> The alt.* groups were always mostly a cesspool, there were very few usable ones past roughly 1995 Around this time a lot of them fell apart but niche ones (a

> The alt.* groups were always mostly a cesspool, there were very few usable ones past roughly 1995 Around this time a lot of them fell apart but niche ones (art, music, internet culture) were still alive and generally unspammy.