From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Chris K-Man   wrote:   
   >   
   >I would personally like to thank Facebook, Twitter,   
   >and other "social" media platforms for contributing to the end of Google   
   Groups'   
   >partnership with and carrier of UseNet Newsgroups content.   
      
   I hate to tell you this, but it has a lot more to do with the million-plus   
   spam messages currently being injected daily by a small set of Google   
   customers.  Or maybe one Google customer, it is hard to tell.  Google is   
   a disaster that has done more to destroy Usenet than anything else.  Everyone   
   is delighted to see it go.   
      
   >I highly encourage those who care about civilized internet to see other means   
   of   
   >continuing their Usenet discourse, including apps devoted to providing access   
   to   
   >Usenet Groups.   
      
   Apps?  Just get a newsreader and an account on a legitimate news provider like   
   people have been telling you to do for the past decade.  You will find it is   
   FAR more pleasant than fighting with the horrible Google Groups interface.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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