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is there a way to start my own alt. forum?


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In article<8cb75j$3tl$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, low...@my-deja.com writes:
>is there a way to start my own alt. forum?

 Yes, but you are not really asking on the right newsgroup.  It is 
 said that you are "a longterm geek" on usenet if you know how to
 create an alt group but have refrained from doing so :-).  There 
 is an FAQ somewhere on it.  

 The minimum requirements are two.  First that you propose a name
 within the normal limitations, 14 letters per field  avoid odd
 and incomprehensible names [i.e. remember that all of British and
 American and Australian variant english speakers plus foreign
 speakers of english are expected to understand it], and put it
 somewhere sensible in the hierarchy.  It might be useful to
 write a NEWSGROUP CHARTER, looking at some existing examples,
 and an initial FAQ.  Second, you go on alt.config and discuss
 these points with the sysops who are interested in new groups:
 you don't HAVE to follow any suggestions, but they are usually
 good ones.  Newsgroups are for matters of widespread international
 interest in main hierarchies, and national interest in national
 hierarchies -- if your subject is small or specialised,
 consider a mailinglist instead.

 Now, in practice you are going to meet two difficulties. 
 First is this turkey going to be used, do you have enough people
 interested, are you prepared to jolly it along in quiet periods?
 I have bitter experience of mailing-lists that never took off,
 which is why trying a list first might be a real cool idea.
 Second, not everybody takes all alt groups.  You need to persuade
 your ISP to take it, you need to persuade a few others to take it,
 and I mean not just the ISPs of newsgroup regulars but enough ISPs
 to ensure articles propagate.   Hope This Helps.


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low...@my-deja.com wrote in <8cb75j$3tl$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>:

>is there a way to start my own alt. forum?
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>Before you buy.

Simply take over one of the totally abandoned newsgroups...
there are plenty around.



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On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 20:40:00 GMT, ojo...@loopyturd.com (ojoshiro) provoked the
following text:

>Simply take over one of the totally abandoned newsgroups...
>there are plenty around.

That's how some of the people on HetNet used to chat with former HetNet members.
We simply squatted alt.hk until that became spammer-paradise.
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