On 2/13/24 11:39, D wrote:
as a layman i'm inclined to ask naive questions . . . have google groups posts
affected google search rankings, possibly independent of their nearly obsolete
usenet connection which might help to explain the incomparably vast quantities
of spam passed along to usenet newsgroups without any regard whatsoever to the
irreparable consequences they have wrought against unwary users of this user's
network? some might say it's deliberate, "embrace, extend, extinguish" tactics
I do not know D. I just have no answer to your questions here
and in other groups.
But I figure that in a couple of weeks we will know more
about how Google's decision will change the newsgroups.
It is always possible, that we will lose a few good and real posters,
and also loose a bunch of the spamers. We can Hope !!
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