Handling Information Overload on Usenet: Exploring the Neglected Evolution of Usenet

Abstract

Usenet is the name of aworldwide network of servers for group communication between people. From 1979and onwards, it has seen a near exponential growth in the amount of datatransported, which has been a strain on bandwidth and storage. There has been awide range of academic research with focus on the WWW, but Usenet has beenneglected. Instead, Usenet’s evolution has been dominated by practicalsolutions