Re: Google Groups Dropping Usenet Support

On 1/9/2024 7:41 AM, Chris K-Man (Zickcermacity) wrote:
> On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 4:34:36 AM UTC-5, Fr Mac McDonald wrote:
>> Looks like Google will be saying so long, farewell, bye-bye to new Usenet text based posts. https://support.google.com/groups/answer/11036538?visit_id=638384883675451244-149195102&p=usenet&rd=1
>>
>> Pax,
>> Pastor Mac
> _______________
> Y'know, I blame "social" websites for this mess.
> 
> Places like Facebook, Twitter/Shitter/X or whatever their name
> is this month.   They're all like toilets, they sucked away all the
> good, legitimate traffic from Usenet groups, and from topic-
> specific private and public moderated forums.
> 
> This leaves cracks in the pavement so to speak, for the bots and
> other dreck to creep in and ruin the place!
> 
> I'm a regular on several car-related forums, including one Filipino
> based site, and for the most part, it's all good, clean car stuff -
> driving cars, best SUV to buy, tire recommendations, how handle
> a ticket if you get one, etc.
> 
> I for one would NEVER join a car- or any other topic - related group on
> Facebook, for instance.  I ask a simple underhood question, I get ten
> conflicting answers, it devolves into argument, finger-pointing,
> name-calling, political jabs, conspiracy spins, and ultimately someone
> gets banned or ends up in "FB jail".
> 
> Noooooooo.....
> 
> thank you!
> 
> It's a shame that cesspools like that have won out over the bastions of
> civility that Usenet and moderated closed forums used to be.

It started decades ago when isp's stopped giving free use net usage.