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It seems inevitable to me that Google is going to shut down Google Groups or else fold it into Google+ in some unpleasant way. Maybe when that free option is ta
by NelsonMinar 13y ago
It seems inevitable to me that Google is going to shut down Google Groups or else fold it into Google+ in some unpleasant way. Maybe when that free option is taken off the table there will be more room for a commercial solution.
- ccera 13y agoGoogle Groups is used by such a tiny number of people, and has such a poverty of functionality, that I'm fairly certain it has no measurable effect in suppressing innovation in this area. Whatever reasons there might be for why forums/discussions aren't getting any better, the existence of Google Groups is not one of them.
- freework 13y agoGoogle Groups is probably still the most popular hosted Usenet client. Back when I was using Usenet for discussion (2005ish), almost everyone who was still using usenet was using it via Google Groups. By the way, Google Groups used to have a great UI but over the last fre years they've changed around the design and it is horrible now.