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The Ghost of RSP-W Past wrote:
> 1. Google Groups stopped supporting new posts or subscriptions.
> 
> Historical content remained available. This removed several luminaries
> from the group, so they couldn't engage in provocative posts which
> encouraged more posting, or posting sprees which drove up the post count.
> RSPW cannot exist without the likes of Robby or Jason Todd, and everyone
> knows it. It also prevented tech-unsavvy posters like the ones attracted
> here from John Henry's hate-pages or the occasional Usenet reminiscence
> on Reddit or the like from posting here. Considering there was a Vice
> documentary which began airing four months after Google pulled the plug,
> and it referenced RSPW extensively, we may have missed out on a whole
> new crop of newbies. This is not only the most important occurrence of
> 2024, it's the most important thing that has EVER happened to the group
> and that cannot be argued.
> 
> 2. Chad posted ]v[etaphoid's real name, driving him away for good.
> 
> Just when ]v[etaphoid thought he had won the decades-long battle against
> The Chad, his entire world was upended and he was forced to stop posting
> here forever. After the years of ]v[etaphoid ridiculing Chad, Chad's
> wives, Chad's kids, and Chad's girlfriends, it's difficult to feel
> sympathy for the man, but still, RSPW lost a very funny, if often
> mean-spirited contributor when Chad forced him into hiding and slapped
> him so hard that he will never, ever return.
> 
> 3. Dink created dozens of songs about John Henry and other RSPW guys and
> put them on YouTube.
> 
> Even though he's a weird maniac, you have to admit that Dink is
> extremely creative and funny. These weren't great, but they were good.
> 
> 4. John Henry got a part-time job and interviewed for a management
> position.
> 
> Everyone bagged on JH for not wanting to work, but this guy buckled down
> and made a serious impact in the corporate world. He may be your boss
> someday.
> 
> 5. % shut down this group and remained undefeated.
> 
> Not unexpectedly, this Usenet legend closed down this rathole once and
> for good. Though many tried, he couldn't be defeated.
> 
and so i win