ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Usenet

Usenet is like a huge playground where you can find lots of cool things to play with, like toys and games.

But unlike other playgrounds, you can't see everything at once. Instead, you have to ask your friends for the things you want to play with.

So you shout out to your friends and ask for a toy car, and they give you one. But then you realize you want a doll too, so you shout out again and they give you one of those too.

The shouting you do is called posting, and your friends are other people on the playground who are also looking for toys to play with.

The playground is called Usenet because it's made up of lots of different areas where you can find different kind of toys, like video games or pictures of animals.

Overall, Usenet is a place online where people can come together to share information and files, like a really big virtual library or playground.