List of Newsgroups - The Alt Hierarchy

The Alt Hierarchy

This is the most extensive newsgroup hierarchy outside of the Big 8. Examples include:

• alt.2600 — Official group for 2600: The Hacker Quarterly
• Alt.Adoption — for adoption
• alt.arts.poetry.comments — for poetry and poetry critique
• alt.atheism — discusses atheism
• alt.binaries.boneless
• alt.binaries.slack — artwork created by and for the Church of the SubGenius.
• alt.callahans — Spider Robinson's Callahan's Place online
• alt.config — creation of new newsgroups in the alt.* hierarchy.
• alt.digitiser — discussion of the video games magazine Digitiser.
• alt.fan — fandom discussions.
• alt.gothic — a gothic newsgroup and birthplace of Convergence
• alt.horology This Internet newsgroup concerns all aspects of horology (the science of time and timekeeping, clocks and watches). Those posting to it range from novices to collectors to professional watchmakers & clockmakers.
• alt.religion.kibology — He who Greps.
• alt.sex — the first alt.* newsgroup for discussion of sexual topics.
• alt.sex.bondage — discussion of BDSM sex.
• alt.sex.cancel — set up specifically as a means of defeating newsgroup spam cross-posted to the entire alt.sex hierarchy
• alt.sex.stories — text-based erotic stories of all types.
• alt.slack — Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
• alt.suicide.holiday — pro-choice discussion of suicide.
• alt.sysadmin.recovery — the Scary Devil Monastery.
• alt.tasteless — discussion of subject matter in too poor taste to be discussed elsewhere.
• alt.tv.simpsons — discusses the TV show The Simpsons.
• alt.usage.english — discussion of English words, grammar, etymology
• alt.usenet.kooks — discussion of Usenet kooks and their idiosyncratic theories.
• alt.zines — discussion of small-press publications, magazines, and pamphlets (zines).