From: nowomr@protonmail.com   
      
   On 2/19/2024 10:23 AM, D wrote:   
   > the only prediction thus far is that google shall decommission their usenet   
   > gateway as they announced last 14 december to be effective 15 february 2024   
   > then moved the goal posts to the persisting expectation of 22 february 2024,   
   > so they can easily modify their public announcement without previous notice   
   > and keep doing that until the cows come home . . . if and when their usenet   
   > gateway is actually disconnected, then dozens of spam-friendly news servers   
   > could experience a measurable increase in spam, troll-farm infestation, etc.   
   > certainly some news server administrators may be motivated to tighten their   
   > restrictions on cross-posting, user registration requirements, and throttle   
   > server access to limit use and potential abuse; simply limiting cross-posts   
   > to five (5) and depeering any servers that allow more would be a good start,   
   > better if crossposting were eliminated altogether, but it will get stricter   
   >   
      
   And Usenet will be 100% better for it.   
      
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