Newsgroups

On Sun, 01 Dec 2013 18:38:33 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 12/1/13 4:43 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

You almost said it right, but no big problem; I know what you mean. I
don't want to be picky, but let me explain. What you mean is a
newsreader, not a news server. The newsreader is the program you use
to get news messages from the newsreader.

We may want to say "newsgroup reader" these days. I can't tell you how
many times I've seen people that use the phrase "news reader" and mean
solely a method of reading/following RSS feeds. They generally know
nothing about newsgroups.


A good point. I've always felt that "news" in "newsreader,"
"newsgroups," etc. was a bad choice of names and would confuse people.
It's probably best to avoid *all* terms with "news" in them and say
"usenet" instead. But I never thought that "usenet" was a good name
either, since the name says almost nothing to describe what it is.