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From: Janithor <Janithor@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Holy crap, Google killed text Usenet
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 11:24:55 -0800
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On 11/29/2024 3:46 PM, The Ghost of RSP-W Past wrote:
> Buying the DejaNews rug then yanking it years after establishment really
> destroyed this medium. Even though no one should rely on a web interface
> to interact with Usenet, it was so easy and convenient that every single
> RSP-W luminary from Chad Bryant to John Henry to Alex Cain, and the JTTS
> guys like P-Dub, Jason Todd, and Robby, and pretty much all of the jobber
> posters used it. Now it's gone and so are they and it's just the dudes who
> got drawn in by crossposting to alt.slack and AUK who make posts here from
> time to time.
>
> Google also clearly altered their Usenet spam filtering immediately prior
> to making the decision to kill Usenet in a ham-handed false flag operation
> but I don't want to get off on a rant or anything.

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