Week 1, Task 1, Usenet & Bullentin boards

Usenet and bullentin board systems

Usenet and bullentin board systems Bullentin boards allow people to speak to other people with similar interests online, it means that they can speak to these people from all over the world, but might not know them in person or be able to ever have a face to face conversation with them. Bullentin boards can be used for general chit chat, or they can be used for people to talk about specific topics, such as weight loss. People use bullentin boards to find out information, to chat, or to seek advice with others usually.

Usenet is also a world-wide communication method. It consists of a set of newsgroups which have articles or messages posted to these newsgroups. People can only post to usenet if they have the correct software on their computer. Whatever is posted is then broadcasted to other interconnecting computer systems via a wide variety of networks. Some of the posts are moderated. "Usenet is available on a wide varietyof computer systems and networks, but the bulk of modern Usenet trafficis transported over either the Internet or UUCP." I got this information from - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part1/ as was unsure of what Usenet was. Hopefully that link will help you all to understand it further to what I have explained.

I have never come across usenet before so cannot comment on my experience of this. However, I do use bullentin boards, I find that they are useful for seeking advice on different matters, however I do think that some people become to dependant on bullentin boards for advice, such as bullentin boards on divorce, relationships etc, and instead of making their own decisions they become dependant on doing what others tell them to do.