Re: Free at Last !!

On 2024-02-26 15:18:48 +0000, PX said:

> 	Free from Google that is. From now on anything I post here will only 
> be accessible through
> a newsreader. Usenet just got a lot more private and text posts are 
> pretty much invisible to the world
> wide web. Before all text groups were indexed by Google groups and 
> showed up in Google search. The remaining
> free indexers like NZB King never index text posts in binary groups so, 
> damn, usenet has gone underground as
> far as text posts are concerned. And, except for a few groups, binaries 
> are poorly indexed too by both free
> and paid indexers. Oh, and there's the spam issue too. All the holy 
> roller material that Ivan used to post
> here was done through Google groups. They were cross posted across 
> multiple groups. I'd like to think it was
> me posting "Cunt Comics" that made him finally give up on this one but 
> it could have been Google starting to
> crack down too. Anyway, a new age is upon us and I, personally, am 
> delighted that this post won't show up on
> the web.

I had no idea this was even a thing. Here's hoping there are few 
unintended consequences ... although there probably will be many.

Meanwhile, though:

“You can continue to view and search for historical Usenet content 
posted before February 22, 2024 on Google Groups.”

As someone who tries to avoid Google, it will be interesting to see 
from how far back one can actually retrieve content that way.

If at all.