Freedom Of Assembly: Discussion Groups

Discussion groups are sort of like e-mail, but with lots of people taking part. One person sends off a message (posts a message) to the group. Over the next few days, the other members of the group read the message (the posting), and some of them reply to it, adding their own comments.

The two major type of discussion groups are mailing lists and Usenet news. You can often find discussion groups as part of web pages, but these tend to be quite provincial.