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There is no "ownership" of Usenet - only the provider of the Usenet server (traditionally an ISP, but see below) can restrict or control your use of the system. "Moderated" newsgroups exist, but only convention enforces this status. Anyone can easily create a Usenet newsgroup, provided as many other servers as possible are willing to add it to their list.

There is no "ownership" of Usenet - only the provider of the Usenet server (traditionally an ISP, but see below) can restrict or control your use of the system. "Moderated" newsgroups exist, but only convention enforces this status. Anyone can easily create a Usenet newsgroup, provided as many other servers as possible are willing to add it to their list.

Usenet is not part of the World Wide Web, but runs on a separate protocol called NNTP, though Web interfaces such as Google Groups exist. "Newsgroups" are actually more like tags on [[blogs]] (the single Usenet system) than separate discussion groups.

Usenet is not part of the World Wide Web - it runs on a separate protocol called NNTP, though Web interfaces such as Google Groups exist. "Newsgroups" are actually more like tags on [[blogs]] (the single Usenet system) than separate discussion groups.

==Hierarchy and conventions==

==Hierarchy and conventions==