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Den of Angels (DoA) is the largest English-speaking forum in the world for Asian ball-jointed dolls.  DoA started in May 2002 as a Yahoo!Group, but outgrew that format and moved to a PHP-based internet forum in 2004.
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[file:www.denofangels.com/DoA5/tshirt3.jpg|frame|2010 DoA t-shirt design, created by former (Aimee Major) and current (armeleia) owners of Den of Angels.] Den of Angels (DoA) is the largest English-speaking forum in the world for Asian ball-jointed dolls.  DoA started in May 2002 as a Yahoo!Group, but outgrew that format and moved to a PHP-based internet forum in 2004....
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==Major Sections==
 
==Major Sections==

Revision as of 01:54, 2 March 2010

[file:www.denofangels.com/DoA5/tshirt3.jpg|frame|2010 DoA t-shirt design, created by former (Aimee Major) and current (armeleia) owners of Den of Angels.] Den of Angels (DoA) is the largest English-speaking forum in the world for Asian ball-jointed dolls. DoA started in May 2002 as a Yahoo!Group, but outgrew that format and moved to a PHP-based internet forum in 2004....


Major Sections

DoA is organized into seven major sections.

Intro to DoA
This section houses threads that are about the forum itself, primarily rules, announcements, and tutorials for using the forum's features.
News
This section is for news-related threads.
Discussion
This section is the most active area of the forum and holds all of the discussion-based threads. It is divided into several smaller subforums to focus on specific doll sizes and sculpts as well as different styles of discussion.
Community
This section is for connecting to the community through organizing meet-ups, posting links out, planning new dolls, and waiting together for the arrival and new dolls.
Galleries
This is one of the largest sections on the forum and holds all image-based threads, from playing imaged-based games to members sharing their own dolls to requesting specific shots of other owners' dolls.
Marketplace
The marketplace is the main second-hand market for ABJD for English-speaking collectors.
Workshop
The workshops focus on the customization and hands-on artistic aspects of the doll hobby.


Statistics

As of March 1st, 2010, DoA has 25,611 registered users, 10,632 of whom are considered "active." There are 211,973 threads comprised of 3,907,617 posts.

On average, DoA receives an average of approximately 330,000 pageviews per day over around 200,000 visits; 78.36% of visitors log in multiple times daily. Visitors access DoA from 148 countries with the highest concentrations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, Spain, and Australia. On average, there are 400-600 users online at any given time with a low of around 200 during off-hours.

When registration is open, DoA adds between 14 and 58 new members daily.

DoA has 9 Seraphim (Administrators) and 2 Cherubim (SuperModerators) who administrate the full forum; they are referred to generically as "mods" can be identified by their green username and "Moderator" title graphic. In addition, DoA has 11 Virtues who moderate specific high-traffic subforums. They can be identified by their red username and "Virtue" graphic. The moderator types are named after the biblical choirs of angels.