Quotes About Newsgroups

The mindless repetition of the word spam inspired late-1980s hackers to use it as a verb for flooding newsgroups with identical messages, and a decade later it spread from their subculture to the populace at large.

At the end of April I archived 'Curses' and Inform, and announced them on the newsgroups.

Internet newsgroups and message boards on AOL are like colossal recovery support groups in the biggest church basement in the world.