List of newsgroups
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This is a partial list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history.
The Big-8 hierarchies
[edit]These are the most widely distributed and carefully controlled newsgroup hierarchies. See Big 8 (Usenet) and the Great Renaming for more information.
comp
[edit]Computer-related topics.
humanities
[edit]Topics related to the humanities (fine arts, literature, philosophy, Classical Latin, etc.).
misc
[edit]Miscellaneous topics. Examples include:
- misc.legal.moderated — A moderated legal forum.
- misc.taxes.moderated — A moderated professional tax forum open to the general public.
news
[edit]Matters related to the functioning of Usenet itself.
- news.admin.net-abuse.email — discussion of abuse of email by spammers and other parties.
rec
[edit]Recreation and entertainment topics.
- rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated—discussion of Babylon 5 and other projects of J. Michael Straczynski.
sci
[edit]Science-related topics.
soc
[edit]Discussion related to society and social subcultures. Examples include:
- soc.motss— for the discussion of gay and lesbian issues.[1]
- soc.org.nonprofit— for the discussion of nonprofit organization management issues.[2][3]
- soc.rights-human— for the discussion of human rights[4]
talk
[edit]Discussion of various topics, especially controversial ones. Includes political topics as well.
- talk.origins — evolution-creationism controversy which maintains an extensive FAQ.
The alt hierarchy
[edit]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 sexual topics.
- alt.sex.stories — text-based erotic stories of all types.
- alt.suicide.holiday — pro-choice discussion of suicide.
- alt.tv.simpsons — discusses the TV show The Simpsons.
References
[edit]- ^ Auerbach, David (August 20, 2014). "The First Gay Space on the Internet". Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Mutz, John (2010). Fundraising For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-7645-9847-0.
- ^ Cravens, Jayne. "A Brief Review of the Early History of Nonprofits and the Internet (before 1996)". Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Bickerton, Pauline (2007). Cybermarketing. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0 7506 4704 3.