Org - Newsgroups Tech. The user becomes part of the information exchange, not just a consumer, and it is this feature that is worth risking a little brain fatigue and a portion of spam. They do not add to advertising revenue or to website hit counts, so there's little promotion around them.
Topics range from the serious to the frivolous.
Some questions sink with no ripples while others, especially ethics topics, last for weeks as participants check the Newsgroup on intermittent schedules. And, yes, posting to Newsgroups means that your address will be found by spammers and your junk mail may increase, but a few extra clicks of the delete key are a modest price to pay for the useful content. To find the soc.org.nonprofit Newsgroup on a service such as AOL, go to Keyword and type Newsgroups .