newgroup wars

/n[y]oogroop worz/ , n. [Usenet] The salvos of dueling newgroup and rmgroup
messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over
whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently)
whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a
week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency
(usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt
hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or
humor; e.g., the group alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork which originated as a
birthday joke for a Muppets fan, or any number of specialized abuse groups
named after particularly notorious flamer s, e.g., alt.weemba.

