#42 GG & Usenet

Google Groups & Usenet are regarded as a hybrid between email and web forums.
I roved up and down lists and delved into a few. It is a bit tragic when some Groups have only one entry a year, and they are full of hope that like minded people will join them.
Like the Net it is also proliferated by adverts or at least posts with a commercial slant, and suggestive titles.