Most active newsgroups 1987 – Guess the top three
Statistics indicate that the ten most active newsgroups (in order of activity) at the beginning of 1987 were:
soc.singles discussions related to being single
soc.women discussions of women’s issues
rec.humor jokes, limericks, and other humor
comp.sys.ibm.pc discussions related to IBM micros and clones
comp.unix.questions questions related to UNIX
comp.sources program sources
rec.autos discussions about automobiles
misc.consumers discussions of consumer interests
comp.unix.wizards discussion of experienced UNIX users
comp.lang.c discussion of the C programming language
Yes, that’s right. The topic of interest to most Usenet readers is single’s issues. From our research, we conclude that a UNIX programmer is three times more likely to use Usenet to discuss what to do on a date than how to implement shareable libraries.
Just remember to delete the first three newsgroups from the top of this list before trying to use it to justify Usenet to your local management.