Spam. UsenetServer enforces a zero-tolerance spam policy regarding our[end quote]
users posts to usenet through our network. It is the sole discretion
of UsenetServer to determine if a user's posts are considered spam. If >UsenetServer has determined that a user has posted 1 or more articles
of spam, that user will be charged a $500 per hour clean-up fee and
the user's account will be canceled immediately with no refunds and
all reasonable efforts will be made by UsenetServer to prevent the
user from using our network anytime thereafter.
SPAM. Easynews enforces a zero-tolerance spam policy regarding our[end quote]
users posts to usenet through our network. It is the sole discretion
of Easynews to determine if a user's posts are considered spam. If
Easynews has determined that a user has posted 1 or more articles
of spam, that user will be charged a $500 per hour clean-up fee and
the user's account will be canceled immediately and
all reasonable efforts will be made by Easynews to prevent the
user from using our network anytime thereafter.
seems their zero-tolerance spam policies might be unenforceable . . .
(using Tor Browser 13.0.9)
https://www.usenetserver.com/terms-of-service
Spam. UsenetServer enforces a zero-tolerance spam policy regarding our users posts to usenet through our network. It is the sole discretion[end quote]
of UsenetServer to determine if a user's posts are considered spam. If UsenetServer has determined that a user has posted 1 or more articles
of spam, that user will be charged a $500 per hour clean-up fee and
the user's account will be canceled immediately with no refunds and
all reasonable efforts will be made by UsenetServer to prevent the
user from using our network anytime thereafter.
https://easynews.com/agreement/
SPAM. Easynews enforces a zero-tolerance spam policy regarding our[end quote]
users posts to usenet through our network. It is the sole discretion
of Easynews to determine if a user's posts are considered spam. If
Easynews has determined that a user has posted 1 or more articles
of spam, that user will be charged a $500 per hour clean-up fee and
the user's account will be canceled immediately and
all reasonable efforts will be made by Easynews to prevent the
user from using our network anytime thereafter.
usenet has long-since been continuously inundated by weaponized troll farm spam from both google and non-google servers, so once google cuts the cord will many dozens of other servers pick up the slack without missing a beat?
If UsenetServer has determined that a user has posted 1 or more
articles of spam, ...
If Easynews has determined that a user has posted 1 or more articles
of spam, ...
that user will be charged a $500 per hour clean-up fee ...
In article <63c870d11c4ed13bd27a3e3f986355e0@dizum.com>, D <J@M> wrote: >>usenet has long-since been continuously inundated by weaponized troll farm >>spam from both google and non-google servers, so once google cuts the cord >>will many dozens of other servers pick up the slack without missing a beat?
Likely not, because although other servers get abused, they actually have >human beings running their servers who can deal with the abuse. Google
was high profile, it is true, but the real problem is that they had the
same people spamming and spamming for years without any intervention.
There will always be spam in spite of the strongest policies, which is
why every site should be running cleanfeed, but google's complete hands-off >operation was a disaster.
--scott
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A Brain Candy Rant for Tin Hatters and Texters. (SyberShock!)
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Looming Groupocalypse : The Google Groupsspaggheddon Cometh!
Tuesday, September 11088, 1993
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List of Free Usenet Servers: https://sybershock.com/#usenet
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Usenet is dead.
Usenet has always been dead.
Usenet is dying.
Usenet is always dying.
Live with it.
Long live Usenet!
Google Groups has provided Usenet access for many years
since Google acquired DejaNews 22 years ago, circa 2002.
For some of these years Google has allowed a non-stop spam
flooding, denial of service attack against the Usenet
network. Google and other large Usenet providers have
suborned a non-stop flood of zillions and bazillions of spam
articles over the years, making newsgroups unusable for many
end-users, causing much exodus from the Usenet network. Some
believe that this was not incompetence or negligence, but
intentional malice disguised as incompetence and negligence.
Pretending to serve a network while undermining it in deed
comports with the principle of "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish."
Some are firmly convinced this is the real cause of the spam.
A recent anti-spam campaign got a lot of people breathing
down Google's neck. Rather than end the flooding and denial
of service that it caused, Google has decided to stop
peering Usenet feeds altogether. Some have opined that this
is like amputating a leg to remedy a ingrown toenail. Google
users will lose Usenet posting access without recourse.
In February Google is pulling the plug. A large number of
Google users will no longer be able to access Usenet. Those
users will need to find some other way to access Usenet
newsgroups. I like to think of it as 'unplugment day'.
Some posters in the Usenet have been opining that it will
be an apocalyptic event similar to Eternal September when
hordes of AOL users were unleashed on Usenet decades ago.
Since the influx of ISP users decimated politeness on the
Usenet, it is said that September of 1993 never ended.
Usenetizens still call this era the 'Eternal September.'
Now a horde of Google Groups users will be potentially
unleashed on the other Usenet service providers, especially
the free providers. A swarm of new signups is expected. Some
free Usenet providers are already dealing with a spike in
new registrations.
That cutoff date is February 22, 2024. After that time the
Google users will no longer be able to access Usenet content.
In Eternal September time the cutoff date will be the 11131st
day of September, 1993.
Since many Google users are clueless, some likely won't
realize their Usenet access is sunset until the moment it is
cut off. Then there is potential for a search panic as they
try to discover why they cannot access Usenet groups via
Google Groups. It has been jokingly called the Google Groups
Apocalypse or the Google Groups Armageddon. Some users post
Usenet articles counting down the days to the cutoff date.
Some wordplay gives silly effect to these phrases:
groupocalypse ==> group + apocalypse
goopocalypse ==> google + apocalypse
groupsspagheddon ==> groups + spaghetti + armageddon
So now this ditty might make sense:
The 'groupocalypse' looms.
Google 'groupsspaggheddon' cometh.
There shall be zoomer weeping,
Karen wailing,
and boomer gnashing of dentures.
This is a spoof on verses from the books of Matthew and
Revelation:
"As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire;
so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man
shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of
his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do
iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
"The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her,
shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping
and wailing ..."
"Weeping and wailing" becomes: "Zoomer weeping, Karen
wailing ..."
"Gnashing of teeth" becomes: "Boomer gnashing of dentures."
I suppose that the "merchants" could spoof for spammers. Yet
I doubt any spammers were, "made rich by her."
Since it is the end of yet another era for Usenet, it is
'apocalyptic' in a lampoon way, like the end of the Usenet
world when the month of Eternal September began. It is a
comical, cosmological holy day, an 'apocalypse' for which we
know the exact date of its coming. It is bombastic burlesque,
a rampant style of humor that runs riot on Usenet.
The impending cessation of Google Usenet peering may cause a
chaotic scramble to find Usenet access. Or it may go hardly
noticed, an anti-apocalyptic whimper in the night. The Google
Groupocalypse might signal a great shift, or it may mererly
result in less spam. That is a change I can live with.
Whether February 22, 2024 comes in like a lion or a lamb, that
day will always be September 11131, 1993. And one thing is
sure: If September is eternal, then Usenet is eternal, too.
seems their zero-tolerance spam policies might be unenforceable . . .
(using Tor Browser 13.0.9)
https://www.usenetserver.com/terms-of-service
Spam. UsenetServer enforces a zero-tolerance spam policy regarding our[end quote]
users posts to usenet through our network. It is the sole discretion
of UsenetServer to determine if a user's posts are considered spam. If
UsenetServer has determined that a user has posted 1 or more articles
of spam, that user will be charged a $500 per hour clean-up fee and
the user's account will be canceled immediately with no refunds and
all reasonable efforts will be made by UsenetServer to prevent the
user from using our network anytime thereafter.
https://easynews.com/agreement/
SPAM. Easynews enforces a zero-tolerance spam policy regarding our[end quote]
users posts to usenet through our network. It is the sole discretion
of Easynews to determine if a user's posts are considered spam. If
Easynews has determined that a user has posted 1 or more articles
of spam, that user will be charged a $500 per hour clean-up fee and
the user's account will be canceled immediately and
all reasonable efforts will be made by Easynews to prevent the
user from using our network anytime thereafter.
sybershock's sysadmin posted this gem:
From: SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug>
Google and other large Usenet providers have suborned a non-stop
flood of zillions and bazillions of spam articles over the years,
making newsgroups unusable for many end-users, causing much
exodus from the Usenet network. Some believe that this was not
incompetence or negligence, but intentional malice disguised as
incompetence and negligence.
kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) quoted:
sybershock's sysadmin posted this gem:
From: SugarBug <3883@sugar.bug>
Google and other large Usenet providers have suborned a non-stop
flood of zillions and bazillions of spam articles over the years,
making newsgroups unusable for many end-users, causing much
exodus from the Usenet network. Some believe that this was not
incompetence or negligence, but intentional malice disguised as
incompetence and negligence.
This never made sense to me. Why would any corporation *want*
to appear incompetent or negligent? That's a sure way to drive
away current and potential customers, investors, advertisers, and
employees.
2/22 isn't the end of Usenet. But it may be the beginning of the
end of Google.
Catastrophic endings make good press.
Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
Catastrophic endings make good press.
It was claimed that the RMS Titanic had been destroyed. But in 1985
Ballard found it, just three miles from where it had last been seen. :-)
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