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[Ayesha Maqbool]

hello. what is a newsgroup i want to know

[Lost Archivist]

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 05:28:51 -0700, Ayesha Maqbool wrote:

> hello. what is a newsgroup i want to know

According to Technopedia a Newsgroup is:

Newsgroup
What Does Newsgroup Mean?
A newsgroup is an Internet-based discussion around an individual, entity,
organization or topic. Newsgroups enable remotely connected users to
share, discuss and learn about their topic of interest by exchanging text
messages, images, videos and other forms of digital content.

Newsgroups are also referred to as usenet newsgroups.
Techopedia Explains Newsgroup
Newsgroups were initially created in 1979 by some university students to
exchange messages. Users can subscribe for free by submitting an email
address, and the group generally consists of several topics/categories
based around a main theme. The user/subscriber can post a message in a
particular topic/category, which is either automatically visible in open
newsgroups, or can only be viewed by approved members in moderated groups.
All subscribers participating or following a particular topic/newsgroup
will be notified of new messages and updates. Moreover, news/stories/
topics in the newsgroup can be read through a downloadable news reader
application.

Despite new technologies such as social media, newsgroups continue to
thrive online.

According to the Jargon File a Newsgroup is:

newsgroup /n./ [Usenet] One of Usenet's huge collection of topic groups or
fora. Usenet groups can be `unmoderated' (anyone can post) or
`moderated' (submissions are automatically directed to a moderator, who
edits or filters and then posts the results). Some newsgroups have
parallel mailing lists for Internet people with no netnews access, with
postings to the group automatically propagated to the list and vice versa.
Some moderated groups (especially those which are actually gatewayed
Internet mailing lists) are distributed as `digests', with groups of
postings periodically collected into a single large posting with an index.

Among the best-known are comp.lang.c (the C-language forum), comp.arch (on
computer architectures), comp.unix.wizards (for Unix wizards),
rec.arts.sf.written and siblings (for science-fiction fans), and
talk.politics.misc (miscellaneous political discussions and flamage).


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