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Being a good net.citizen includes being involved in the continuing growth and evolution of the Usenet system. One part of this involvement includes following the discussion in the groups news.groups and the notes in news.announce.newgroups. It is there that discussion goes on about the creation of new groups and destruction of inactive ones. Every person on Usenet is allowed and encouraged to vote on the creation of a newsgroup.
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The new newsgroup creation signal is sent out across the Usenet. It gets ‘propagated’ across the Usenet airwaves just like any other Usenet article. When the signal arrives at each Usenet site, the system administrator decides whether to accept or reject the new newsgroup. If accepted, each Usenet reader at that site is notified, and must choose whether to subscribe to the new newsgroup or ignore it.
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Beginners often access Usenet through an e-mail program, such as Outlook Express. However, more experienced users recognize the value of a newsgroup reader such as Forte's Free Agent or S & H Computer Systems' News Rover.
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There are a few well-known people that are acquainted with Usenet and computers in general---but the overwhelming majority are just normal people. One should act with skepticism whenever a notable personality is "seen" in a newsgroup.
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There are a large number of different newsreaders on Usenet and the number keeps growing. If you are looking for one, you may want to read the USENET Software: History and Sources document and the news.software.readers newsgroup.
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