Readers join topic-centered groups and post and respond to messages.
Since newsgroup messages are distributed by a central server at your school, you can browse through a number of groups without the investment required of e-mail discussion lists. Newsfeed groups which compile articles from professional newswires. Social groups devoted mostly to conversation. Hybrid groups which contain conversation, scholarly postings and news articles. Newsgroups are organized under several large headings, For example, under the prefix talk there are groups devoted to debating issues like gun control, politics and religion.