From: johnwilliamson@btinternet.com   
      
   On 20/02/2024 01:24, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > 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 note that Chris posts via Gurgle Gropes...   
      
   Maybe he doesn't know how to use the type of app known as a news reader   
   or have the knowledge of how to set up an account, even when his hand is   
   held by the account provider and application writer.   
      
      
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   Tciao for Now!   
      
   John.   
      
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