> The alt.* groups were always mostly a cesspool, Well, there was a lot of fun in the chaos too. Stuff like alt.pave.the.earth had a culture around it. There

> The alt.* groups were always mostly a cesspool, Well, there was a lot of fun in the chaos too. Stuff like alt.pave.the.earth had a culture around it. There was serious stuff too, like alt.save.the.earth. Also things like alt.os.linux (later renamed to comp.os.linux)