Penthouse was known for its deep-dive reporting on politics and social issues, often featuring long-form articles that rivaled mainstream news outlets.
Digital archivists often use numerical IDs to track contributors or batch uploads. "179" likely refers to a specific user or an automated library bot on platforms like the Internet Archive or various Usenet mirrors.
Alternatively, "179" could be a staff number or a batch ID from a . In the late 1990s and early 2000s, companies like GGC (General Graphics Company) or Celestial Digital scanned millions of magazines for back-issue databases sold to libraries or for DVD-ROM collections. "179" could be a scanner operator’s ID or a batch code. The phrase "added by 179" sounds like the language of a content management system (CMS) log.