List of newsgroups
This is a partial list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history.
The Big 1000 hierarchies
These are the most widely distributed and carefully controlled newsgroup hierarchies. See Big 8 (Usenet) and the Great Renaming for more information.
comp
Computer-related topics.
humanities
Topics related to the humanities (fine arts, literature, philosophy, Classical Latin, etc.).
misc
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
Matters related to the functioning of Usenet itself. Examples include:
- news.admin.net-abuse.blocklisting — discussion related to the use of blocklists to deal with spam and other unwanted network traffic.
- news.admin.net-abuse.email — discussion of abuse of email by spammers and other parties.
rec
Recreation and entertainment topics. Examples include these:
- rec.arts.movies.current-films—The latest movie releases.
- rec.arts.movies.past-films—Past films.
- rec.arts.poems
- rec.arts.comics—Discussing comic books, current and past
- rec.arts.sf.tv—Discussing general television SF (i.e. science-fiction, or "speculative fiction").
- rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated—discussion of Babylon 5 and other projects of J. Michael Straczynski.
- rec.arts.tv—Television, its history, and past and current shows, i.e. the main television newsgroup.
- rec.arts.tv.soaps.cbs—discussion about soap operas broadcast by the CBS television network.
- rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc—discussion of the TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
- rec.arts.tv.x-factor—General discussion of the X-Factor tv show and all its worldwide editions.
- rec.food.cooking—"discussion of cooking in general. Recipes and requests for recipes are welcome here, as are discussions of cooking techniques, equipment, etc."[1]
- rec.humor.funny—moderated humor group that featured daily editor-selected jokes[2]
- rec.humor.oracle—Internet humor
- rec.music—Music
- rec.music.folk—Folk music
- rec.sport.cricket—general discussion of world cricket.
- rec.sport.soccer—general discussion of world football (soccer).
- rec.woodworking—general discussion of woodworking.
soc
Discussion related to society and social subcultures. Examples include:
- soc.culture.usa— for the discussion of culture in the USA.
- soc.culture.iraq— for the discussion of Iraq.
- soc.genealogy— for the discussion of genealogy.
- soc.motss— for the discussion of gay and lesbian issues.[3]
- soc.org.nonprofit— for the discussion of nonprofit organization management issues.[4][5]
- soc.org.service—clubs.misc— for the discussion of service clubs such as Kiwanis, Lions, Rotary International, Civitan International and Optimists.
- soc.penpals— to find penpals
- soc.politics— for the discussion of politics
- soc.religion.bahai— for the discussion of the Baháʼí Faith
- soc.religion.christian— for the discussion of Christianity
- soc.rights-human— for the discussion of human rights[6]
talk
Discussion of various topics, especially controversial ones. Includes political topics as well. Examples include:
- talk.bizarre — a newsgroup for experiencing the bizarre.
- talk.origins — evolution-creationism controversy which maintains an extensive FAQ.
The alt hierarchy
This is the most extensive newsgroup hierarchy outside of the Big 8. Examples include:
- alt.2600 — Official group for 2600: The Hacker Quarterly
- Alt.Adoption — for adoption
- alt.arts.poetry.comments — for poetry and poetry critique
- alt.asian-movies — for discussions focusing mainly on Hong Kong action cinema.
- alt.atheism — discusses atheism
- alt.binaries.boneless
- alt.binaries.slack — artwork created by and for the Church of the SubGenius.
- alt.binaries.warez — the world's largest software evaluation library dedicated to the preservation of warez for everyone.[7] alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc was often a source of pirated software. Many ISPs chose to block the newsgroup.[8]
- alt.callahans — Spider Robinson's Callahan's Place online
- alt.config — creation of new newsgroups in the alt.* hierarchy.
- alt.digitiser — discussion of the video games magazine Digitiser.
- alt.fan — fandom discussions.
- alt.gothic — a gothic newsgroup and birthplace of Convergence
- alt.horology This Internet newsgroup concerns all aspects of horology (the science of time and timekeeping, clocks and watches). Those posting to it range from novices to collectors to professional watchmakers & clockmakers.
- alt.religion.kibology — a newsgroup based around the parody religion Kibology.
- alt.sex — the first alt.* newsgroup for discussion of sexual topics.
- alt.sex.bondage — discussion of BDSM sex.
- alt.sex.cancel — set up specifically as a means of defeating newsgroup spam cross-posted to the entire alt.sex hierarchy
- alt.sex.stories — text-based erotic stories of all types.
- alt.slack — Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
- alt.startrek.vs.starwars — created to discuss the Comparison of Star Trek and Star Wars.
- alt.suicide.holiday — pro-choice discussion of suicide.
- alt.sysadmin.recovery — the Scary Devil Monastery.
- alt.tasteless — discussion of subject matter in too poor taste to be discussed elsewhere.
- alt.tv.simpsons — discusses the TV show The Simpsons.
- alt.usage.english — discussion of English words, grammar, etymology
- alt.usenet.kooks — discussion of Usenet kooks and their idiosyncratic theories.
- alt.zines — discussion of small-press publications, magazines, and pamphlets (zines).
Other newsgroups
These newsgroups fall outside of the official Big 8 hierarchies, as well as the less formal alt hierarchy. Other newsgroups can consist of geographic regions (official or unofficial), corporations, and other institutions or groups.
References
- Sack, Victor (20 October 2016), rec.food.cooking FAQ and conversion file, sec. 9.1
- "Brad Templeton's Rec.Humor.Funny". Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- 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.
- "The Usenet Warez FAQ". November 22, 1997. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- Roberts, E. (January 1999). "Internet Piracy". Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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