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   Message 28,926 of 29,105   
   Renee McNeely to Keith F. Lynch   
   Re: Google Groups shutting off usenet ac   
   20 Dec 23 00:01:25   
   
   From: reneemcneely@outlook.com   
      
   On 2023-12-14 09:12 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   > Jay E. Morris  wrote:   
   >> Starting on February 22, 2024, you can no longer use Google Groups   
   >> (at groups.google.com) to post content to Usenet groups, subscribe   
   >> to Usenet groups, or view new Usenet content.  You can continue to   
   >> view and search for historical Usenet content posted before February   
   >> 22, 2024 on Google Groups.   
   >   
   > But, but, but, that would mean no more responses to alt.tv.simpsons   
   > posts made 30 years earlier.   
   >   
   > I was looking forward to multi-generation threads, in which person   
   > A posts, person B replies decades later, then person A's grandchild   
   > replies after a few more decades, then person B's great-grandchild   
   > responds after another half century.   
      
   Thankfully, there still exist other methods of accessing Usenet.   
   Personally, I use and can vouch for eternal-september.org   
      
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