Alt.gothic

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Alt.gothic is a USENET newsgroup for goths. USENET is an absolutely huge discussion for virtually anything, started in 1979. A newsgroup is a subject-oriented subsection of USENET. Newsreaders.com has a general discussion of how to get yourself hooked up to USENET. Many ISPs already maintain USENET news servers available for their customers' use without additional charge, and many news clients are available for free or very low cost as well.

For those without the interest to maintain a separate tool for reading the newsgroup, there are several alternatives:

It's where we started talking, arguing & flirting.

Back in 1994 some of the regulars had the bright idea that doing this in the same physical location with alcohol & music would be a really good idea.

Hence, Convergence

If you want to know more about the group, read the alt.gothic FAQ v4.0.0.1 beta

Stuff

Divergence - Some of the regulars couldn't make it to C4 so they organised a meet up on IRC instead. This is before the days of webcams, wireless or even affordable laptops so usenet was very quiet on Convergence weekends in those days.