alt. sex is a Usenet newsgroup. Usenet, a Portmanteau of "user" and "network" is a world-wide distributed Internet discussion system A newsgroup is a Repository usually within the Usenet system for messages posted from many users in different locations In the 1990s, the newsgroup was popular. An October 1993 survey by Brian Reid reported an estimated a worldwide readership of 3. 3 millions for the newsgroup, that being 8% of the total Usenet readership, with 67% of all Usenet nodes carrying the group and traffic of 2,300 messages per month. [1]
The newsgroup was the origin of the Melissa virus, where it was posted with message headers claiming that the post had been written using the America On Line account of Scott Steinmetz, whose username was "skyroket". The Melissa worm, also known as "Mailissa" " Simpsons " " Kwyjibo " or "Kwejeebo" is a mass-mailing macro virus, Kizza reports that the headers on the post were probably forged by Melissa's author, David L. Smith. David L Smith can refer to David L Smith (virus writer (born c [2]
The newsgroup hierarchy below alt. sex comprises several newsgroups, including alt. sex. stories (which is the biggest newsgroup in the hierarchy after alt. sex itself), alt. sex. pictures, alt. sex. blondes, alt. sex. bondage, alt. sex. bestiality, and even alt. sex. rape. The former four newsgroups generally feature text and images that can be found in adult magazines, such as Playboy or Penthouse. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy Penthouse, a Men 's Magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and Soft-core pornographic pictorials The latter three newsgroups exemplify a set of sub-groups that deals in more extreme topics. There are more newsgroups of the latter kind, although they are far lower in traffic than those that deal in mainstream sexual behaviours. [3]
The University of Waterloo in 1994 ceased carrying alt. The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW and Waterloo) is a comprehensive Public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario sex-bondage, alt. sex. bestiality, alt. sex-stories, and alt. sex-stories. d upon the recommendation of its ethics committee, which had expressed concerns that the content of those newsgroups violated the Criminal Code of Canada. [1]
Other sub-groups include some with intentionally humorous names, such as alt. sex. aluminum. baseball. bat, alt. sex. boredom, and alt. sex. bestiality. hamster. duct-tape. The list goes on to include alt. sex. fetish. fashion (whose FAQ has an extensive guide to magazines, products, and shops), alt. sex. fetish. diapers, alt. sex. enemas, alt. sex. exhibitionism, , alt. sex. fetish. amputee, alt. sex. masturbation, alt. sex. movies, alt. sex. motss, alt. sex. services, alt. sex. spanking, alt. sex. wizards, alt. sex. bald. captains, and alt. sex. abuse. recovery. [1]
In a 1993 analysis of the alt. sex. * hierarchy, Maureen Furniss concluded that "sexually oriented boards act as a kind of support group for people who post notices to them, especially individuals whose sexual orientations are very marginalized (those who practice sadomasochism or bestiality, for example)" [1]
The creation (c. 1988) of the newsgroup is probably due to the Usenet backbone cabal. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The backbone Cabal was a group of large-site Administrators who pushed through the Great Renaming of Usenet newsgroups during most of the 1980s Originally due and voted to be assigned rec. sex, it was the cabal's insistence that got it titled alt. sex.
As of 2005-03-22 the alt. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. sex hierarchy contained over 1,600 groups. There has been little activity, other than spam, in most of those groups for some time. A notable exception is the alt.sex.stories hierarchy. altsexstories is a Usenet Newsgroup for erotic stories. In early 1992 the only Usenet or altnet newsgroup for written Erotica was
alt. sex. cancel is a Usenet newsgroup set up specifically to help combat spam cross-posted to the entire alt. Usenet, a Portmanteau of "user" and "network" is a world-wide distributed Internet discussion system A newsgroup is a Repository usually within the Usenet system for messages posted from many users in different locations Newsgroup spam is a type of spam where the targets are Usenet Newsgroups Spamming of Usenet newsgroups actually pre-dates E-mail spam. Crossposting is the act of posting the same message to multiple forums, Mailing lists or Newsgroups This is distinct from multiposting which involves sex hierarchy. The newsgroup is a simple spam trap, and according to its charter, any message posted there may be cancelled automatically. A spamtrap is a honeypot used to collect spam. Spamtraps are usually E-mail addresses that are created not for communication but rather to lure spam A charter is the grant of authority or rights stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified
References
- ^ a b c d Leslie Regan Shade (1996). "Is there Free Speech on the Net? Censorship in the Global Information Infrastructure", in Rob Shields: Cultures of Internet. Sage Publications, 13–17. ISBN 0803988052.
- ^ Joseph Migga Kizza (2005). Computer Network Security. Springer, 87. ISBN 0387204733.
- ^ Fred H. Cate (1998). The Internet and the First Amendment: Schools and Sexually Explicit Expression. Phi Delta Kappa International, 17. ISBN 0873673980.
Further reading
- Brian Reid (1993). "Usenet readership summary report". . Network Measurement Project at the DEC Western Research Laboratory
- Maureen Furniss (1993). "Sex with a hard (disk) on: computer bulletin boards and pornography". Wide Angle 15 (2): 19–37.
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