USENET Politics Code

a.k.a. Stross Code

Author: Charlie Stross

Version 0.02
- Specification: groups.google.com (mirror, 2002-08-04)
- Specification: diyhpl.us (mirror, 2001-08-28)

Found on:

soc.history.what-if (newsgroup)

The Stross Code is a code used on soc.history.what-if to identify the user’s political alignment. It is named after author Charlie Stross.

Though the code has been ostensibly posted to soc.history.what-if, it is difficult to find usage of this code due to Google Groups marking that group as “Banned Content”: “soc.history.what-if has been identified as containing spam, malware, or other malicious content.”