Usenet

American  

[yooz-net, yoos‑] / ˈyuzˌnɛt, ˈyus‑ /

Or USENET

noun

1. Digital Technology. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the internet.

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Usenet British  

/ ˈjuːzˌnɛt /

noun

1. computing a vast collection of newsgroups that follow agreed naming, maintaining, and distribution practices

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Etymology

Origin of Usenet

First recorded in 1980–85; use(rs) ¹ ( def. ) + net(work)

Example Sentences

All well and good and fair enough, but it’s bizarre for Peretti to ascribe this trend to the emergence of TikTok and black-box feeds when users have bemoaned the prevalence of platform-incentivized outrage since the days of Usenet.

From Slate

The platforms included the more contemporary Facebook, Reddit, Gab, and YouTube, and the older USENET, a worldwide distributed discussion system established in 1980 -- over a decade before the world wide web went online to the general public.

From Science Daily

He was the first-ever European buyer of an Apple Macintosh, he helped conceive of and design various digital games, and was a presence in both the virtual forums of Usenet and the physical conferences held by tech engineers.

From Slate

Going back nearly four decades, the same pattern has repeated itself: in Usenet, in AOL chatrooms, in the early blogging platforms, in comments threads, and in various forms of social media.

From Slate

It used to be in reference to Usenet, then Discord.

From Slate