🗃️ Utzoo / Early Usenet Newsgroups (1981–1991)
The Utzoo archive tapes preserved early Usenet from before the Great Renaming of 1987. These net.*, fa.*, mod.* and to.* hierarchies represent the earliest days of online discussion.
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1,409 groups in utzoo.*
| Group ▾ | Description | Threads | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|
| net.rumor.ctl | 1 | 1 | |
| net.rumors | 3 | 3 | |
| net.rumors.ctl | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sci | 144 | 1,380 | |
| net.sci.ctl | 2 | 2 | |
| net.science.biology.evolution | Natural selection, etc... | 16 | 29 |
| net.science.biology.misc | It's alive, Jim. | 25 | 29 |
| net.science.chemistry.misc | Can we really drink that EtOH? | 37 | 53 |
| net.science.geology.misc | It's dead, Jim. | 16 | 19 |
| net.science.misc | Nonspecific discussion of science. | 32 | 107 |
| net.science.physics.misc | Quarks to universes. | 34 | 65 |
| net.sctv | 3 | 3 | |
| net.sex | 1,021 | 4,321 | |
| net.sex.fetish.fat.furry.asian.watersports | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sexu | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sexuality | 28 | 61 | |
| net.sexuality.bondage | Bondage, Dominance, submission and S&M | 916 | 987 |
| net.sexuality.general | Discussion and chat of a sexual nature | 583 | 823 |
| net.sexuality.motss | Members of the same sex discussing sexuality | 492 | 524 |
| net.sexuality.stories | Erotic prose and poetry (Moderated) | 36 | 50 |
| net.sexuality.stories.discuss | Discussion, requests, etc of n.s.s | 488 | 528 |
| net.sf-lovers | 7,149 | 12,473 | |
| net.sf.lovers | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sf-lovers.ctl | 4 | 4 | |
| net.singles | 4,168 | 12,304 | |
| net.singles.ctl | 7 | 7 | |
| net.site | 1 | 4 | |
| net.site.ctl | 1 | 1 | |
| net.social | 249 | 1,283 | |
| net.sources | 4,516 | 6,507 | |
| net.sources.bugs | 449 | 1,119 | |
| net.sources.bugs.c.ctl | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sources.bugs.ctl | 9 | 9 | |
| net.sources.ctl | 11 | 11 | |
| net.sources.d | 144 | 493 | |
| net.sources.d.ctl | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sources.games | 513 | 986 | |
| net.sources.games.ctl | 8 | 8 | |
| net.sources.lock-up | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sources.lock-up.ctl | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sources.mac | 1,016 | 1,273 | |
| net.sources.mac.ctl | 10 | 10 | |
| net.space | 4,661 | 7,155 | |
| net.space.ctl | 4 | 4 | |
| net.sport | 435 | 773 | |
| net.sport.base | 2 | 2 | |
| net.sport.baseball | 1,038 | 2,459 | |
| net.sport.baseball.ctl | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sport.base.ctl | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sport.config | Discussion about the net.sport hierarchy. | 3 | 4 |
| net.sport.ctl | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sport.foo | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sport.foot | 31 | 44 | |
| net.sport.football | 732 | 1,537 | |
| net.sport.football.ctl | 5 | 5 | |
| net.sport.football.ncaa | American college football | 19 | 27 |
| net.sport.football.nfl | American professional football | 3 | 7 |
| net.sport.foot.ctl | 1 | 1 | |
| net.sport.general | Discussion about sports. | 4 | 6 |
| net.sport.hock | 3 | 3 | |
| net.sport.hockey | He shoots, he scores! | 442 | 852 |
| net.sport.hockey.ctl | 3 | 3 | |
| net.sport.hoops | 424 | 863 | |
| net.sport.hoops.ctl | 4 | 4 | |
| net.sport.ski | 1 | 1 | |
| net.startrek | 1,949 | 5,154 | |
| net.startrek.ctl | 3 | 3 | |
| net.stat | 3 | 3 | |
| net.std | 20 | 58 | |
| net.std.ctl | 5 | 5 | |
| net.subculture.gothic | The gothic subculture and lifestyle. | 1 | 25 |
| net.subculture.tasteless | If you love to be disgusting. | 5 | 31 |
| net.subculture.usenet | Who we are, what we do, why we do it. | 59 | 1,211 |
| net.suicide | 807 | 1,331 | |
| net.suicide.ctl | 2 | 2 | |
| net.support.abuse.sexual | Recovering from childhood sexual abuse. | 114 | 123 |
| net.support.addiction.misc | Dealing with miscellaneous addictions. | 16 | 17 |
| net.support.announce | Announcements relevant to net.support.* (Moderated) | 3 | 3 |
| net.support.config | Metadiscussion of the net.support hierarchy. | 1 | 3 |
| net.support.grief | Coping with the loss of a loved one. | 5 | 8 |
| net.support.psych.misc | For those with miscellaneous psychiatric disorders. | 36 | 240 |
| net.talk.singles | 1 | 1 | |
| net.tavel | 2 | 2 | |
| net.taxes | 497 | 1,302 | |
| net.taxes.ctl | 4 | 4 | |
| net.telecom | 1 | 2 | |
| net.telecom.ctl | 1 | 1 | |
| net.term | 6 | 17 | |
| net.test | Chat with autoreply bots. | 3,238 | 4,187 |
| net.test.ctl | 17 | 18 | |
| net.text | 703 | 1,457 | |
| net.text.ctl | 7 | 7 | |
| net.theater | 29 | 65 | |
| net.theater.ctl | 7 | 7 | |
| net.theatre.acting | Theatre performers forum | 104 | 119 |
| net.theatre.announce | Announcements relevant to the net.theatre hierarchy | 17 | 22 |
| net.theatre.musicals | Staged musicals and operetta | 10 | 16 |
| net.theatre.plays | Staged plays | 24 | 29 |
| net.theatre.stagecraft | Backstage theatre | 5 | 10 |
| net.theology | 39 | 39 |