Usenet was one of the first global discussion networks on the Internet, created in 1979. It allowed users to post and read text-based articles inside topic-specific groups called newsgroups. Unlike a web forum or social media site, Usenet had no central authority—messages were distributed across thousands of servers worldwide using a protocol called NNTP (Network […] The post What Was Usenet (Complete Guide) first appeared on Top10Usenet.