Newsgroup Hierarchy Listing

Giganews' Usenet Newsgroup hierarchy listing is a directory listing of the text newsgroups available on Giganews' Usenet service. Binary newsgroups are not listed in this directory; however, you may search for your favorite binary or text newsgroups by name using our newsgroup search feature.

Group or Terms:

comp.*

Computer-related discussions

humanities.*

Literature, religion, history, etc.

misc.*

Any newsgroup that doesn't belong in another hierarchy

news.*

Discussions regarding Usenet itself (creation/removal of newsgroups, abuse issues, etc.)

rec.*

Discussions regarding recreation of all types

sci.*

Discussions of scientific topics

soc.*

Current events & societal issues, as well as simple socializing ("chatting")

talk.*

Discussions of sensitive topics; newsgroups here tend to include very lively debates, where soc.* is more casual

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