From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   John Williamson   wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   People have offered to help him for several years.  If he doesn't want the   
   help that is his business.   
   --scott   
      
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
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