Google Groups
Some very early users of the Internet - not the worldwide
web as we know it today - but the Internet from the early
1980s, will have heard of, and likely used, Usenet. This was
the collective name applied to text-based electronic bulletin
boards that were used to communicate in the days before the
web and email existed, and that are still in use today. The
Usenet posts were first collected and organized for worldwide
web use in 1995, by a company called Deja News. In 2001, Google
bought Deja News and applied their considerable search expertise
to Usenet posts. The result is Google Groups.
There are well over 30,000 Google Groups today. These are hosted
on servers all over the world, and Google Groups provides
a browser-based interface to them, as well as creating searchable
archives. From a very clean interface, users may search any
of the various subsections of Google Groups. In the same way
a clothing web site may be divided into sections for men's,
women's, and children's wear, Usenet is divided into sections
such as biz (business related), comp (computer related), humanities
(art, literature related), and so on. From there, subsections
may be divided into more specialized sub-topics where necessary.
Sadly, many Google Groups are now spammer hangouts more than
anything else. Widely available web access and programs that
can automatically post to thousands of newsgroups in just
a short while have destroyed much of the original spirit and
usefulness of the Usenet groups. And parents need to know
that on some sections of Usenet there are some very inappropriate
topics that have been started over the years, so they should
exercise due caution in protecting their children from those
sections.
For those who don't mind a bit of digging through the virtual
trash can, there are still many, many useful and active Google
Groups, full of friendly, helpful people, so be sure to check
out this often-overlooked resource.
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