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The original seven hierarchies were comp.*, misc.*, news.*, rec.*, sci.*, soc.*, and talk.*.They were open and free for anyone to participate in (except for the moderated newsgroups), though they were subject to a few general rules governing their naming and distribution.
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.
Most Newsgroups are not moderated. A moderated newsgroup has one or more individuals who must approve posts before they are published. A separate address is used to submit posts and the moderators then propagate those they approve of. The first moderated newsgroups appeared in 1984 under mod.* according to RFC 2235, "Hobbes' Internet Timeline".
Users read and post messages (called articles or posts, and collectively termed news) to one or more topic categories, known as newsgroups. Usenet resembles a bulletin board system (BBS) in many respects and is the precursor to the Internet forums that have become widely used.
The sci.* hierarchy is a major class of newsgroups in Usenet, containing all newsgroups whose name begins with "sci.", organized hierarchically. sci.* groups discuss various scientific and research issues.
In a recent study, the league linked the decline of local news to impacts on democracy, including reduced voter turnout, government oversight, transparency and higher taxes and government spending.
The Deja News logo as it appeared in 1997. The Deja News Research Service was an archive of messages posted to Usenet discussion groups, started in March 1995 [6] by Steve Madere in Austin, Texas. Its search engine capabilities won the service acclaim, generated controversy, and significantly changed the perceived nature of online discussion ...
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.*.