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Don was talking about alt.right (obviously a play on alt-right: but probably also the alt-right news group, if there is one). However, the standard acronym expa
by qwertyuiop924 10y ago
Don was talking about alt.right (obviously a play on alt-right: but probably also the alt-right news group, if there is one). However, the standard acronym expansion for the alt hierarchy on the usenet (it actually stands for alternative) is Anarchists, Lunatics, and Terrorists: partly a running gag and partly because alt.* was (and still is) the wild west of the usenet: a lawless wasteland, with the occasional specks of civilization.
- DanBC 10y ago> partly because alt.* was (and still is) the wild west of the usenet: a lawless wasteland, with the occasional specks of civilization. ...and even that was too restricted for some people, which is one of the reasons free.* was set up. http://wiki.killfile.org/projects/usenet/faqs/free/ http://wiki.killfile.org/projects/usenet/faqs/free/
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoFor some people, any restriction is too much. It's the 4chan vs 8chan thing.