About BDSM Usenet Newsgroups

General Internet History

• A Short History of the Internet (PDF) by Bruce Sterling
• The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling
• SJ Games vs. the Secret Service

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BDSM Usenet History

In the mid-1990s, visiting newsgroups was a great way to learn about WIITWD. The following are mostly offered as historical documentation.

• SD's Tips for Getting Along on ASB
• Some reasons for ASB's mores
• Some types of posts unwelcome on ASB
• Mostly BDSM Acronyms (After Big Al, Frites, and Harry Yeatts)
• The SSBB (Soc.Subculture.Bondage-Bdsm) Frequently Asked Questions list.
• Richard Kadrey. alt.sex.bondage. WIRED. Jun 1, 1994.

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BDSM Google Groups Today

This will be disappointing. These Google Groups have long been abandoned to advertisers, but they can still be useful for historical research.

• Alt.Sex.Bondage on Google Groups
• Soc.Subculture.Bondage-BDSM on Google Groups As of Feb. 28, 2023, the last post was on Dec. 19, 2022. It promotes a porn site.