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'''Usenet''' (frequently typed as '''USENET''') is an early Internet forum dating back to the early 1970's. Usenet (and [[BBS|BBS Systems]]) are a direct descendant to the modern [[imageboard]]. Usenet uses a distributed network that allows people to post email-chains to different "newsgroups" that you can subscribe to. Usenet is a very expensive service, however, and has been on the decline ever since an event coined [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September Eternal September]. In the modern day, Usenet is rarely used by even the most elite of computer geeks, and is mostly a distribution engine for Russian child pornography, and [[Warez]]. | '''Usenet''' (frequently typed as '''USENET''') is an early Internet forum dating back to the early 1970's. Usenet (and [[BBS|BBS Systems]]) are a direct descendant to the modern [[imageboard]]. Usenet uses a distributed network that allows people to post email-chains to different "newsgroups" that you can subscribe to. Usenet is a very expensive service, however, and has been on the decline ever since an event coined [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September Eternal September]. In the modern day, Usenet is rarely used by even the most elite of computer geeks, and is mostly a distribution engine for Russian child pornography, and [[Warez]]. | ||
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Revision as of 03:06, 14 February 2016
This dongle is a Usenet (frequently typed as USENET) is an early Internet forum dating back to the early 1970's. Usenet (and BBS Systems) are a direct descendant to the modern imageboard. Usenet uses a distributed network that allows people to post email-chains to different "newsgroups" that you can subscribe to. Usenet is a very expensive service, however, and has been on the decline ever since an event coined Eternal September. In the modern day, Usenet is rarely used by even the most elite of computer geeks, and is mostly a distribution engine for Russian child pornography, and Warez.
