Alt.binaries.boneless

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This is a list of the 30 biggest groups on Giganews on March 3rd, 2008, and is an example of the massive retention capabilities of a commercial usenet server.

alt.binaries.boneless is a Usenet discussion forum primarily used to transfer binary data content, rather than being used for textual communications.

It has the unusual distinction of currently being one of the largest and most active binary newsgroups on all of Usenet, typically receiving tens of gigabytes of new data and over a million new postings each day, yet almost nothing is known of its origins or why it is so popular.

Typically, newsgroup names are functional in that the name is meant to serve as a guideline as to what type of content can be found in the newsgroup. However, boneless is completely irrelevant, and this appears to hold true as a description of the content, which can include fully ripped DVDs, entirely ripped CDs or individual music files, images and image sets, as well as software and documents of every content type imaginable.

See also

• alt.* hierarchy
• Binaries
• Usenet
• Warez

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