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ICcode for "Alt.sex.bondage"

The [b]alt.sex.bondage[/b] [about=Newsgroup]Usenet newsgroup[/about]
(created ca. 1989) was the first publicly visible BDSM resource on the
[about=Internet]Internet[/about].  As well as those interested in sexual
[about=bondage]bondage[/about], people interested in [about=alternate
sexuality]alternate sexuality[/about] were drawn to it, among them those
interested in what is now considered [about=BDSM]BDSM[/about].

Discussions in the group popularised many components of today's BDSM
subculture, including the abbreviation "BDSM" and maxims such as
[about=Ugol's Law]Ugol's Law[/about] and
[about=YKIOK,IJNMK]YKIOK,IJNMK[/about].  The term "[about=Total Power
Exchange]Total Power Exchange[/about]" was first coined during
[url=http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=7o79tu%24t23%241%40links.magenta.com]debates[/url]
on alt.sex.bondage and the abbreviation [about=TPE]TPE[/about] was born
there.

alt.sex.bondage was gradually overrun by spam adverts, and discussion
moved to [about=uk.people.bdsm]uk.people.bdsm[/about] and 
[about=soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm]soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm[/about].
Most online BDSM discussion is now on various
[about=Discussion_boards]discussion boards and mailing lists[/about].

[heading]External Link

[item][url=http://groups.google.com/groups?q=alt.sex.bondage]alt.sex.bondage[/url]
group on Google

(This entry in the BDSM Dictionary incorporates text from the
[url=http://www.londonfetishscene.com/wipi/index.php/Alt.sex.bondage]Alt.sex.bondage[/url]
article in Wipipedia.)

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