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Pretty sure newsgroups were killed by spam and lack of moderation. I spent a lot of time on them back in the day, and by the time Google got in the game they we
by theamk 4y ago
Pretty sure newsgroups were killed by spam and lack of moderation. I spent a lot of time on them back in the day, and by the time Google got in the game they were already dying. By the time they digested Deja, Usenet was a tiny fraction of original size (if you discard spam).
(Not to mention lack of basic features. I've got a laptop at some point and wanted to synchronize read status between my devices. I ended up writing NNTP to Maildir converter so I can use my IMAP server for this. Not pretty.)
- joecool1029 4y agoGoogle continues to hold the pillow over Usenet text newsgroups. Google Groups is by far the largest enabler and gateway of spam onto Usenet and they don't respond to abuse complaints.
- iggldiggl 4y agoAnd then ironically they're blocking access to some newsgroups (and more annoyingly especially their archives) because they contain too much spam. Gee, thanks for nothing…