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Topix, a site lightly trafficked in cities, enjoys a dedicated and growing following across the Ozarks, Appalachia and much of the rural South, establishing an unexpected niche in communities of a few hundred or few thousand people — particularly in what Chris Tolles, Topix’s chief executive, calls “the feud states.” One of the most heavily trafficked forums, he noted, is Pikeville, Ky., once the staging ground for the Hatfield and McCoy rivalry.
Small-Town Gossip Moves to the Web, Anonymous and Vicious - NYTimes.com
I’ve been waiting for the rest of the world to discover Topix. I stumbled across it when I was searching for information about our previous hometown in West Virginia (pop. < 10,000) and… wow.
