1. As you would have guessed, the Usenet has
enormous number of users and, resultantly,
an overwhelming number of topics that are
being discussed and debated in multiple
threads. And these discussions are held in
groups that could number more than a
hundred thousand, and still counting. It is only
natural that any sense could be made of
these legions of groups only through the
establishment of hierarchies. And Usenet
came into existence with a few arbitrarily
made hierarchies, given the initially low
number of users and volumes. However, it
was by the beginning of 1987 that it became
evident that there had to be well established
hierarchies for Usenet to function to optimum
effectiveness, leading to the creation of the
seven original Usenet Hierarchies.
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2. With Usenet generating more than 3 Terabytes of data every day, there has
always been a need to have clearly defined hierarchies The seven
newshosting review original Usenet Hierarchies include 'Comp', 'News', 'Rec',
'Sci', 'Soc', 'Talk' and 'Misc'
3. These hierarchies indicate computers, Usenet itself, Recreation such as arts,
hobbies and such, Science and technology, Society / cultural issues, debates /
controversial issues, and any other miscellaneous topics, respectively These
seven original Usenet Hierarchies are the categories that define discussions in
Usenet
4. Under these seven original Usenet hierarchies lie sub-categories that are
effectively represented using a suffix following a 'dot' next to the original
hierarchy For instance, if 'racing' is a new category under 'recreation', it may
be represented as 'rec
5. racing', thus effectively accommodating a host of sub-categories under the
seven original Usenet hierarchies It needs to be noted that these
hierarchies are meant to streamline and focus discussions, rather than limit the
scope of discussions in any way
6. However, there have been adjustments brought within the scope of Usenet to
allow for more categories to be created within its discussions, with the
introduction of the new hierarchy called 'Alt' This would facilitate creation of
fresh hierarchies that were not part of the seven original Usenet hierarchies
7. However, it has to be stressed that Usenet is not something that is centrally
administered, but is one whose administration essentially depends on the
organizations that the hosting organizations Hence, the creation of a new
category using 'alt' does not mean that the new category would be propagated
world-wide - unless it becomes a popular category that is being used by
people in troves the world over
8. While a host of new hierarchies are being created, apart from the seven
original hierarchies, their popularity and acceptance essentially depends on
their user adoption rates Marion Marshall specializes in writing and
advising people on Usenet technologies
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