[Usenet] The salvos of dueling newgroup and rmgroup messages
sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over
whether a {newsgroup} should be created net-wide, or (even more
frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually
settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group
has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times,
especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of
newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humor; e.g., the
group alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork which originated as a birthday
joke for a Muppets fan, or any number of specialized abuse groups
named after particularly notorious {flamer}s, e.g., alt.weemba.
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