[HN Gopher] End of an Era: Google Groups to Drop Usenet Support
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End of an Era: Google Groups to Drop Usenet Support
Author : derefr
Score : 61 points
Date : 2024-01-06 17:37 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| shrubble wrote:
| This might be in Usenet's best interest actually, considering the
| huge torrent of spam coming from Google's Usenet connectivity.
| pvg wrote:
| Big recent discussion
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38649554
| shever73 wrote:
| It's great to see that spam will drop on the few text-based
| newsgroups I'm still subscribed to. I detest what Google has done
| to newsgroups, and I'd love for there to be another credible
| archive.
| ajdude wrote:
| I am honestly happy to see this. I am in several discussion
| related newsgroups and almost all of the spam that we get from
| Google groups and it's to the point where a lot of people are
| just blocking Google related messages.
|
| I'm happily using Eternal September ( https://www.eternal-
| september.org/ ) and I use Thunderbird as a usenet client.
| mg wrote:
| Is Lemmy the new Usenet?
|
| Looks like there is quite some action already:
|
| https://lemmyverse.net
| spiritplumber wrote:
| Wake me up when September ends...
| dehrmann wrote:
| At this point, Usenet is in the Eternal August.
| augustk wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
| LanzVonL wrote:
| YAAAY! Many people have taken to blocking all Google Groups
| posters on Usenet, it's quite literally THE only remaining spam
| vector there.
| paulmd wrote:
| you're not wrong about google groups being a major vector for
| spam, but it is funny to watch people approve of gatekeeping
| interoperability when it's the one THEY care about.
|
| the imessage thing is the same as google groups, or if google
| ran an open SMTP relay, it's gonna result in a ton of spam and
| people don't care as long as THEY get a personal win.
| aaomidi wrote:
| These aren't comparable and honestly it's disingenuous to
| compare them.
|
| iMessage does not have open groups for random people to join
| and participate on.
|
| All the spam control can be done on the client side (e.g.
| message requests handled entirely separately rather than just
| landing in your messaging apps front page).
|
| Have yall used other messaging apps? You know this is a
| solved problem in them? Facebook messenger, signal, telegram
| (only with premium unfortunately).
|
| In the Usenet case here, Google has the power to disable the
| spam vectors. They simply don't give a shit.
| DonHopkins wrote:
| I sure hope they don't delete the archives, which contain my
| greatest troll of all time:
|
| https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.video.classic/c/WQ62u7...
|
| Don Hopkins Dec 8, 1992, 6:23:20 AM alt.games.video.classic
|
| en...@cs.montana.edu (Jacob Cormier) writes:
|
| >Hasn't anyone here played Star Wars, the arcade game?!? It's the
| best! If I ever see that at an arcade again, I will whip out my
| credit card and buy it on the spot! I had a version for my
| Commidor64, but it was garbage.
|
| My housemate brought home a Star Wars machine one day, and it
| became an important part of our lives. A very well designed game!
| After you blow up the Death Star, there's just enough time for
| bong hit.
|
| -Don
|
| https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.video.classic/c/WQ62u7...
|
| tjg...@ritvax.isc.rit.edu Dec 8, 1992, 5:35:54 PM
| alt.games.video.classic
|
| What is the bong hit in Star Wars?
|
| https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.video.classic/c/WQ62u7...
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| Richard Stueven Dec 8, 1992, 10:31:28 PM alt.games.video.classic
|
| >>In (an earlier article), (someone) wrote (something like) "In
| Star Wars, after you blew up the Death Star, there was just
| enough time for a bong hit."
|
| >In article 75...@ultb.isc.rit.edu, tjg...@ritvax.isc.rit.edu ()
| writes: What is the bong hit in Star Wars?
|
| Heh, heh. :-)
|
| gak
|
| --- Richard Stueven g...@wrs.com attmail!gakhaus!gak 107/H/3&4
| I'm always more outspoken after a few pints of Guinness.
| floren wrote:
| whoa, ritvax! A blast from my alma mater's past!
| DonHopkins wrote:
| Didn't RIT teach incoming freshmen about balancing their use
| of video games and drug paraphernalia in the orientation
| session? ;) Or was it still too hard to get weed on the East
| coast in 1992?
| floren wrote:
| Well I started in '05 and my freshman dorm floor lost 1 guy
| to World of Warcraft and 1 guy to weed... I don't remember
| anything but maybe orientation could have been improved
| with a quick "don't forget to go to class occasionally"
| briefing.
| deafpolygon wrote:
| Damn, nice to see my alma mater mentioned here. My 1st year was
| learning how to send e-mail using ritvax.. good times.
| DonHopkins wrote:
| But it is so useful for training LLMs on penis enlargement pill
| spam and uuencoded porn!
| bdw5204 wrote:
| Are there any alternatives for the Usenet archive? Even if Google
| says they aren't removing access to that immediately, it's got to
| be a matter of time before they delete the archives probably as
| part of a total shutdown of Google Groups.
| aaomidi wrote:
| Internet Archive
| boring-alterego wrote:
| As someone who uses the older Usenet material to maintain some
| ancient computing equipment, we have been backing up as much as
| possible to the Internet archive.
| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| (2023)
|
| Discussion from December:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38649554
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