at monthly intervals, but some communities later increased their frequency to weekly or even daily postings. Jef Poskanzer is credited with posting the first weekly FAQ on the Usenet net.graphics and comp.graphics newsgroups, while Eugene Miya experimented with the first daily FAQ.

As FAQs accumulated across Usenet, they contributed to the creation of the moderated "*.answers" newsgroups, including comp.answers, misc.answers, and sci.answers. These groups were established to collect and cross-post FAQs from the various comp.*, misc.*,