English
Noun
net.god
#An accolade referring to anyone who satisfies the following conditions: has been very visible in the administration and running of :w:Usenet for more than 5 years, ran one of the backbone cabal|original backbone sites, moderated an important newsgroup, wrote news software, specifically: :w:Gene Spafford|Gene, Mark, Rick, Mel, Henry, Chuq, and Greg.
Net.goddesses such as Rissa or the Slime Sisters have (so far) been distinguished more by personality than by authority but generally had nothing to do with the administration of :w:Usenet .
(This article modifies incorporated text from the :w:Jargon File.)
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