moniker 
**Reference to commenter Fake Name
*Moor ([[Guild]])
*Morgan Sinister (At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay)
*Mr. Fabuu (Brockton Bay Refugee)
*Nakyak (Cape Geek) 
**Reference to commenter Kyakan
*Ne 
**Reference to commenter En
*New_Ohmstar
*Nod
*Nondeceptive (At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay) 
**Reference to commenter Noliar
*Noveltry 
**Reference to commenter Comickry
*Nutty
*Of5
**[[Rain]]
*Ohearn
*Point_Me_@_The_Sky 
**[[Victoria Dallon]]
*Procto the Unfortunate Tinker (Not a tinker)
*Reave (Verified [[PRT]] Agent) (Brockton Bay Refugee) 
**Reference to commenter Reveen
*Rightsector
*Robby
*Ron_of_Couches
*Saskatchew
*SenorEel 
**Reference to commenter MrMoray
*Shower (Admin)
*Slayer of Isaac
*Sothoth 
**Reference to commenter Yog
*Space Zombie 
**Reference to commenter Undead-Spaceman
*Strange_Mammal
**[[Chris Elman]]
*Tdren
*Team_Lancer
*Thatdude 
**Reference to commenter Someguy
*TheGnat 
**Reference to commenter TheAnt
*TRJ
*Tumbles
*Valkyr (Wiki Warrior)
*Venturain
*[[Vista]] (Verified Cape) ([[Wards|Wards ENE]])
*WagTheDog (Brockton Bay Refugee)
**[[Cassie]]
*[[Weld]] (Verified Cape) (Irregulars)
*Whackograve 
**Attempted to fake the "At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay" badge
*WhedonRipperFan
*[[Whippersnap]]
*Whitecollar (Cape Wife) 
**Reference to commenter Wage Slave
*White Fairy (Veteran Member) (At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay)
*WMD377 (PRT Science Admin)
*Wytchmlj
*XxVoid_CowboyxX
**[[Greg Veder]]
**Attempted to fake the "At Ground Zero: Brockton Bay" badge
*Xyloloup (Brockton Bay Refugee)
*Yipper
|}

==Chatrooms==
The Parahumans Online chatroom #116, 'The Holdout' is shown.<ref>[[Interlude 24.y]]</ref> On the refurbished site it was the meeting place of the [[Chatroom group]].<ref>[[Glow-worm P.3]]</ref>
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width:100%"
|Known Chatroom Members
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|-
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*Aloha
**Reference to commenter Howdy
*Arcee
*BadSamurai
*[[Breakthrough]] Chatroom
*@Deadman@
**Reference to commenter Zombie
*Deimos
**Changes nick to ''Absolute Annihilation'' during the events of the Interlude
*Divide
**Reference to commenter Schism
*Groupies
**Reference to commenter Fans
*Iblis
**Reference to commenter Naeblis
*Kriketz
**Reference to commenter Klackerz
*Loyal
**Reference to commenter Trusting
*Poit
**Reference to commenter Narf
*QwertyD
**Reference to commenter DvorakQ
*Ryus
**Reference to commenter Kens
*Spiritskin
**Reference to commenter Soulpelt
*Team [[Reach]] Chatroom
*Treefort_[[Lookout]] Bots
*Ultracut
**Reference to commenter hyperstrike
|}

==Wiki==
The glorious and noble art of online encyclopedias is followed in regards to capes. Pages are known to have warnings about dangerous parahumans,<ref>[[Shadow 5.6]]</ref><ref>The hyperviolent capes I’d come to think of as being the red-tagged, like the old capes on the parahuman online site who’d had the ‘do not approach’ banners across their profile. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/06/16/torch-7-8/ Excerpt] from [[Torch 7.8]]</ref> such as [[Hellhound]]<ref>A red box near the bottom of the page read, “Rachel Lindt has a public identity, but is known to be particularly hostile, antisocial and violent.  If recognized, do not approach or provoke.  Leave the area and notify authorities as to her last known location.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/insinuation-2-2/ Excerpt] from [[Insinuation 2.2]]</ref> and [[Oni Lee]].<ref>Topping it all off, Oni Lee’s wiki page  had a similar red warning box to the one that Bitch/Hellhound had on hers, minus the bit about his public identity.  From what they knew about him, authorities had seen fit to note him a sociopath.  The warning covered the same essential elements: exceedingly violent, dangerous to approach, should not be provoked, and so on. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/07/09 Excerpt] from [[Insinuation 2.2]]</ref>

[[Weaver]] and the [[The Wards|Chicago Wards]] vandalized [[Golem|Golem's]] wiki page, and other websites, in an effort to confuse the [[The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand]] about his power.<ref>Golem was walking on rooftops at the edge of the effect, and he was surrounded by a nimbus of whirling material.  By Wanton.  We’d already altered all of the data on the group, to imply by news reports and Golem’s powers on the websites that Wanton’s telekinetic storm was ''Golem’s'' power. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/20 Excerpt] from [[Sting 26.2]]</ref> Given the severity of the threat this is excusable.
==Trivia==
*[[Wildbow]] hinted in the comments that Parahumans Online may have been a side project of [[Dragon]].<ref>[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/interlude-19-y/#comment-13187 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Interlude 19.y]]</ref>
*Several of the usernames seen on the message boards are plays on usernames of posters from the site comments and elsewhere.<ref name="I19.y">[[Interlude 19.y]]</ref><ref name="U-SComment">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/interlude-19-y/#comment-13000 Comment] by user Undead-Spaceman on [[Interlude 19.y]]</ref><ref name="R-LComment">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/interlude-19-y/#comment-13208 Comment] by user Random Lurker on [[Interlude 19.y]]</ref><ref name="20.3c1">All of the people who appear in the (two) Parahumans Online installments are either commenters, forum-posters (in various threads on sites where people are discussing Worm) and people from the chatroom, with slight name changes. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/chrysalis-20-3/#comment-34759 Confirmation by Wildbow] on [[Chrysalis 20.3]]</ref>
*Capes could have a Parahuman account and a plainclothes [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet (Internet)|sock puppet account]] from when they were on PHO in their civilian identity.<ref>Their login process notes that her account is a 'cape in civilian clothes' account; they're a cape but has two accounts, and this is the one they switch to when they don't want to broadcast that they're a cape. A kind of legitimate 'sockpuppet' account. - [https://redd.it/7ckqaj/ Synopsis by Wildbow]</ref>

==See Also==
* [[PHO Sunday]]

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