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The alt.* hierarchy is a major class of newsgroups in Usenet, containing all newsgroups whose name begins with " alt. ", organized hierarchically. The alt.* hierarchy is not confined to newsgroups of any specific subject or type, although in practice more formally organized groups tend not to occur in alt.*.
alt.sex is a Usenet newsgroup – a discussion group within the Usenet network – relating to human sexual activity.It was popular in the 1990s. An October 1993 survey by Brian Reid reported an estimated worldwide readership for the alt.sex newsgroup of 3.3 million, that being 8% of the total Usenet readership, with 67% of all Usenet "nodes" (news servers users log in to access the system ...
alt.binaries.slack. alt.binaries.slack is a Usenet newsgroup [1][2][3] created for the purpose of posting pictures, sounds, and utilities related to the Church of the SubGenius, [4][5] making them available for everyone to see and hear. Because the Church of the SubGenius is well known for encouraging sick and twisted humor, the newsgroup is ...
Usenet is a worldwide, distributed discussion system that uses the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). Programs called newsreaders are used to read and post messages (called articles or posts, and collectively termed news) to one or more newsgroups. Users must have access to a news server to use a newsreader. This is a list of such newsreaders.
The alt hierarchy. This is the most extensive newsgroup hierarchy outside of the Big 8. Examples include: alt.atheism — discusses atheism. alt.binaries.slack — artwork created by and for the Church of the SubGenius. alt.config — creation of new newsgroups in the alt.* hierarchy. alt.sex — the first alt.* newsgroup for discussion of ...
Usenet newsgroup. A Usenet newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from users in different locations using the Internet. They are discussion groups and are not devoted to publishing news. Newsgroups are technically distinct from, but functionally similar to, discussion forums on the World Wide Web.
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2016: TikTok, video sharing and social networking. Usenet (/ ˈjuːznɛt /), USENET, [1] or, "in full", User's Network, [1] is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP) dial-up network architecture.