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But Usenet’s ability to connect widely separated people with shared interests also sparked long-lived collaborative projects: The Internet Movie Database began on the rec.arts.movies newsgroup.

The company also says “legitimate activity” in Usenet groups has gone down because of social media and modern-day web forums. Google Groups’ support for Usenet will end on February 22nd, 2024.

Usenet has a central governing authority known as the 'Big-8' Management Board. This board oversees Usenet hierarchies, makes adjustments to existing groups, and creates or deletes newsgroups.