soc.motss - and a Slate article

[jwg]

There is a very interesting article in Slate about the origin of soc.motss. soc.motss was a Usenet group - Usenet was one of the earliest social networking systems.

motss stands for Members Of The Same Sex, a name chosen because it was thought if gay or lesbian appeared in the name many sites wouldn't carry the group

Comments

[maxauburn]

The group sounds terrific!

It must be grand to be part of a social network.

[tonethbone]

I submitted a request to join the group. Thanks