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Google Groups has an odd history. It started as an archive of Usenet newsgroup messages, past and present. But as Usenet began to fade in importance, Google rejigged Google Groups to feature user-created discussion groups so that any user could create a group around any given topic.

And that’s what Google Groups is today—a mixture of Usenet newsreader (because Usenet still exists, as does its archive of past postings) and web-based community. It’s an interesting mix.