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Usenet: Peoples
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Usenet is an uncensored forum for debate where many sides of an issue come into view. Instead of being force-fed by an uncontrollable source of information, the participants set the tone and emphasis on Usenet. People control what happens on Usenet.
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Usenet doesn't interest most Internet companies, which don't see profit there, she says. "Community just doesn't generate much income." Her comments seem to support the theory that people visit Usenet to escape commercialization on the Web.
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Once you have spent some time on Usenet, you will see that many people have a signature which is appended to every posting. Some people use it to provide, for example, a link to their website, others have a funny quote in it. If you want to have a signature, keep in mind that there are rules for these, too14: first of all, a signature should not be any longer than four lines. This is again an argument of bandwidth. As your article is copied hundreds and hundreds of times, one more line does make a difference. Why four? Why not five?
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Strictly speaking this doesn't fit in here, but it's a great resource for finding people's e-mail addresses by searching Usenet postings. Journalists use Usenet too.Try searching for "nbc.com" and take a look at the media contacts you get!
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Four lines will suffice---more is just extra garbage for Usenet sites to carry along with your article, which is supposed to be the intended focus of the reader. Netiquette dictates limiting oneself to this "quota" of four---some people make signatures that are ten lines or even more, including elaborate ASCII drawings of their hand-written signature or faces or even the space shuttle. This is not cute, and will bother people to no end.
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