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Topix has a rating of 1.75 stars from 79 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Topix most frequently mention internet trolls problems. Topix ranks 82nd among Question And Answer sites.

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  • There was also a guy with multiple user accounts pretending to be hundreds of different people.
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Top Positive Review

“Topix forums were the best. Bring them back.”

John D.
10/21/21

Topix was, without a doubt, the best site to surf. The Topix forums were the best forums the Internet could have had. It was the place for thorough reviews of a place, posting what kinds of rules a bar, club, or nightlife facility had, what was allowed or not allowed at a particular place, what kind of dress code a place had, the fact that Northern Illinois is no place for guys to even approach within 30 feet or less of any woman, and that any man that approaches within 30 feet or less of any woman in Northern Illinois is in critical danger of being arrested and going to prison, and the fact that, in Northern Illinois, all communications, especially with strangers, are exclusively business-related only, all in the safety of being anonymous so you don't get persecuted. Facebook exposes your full identity, exposing you to full persecution. The city-data forum operates from Pyongyang, North Korea, is owned and managed by Kim Jong-Chul, and adheres very strongly to the Juche and Kim Dynasty philosophies. All other forums including city-data and even Patch require a valid email where they send you a key to activate your account, otherwise you can not post anything. The Topix forums shut down because America has become a sock puppet of North Korea and a nationwide boot camp, a nationwide version of MCRD, where every single person is expected to stay completely out of everyone else's life, be a stranger, stay a stranger, live in complete isolation and division, mind their own business, and stick to their 24 hour hamster wheel schedule all 365 days a year. Get up, have breakfast, go to work, go home, cook dinner, clean, and go to bed. All governed and timed solely and strictly by the rotation of the Earth. To those that shut down the Topix forums, interacting with any other person in a non-business manner, wearing anything other than a heavy gray and black business suit, tie, long black or gray pants, even when it's 110 degrees outside, or even leaving the house except for work, all constitute a capital felony under Federal law.

Top Critical Review

“Topix Delphi forum”

Throwaway e.
2/5/18

Stay away. There is a forum about the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams but all they do is call people sock puppets and Sarah. Absolutely no respect for the murdered kids. There is a poster who will not allow any constructive discussion on the case. Very strange. Be careful you will be attacked and that person will try to get you angry so that they can get you banned. You may be communicating with the killer.

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Thumbnail of user throwawaye
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 5th, 2018

Stay away. There is a forum about the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams but all they do is call people sock puppets and Sarah. Absolutely no respect for the murdered kids. There is a poster who will not allow any constructive discussion on the case. Very strange. Be careful you will be attacked and that person will try to get you angry so that they can get you banned. You may be communicating with the killer.

Thumbnail of user pamelat83
1 review
1 helpful vote
November 29th, 2018

Topix is profiting off the blood of their victims.
I sent in a abuse report and attached is a screen shot of an email i received back from topix. I mean, wtf?

Thumbnail of user kiml147
1 review
2 helpful votes
July 31st, 2017

I searched some of cultural lifestyle threads, and all the comments are everything about hating that country and insult people in that country... I read all the stories, they all had many personal stories that seem legit, but had to check the credibilities since all the IDs are seems unregistered, I did not know if they made up stories or one person made clone ids and made a lot of stories... However, I will avoid this site from now all.

Thumbnail of user brandons49
9 reviews
76 helpful votes
November 10th, 2015

This site lets people bash other people and when you defend yourself from the bashers they think it's funny to ban you and you never done anything. Topix sucks don't let your kids on this site either or they will use it to bully other kids. If you see something that is not news or that is more along the lines of gossip report it to topix and have them take it down.

Thumbnail of user walkerp9
4 reviews
155 helpful votes
March 11th, 2014

Never in my life have i encountered a website so racist as topix. I got called the n-word among other inflammatory comments made to me. There was also a guy with multiple user accounts pretending to be hundreds of different people. Also, some of my posts and messages were deleted for no reason at all. But the worst i experienced at topix was the disheartening questions other members would post. Finally one day i just couldn't take it anymore, i decided to just leave. Though there was no feature to close my account.

Thumbnail of user christym18
2 reviews
17 helpful votes
April 18th, 2016

There has never been a worse site ever created on the internet. Topix is a basically unmoderated website that doesn't make its users register for accounts, does not archive old posts and is basically a free for all. Topix claims to be a source for community news yet most forums have zero news in them. Instead it is just an excuse for keyboard cowboys to go in and post people's names and attack one another. The site has ruined many reputations, marriages, businesses, and even in extreme cases lead to suicide. The company, however, never seems to take any responsibility and unlike most other websites it seems to almost encourage poor behavior.

Thumbnail of user reverenda
4 reviews
31 helpful votes
August 11th, 2015

The Topix moderators are as much uninformed bullies as are most of their members. Trolls use the moderators to bully other members and the moderators are only too happy to oblige. The mods are unfair and play favorites. Trolls and their many sock puppets make false reports and Topix acts on the false reports with out investigating if they are true. If you post proof for one of your claims your post will be removed. All the good people leave and you are left with trolls and their sock puppets.

Thumbnail of user waynen5
2 reviews
30 helpful votes
July 30th, 2015

I cannot believe how much bad stuff is on the Topix website. The website does not require user registration which should immediately tell users to stay away. It also contains next to no moderation. Your only option is to go on there and report abuse meaning you are forced to go on their website and that makes them money. In the last few years, Topix traffic has declined quickly, so there are few users left. The ones that did say are primarily "internet trolls" that get a kick out of posting people's names and trashing the person or persons. The community forums are a joke when it comes to "news" as there is very little of it there. It is a site that appeals to cowards who get a kick out of hurting others and any person with morals should have no use for that.

Tip for consumers:
If you are not a coward, avoid using this site and find one where people are respectful and the web company cares at least a little bit about content.

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Thumbnail of user julianneo
1 review
28 helpful votes
January 14th, 2015

This is a site that has no interest in moderating its forum or the content posted. Seriously, it's a magnet for every sociopath, lowlife criminal to post their illiterate comments while hiding behind a false name. Most comments are not only lies, but they are insanely defamatory, cruel and malicious. Why would any reputable company allow such filth to attach to their site for comments. It really has just become a site for trolls to terrorize their victims while ping ponging insults against a business or an individual. Honestly, I pray for the children in this world as it has become a S***HOLE

Thumbnail of user sunnys16
1 review
30 helpful votes
July 13th, 2014

The WORST forum I ever went to was on Topix and it was for a health problem.
Some jerk created an account with one name and posted bossy and inflammatory posts, criticizing people for what they were asking, why, just really acting like a NUT. Then he (I think it was a he) posted under multiple names, but you could tell it was the same person because of the wording of the rants. Turns out he was booted off another medical site for being a jerk. This forum had people needing to exchange ideas about health issue, so he was a real detriment. Stay away from Topix, that's the best advice I have. A

Thumbnail of user katiej11
3 reviews
36 helpful votes
January 13th, 2014

An absolutely trashy site that's only audience is those who love to gossip, libel, and harm other people. It has no appeal otherwise. There is very little actual news on there, just a group of cowards who post people's names, usually post a bunch of lies, and then try to destroy their reputation and the company justifies it. There is not a worse, moralless, evil site on the internet.

Thumbnail of user andersa4
1 review
1 helpful vote
May 3rd, 2017

Shadow Banned all atheists and they give free trolling rights to christian trolls to destroy the atheist forum

Thumbnail of user katee4
1 review
28 helpful votes
December 17th, 2013

A site that appears to have no interest in moderating it's forums and the content posted on them. A magnet for every bigot worldwide to post their educationally subnormal, semi literate perspectives inciting racial, religious and gender based hatred. Companies choosing to advertising on Topix should declare their position with regard to the site and it's forums or make more responsible advertising choices. I rate it a zero.

Thumbnail of user jeffs190
1 review
6 helpful votes
October 12th, 2016

I registered there and posted for a few years. Only reason I was there that long was once in a blue moon there would actually be an informative thread (perhaps 1 out of a couple of hundred). The site has always been plagued by libel, racism, and horrid threads in general. Finally got fed up and stopped logging on after very questionable moderating started taking place. The very rare legitimate thread would be deleted while disgusting threads that violate their own ToS were allowed to remain. Some of the most head-scratching moderation I've ever witnessed. Post about criminal activity in a neighborhood or near a school... thread gets deleted. Post about a business you had a bad experience with... thread gets deleted. Start a thread about "___ being a *****" or "why aren't <insert race> run out of town?" and the threads are allowed to remain. The moderators and admins must have some serious issues of their own, either emotionally or mentally. I've never experienced such a deplorable online community. I would give it negative stars if I could.

Thumbnail of user michaels272
4 reviews
29 helpful votes
June 16th, 2015

There is probably not a worse site on the internet. The Topix website which has around 400,000 forums is a place where cowards go to attack one another. The website does not require users to register for accounts before posting which is unfathomable for a so called community news forum to do. The company defends its actions claiming registration and moderation don't really help. In truth, they don't require registration because they show no confidence in their users. They know it is a site of community forums that appeals only to cowards who want to attack one another. Many of the forums contain over 80 percent of the posts libeling and defaming others. In the last two years, however, Topix has lost over half its audience because the good users have been ran off due to Topix refusal to do anything about the content. The website is slowly beginning to die and that is a good thing.

Thumbnail of user bjd1
1 review
31 helpful votes
December 21st, 2014

Full of obscene, unsavory comments posted by racists, those seeking pornography, are lacking any education and seem to all come from areas in rural W. Virginia and Mississippi. No point to it other serving as a forum for uneducated haters/those looking for pornography.

Thumbnail of user fedu13
1 review
7 helpful votes
December 1st, 2016

A band of aged trolls. Worst accusations and lies I've ever seen.

Thumbnail of user nickm34
1 review
19 helpful votes
January 30th, 2013

Horrible, gossip website filled with lies, hate and general bullying. Nothing but a bunch of hillbillies arguing about things they have no knowledge about.

Thumbnail of user kimberlyn8
2 reviews
43 helpful votes
May 12th, 2014

It's a place for trolls. There's no point in using it. You will never get a serious answer if you ask a question. It is AWFUL!

Thumbnail of user tima12
1 review
26 helpful votes
June 6th, 2013

Topix is terrible.the worst site ever and i hate it there. There are these old and young interracial black women there who harrass and threaten the black men there. There is one named amelia sugar cocaine who tricked me into an online relationship with her and used my photos to blackmale me into meeting with her and give her money and perform oral sex on her. She still sent out my photos. Now she follows me and bullies me everywhere i go and they wont do anything about it.

Thumbnail of user cvs1
1 review
21 helpful votes
October 20th, 2014

I posted a comments on news story on the Topix Nursing forum about foreign nurses displacing nurses who were American citizens with the link to the news story in question. The News Story was from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston stating that foreign nurses were displacing American nurses.My post was removed. I assume that it was removed for political reasons and because some believed that it was not politically correct.My post had no defamatory material in the same. There is a high probability that sexism was involved as I am a male and the forum is predominantly female.

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Thumbnail of user blinkj
7 reviews
22 helpful votes
January 18th, 2015

Topix Terre Haute, Indiana, is heavily moderated for the wrong reasons. They delete local news that goes unreported by local media. They allow nasty gross discussion about anal sex and perversions but any honest discussion is not allowed with a moderator deleting posts that they, the communist, the politically correct, or anti-Americans disagree with. Corruption and how Israel controls our local government are not allowed to be discussed. Myth, lies, false information, threats to citizens, propaganda allowed but nothing about more serious issues especially when the communist and corrupt are just allowing their side to be read and remain posted. Christians and morality and truth not allowed on this local forum. You either support Hollywood, communism, Marxism, Obama and other trash or get deleted or heavily monitored. And since when did Topix monitors get involved using their job to push their own libtard communist agendas and delete what they want at will. Just as bad if not worse than all other forums and comment sections in the area.

Tip for consumers:
Heavy liberal communist moderation. Totalitarian fascist censorship at it's best.

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Thumbnail of user donaldw18
1 review
36 helpful votes
June 18th, 2013

If YouTube is the eyes and ears of the internet, Topix would be the rectum and lower intestines. 100% of the people who have ever posted on this website deserve to burn in Hell. On second thought, these Topix members are so retched not even Beelzebub himself would want sick, degenerate lunatics like them dwelling within his domain. You will be dumbstruck at how horribly sexist, racist, misanthropic and evil this website is, it deserves to be deleted from the internet and the memories of all human beings. If you want to get a nice, unhealthy dose of suicidal thoughts, venture over into Topix and click on any of the discussions.

Thumbnail of user kayl32
9 reviews
78 helpful votes
November 17th, 2011

This site is horrible. Full of racist, sexist & dangerous people. I never bother to log in anymore because I was once threatened by a middle-aged man cause I refused to give him my email address. This forum has no supervision at all... everyone can comment freely and explicitly, especially in the human sexuality forum... I thought I can do some intelligent discussions about sexual health but NO! Lots of perverts lurking there... Stay away from this site!

Thumbnail of user bobm118
1 review
24 helpful votes
November 21st, 2014

The whole problem with Topix is that people think it's real and it isn't. They will start a forum, as an example I will use " I'm moving to (insert town here), is it a good area or how are the schools? The problem is EVERY town mentioned has gone from good to basically a ghetto. They and try and do this early on when the town is changing so the people who live there or did live there get into a online argument with the new residents. They occasional troll post and people go at it. Here's what is going behind the scenes. Topix started the forum and will occasionally fuel the fire. The more traffic to the site, the more revenue they generate. Basically they start most of the inflammatory forums, when the comments die down they will troll it to start it back up. I have looked the Chicago suburbs and have counted more then 20 of these forums. "I'm a single mother and was thinking of moving to (insert town going downhill here), will I be safe? All towns that are turning or have turned, not one affluent suburb. Basically we are supposed to believe that nobody talked to a realtor and a forum that is mostly trolls are the ones you want to give you advice? You aren't moving because it's closer to work? You just decided out of the blue that you want to live there for no real reason. I have known about the trolls for quite a while but believe me if I was going to shell out probably the most money that people will ever spend in their lives, Topix is the place to ask? Just how dumb do they think the public is? The funny part is pretty dumb because people will argue for years which equates to site traffic which equates to revenue through advertisement. Don't fall for this scam site. It's basically just a business that pretends to be a legitimate news site. It attracts a lot of trolls who don't work for Topix but have nothing better to do. A social network for adults who live in their parents basements.

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