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    3 hours ago

    Historically, Usenet clients tended to respond to both groups in response to articles posted to multiple newsgroups.

    This tended to result in trolls doing things like posting “I’m in the market for a computer. Which is better, PC or Mac?” to comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy and comp.os.mac.advocacy with the intention of starting flamewars.