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  • Is there a better place to be these days.

    From Leon@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 29 14:59:53 2024
    Seems this site is being loaded with crap.

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  • From Joe Gwinn@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 29 17:09:00 2024
    On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:59:53 -0600, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
    wrote:

    Seems this site is being loaded with crap.

    Google Groups will discontinue its feeds to Usenet groups on 24 Feb
    '24; this may tame the flood.

    Joe

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  • From Puckdropper@21:1/5 to Leon on Mon Jan 29 21:39:22 2024
    Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in news:5yydnalxP7hUjCX4nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com:

    Seems this site is being loaded with crap.


    Reddit used to get my vote for the closest to Usenet, but the owners have
    no clue what made it special. At any rate, the woodworking sub is all
    "look what I made".

    Facebook groups are a giant pain. There's a lot of good information there,
    but Facebook keeps reloading the page when I shut the phone screen off and showing me different stuff.

    So as far as general woodworking goes, perhaps not?

    Puckdropper

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Leon on Mon Jan 29 22:27:29 2024
    Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> writes:
    Seems this site is being loaded with crap
    .

    The crap will disappear in 16 days (Feb 14, 2024).

    Google will no longer support posting to usenet
    after that date.

    Can't come soon enough.

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  • From John@21:1/5 to Joe Gwinn on Mon Jan 29 23:01:21 2024
    Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net> writes:

    On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:59:53 -0600, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
    wrote:

    Seems this site is being loaded with crap.

    Google Groups will discontinue its feeds to Usenet groups on 24 Feb
    '24; this may tame the flood.

    Joe

    Some news admins have been more proactive; I've been dropping all Google Groups-originated traffic for several months, and I believe Eternal
    September does the same. Accounts on E-S are free, for anyone who
    doesn't want to wait.

    john

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  • From Joe Gwinn@21:1/5 to john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spa on Mon Jan 29 18:22:20 2024
    On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 23:01:21 +0000, John <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> wrote:

    Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net> writes:

    On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:59:53 -0600, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
    wrote:

    Seems this site is being loaded with crap.

    Google Groups will discontinue its feeds to Usenet groups on 24 Feb
    '24; this may tame the flood.

    Joe

    Some news admins have been more proactive; I've been dropping all Google >Groups-originated traffic for several months, and I believe Eternal
    September does the same. Accounts on E-S are free, for anyone who
    doesn't want to wait.

    So what's the leakage from?

    Joe Gwinn

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  • From John@21:1/5 to Joe Gwinn on Tue Jan 30 00:46:29 2024
    Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net> writes:

    On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 23:01:21 +0000, John <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> wrote:

    Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net> writes:

    On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:59:53 -0600, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
    wrote:

    Seems this site is being loaded with crap.

    Google Groups will discontinue its feeds to Usenet groups on 24 Feb
    '24; this may tame the flood.

    Joe

    Some news admins have been more proactive; I've been dropping all Google >>Groups-originated traffic for several months, and I believe Eternal >>September does the same. Accounts on E-S are free, for anyone who
    doesn't want to wait.

    So what's the leakage from?

    Joe Gwinn

    What leakage? You're apparently posting from giganews, and I don't know
    if they are filtering GG traffic or not, so you may be seeing massive quantities of spam in this group. On my end, I see no spam.

    john

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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 30 08:31:45 2024
    Puckdropper <puckdropper@yahoo.com> on Mon, 29 Jan 2024 21:39:22 GMT
    typed in rec.woodworking the following:
    Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in >news:5yydnalxP7hUjCX4nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com:
    Seems this site is being loaded with crap.

    Reddit used to get my vote for the closest to Usenet, but the owners have
    no clue what made it special. At any rate, the woodworking sub is all
    "look what I made".

    I've just discovered redit myself, in the fiction area. Some of
    it is good, and some of it not so good.
    As far as "look what I made" - that may also be a result of
    "founders effect" - the people posting there are showing their work,
    and not necessarily asking for advice, so others think it is all about
    showing off and not asking for advice. I do not know.

    Facebook groups are a giant pain. There's a lot of good information there, >but Facebook keeps reloading the page when I shut the phone screen off and >showing me different stuff.

    Facebook, oy. Yes, if you can find the page it can be useful. But
    as you say, once you have seen a post Facebook decides you're done
    with that. or it decides I want to skip over several posts (which may
    be a browser issue) which is usually when I decide I've more important
    things to do. Scoop the cat litter. Take out the garbage. Mop the
    kitchen. Stare out the window at the traffic.

    So as far as general woodworking goes, perhaps not?


    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

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  • From Joe Gwinn@21:1/5 to john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spa on Wed Jan 31 13:15:14 2024
    On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:46:29 +0000, John <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> wrote:

    Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net> writes:

    On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 23:01:21 +0000, John
    <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> wrote:

    Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net> writes:

    On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:59:53 -0600, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
    wrote:

    Seems this site is being loaded with crap.

    Google Groups will discontinue its feeds to Usenet groups on 24 Feb
    '24; this may tame the flood.

    Joe

    Some news admins have been more proactive; I've been dropping all Google >>>Groups-originated traffic for several months, and I believe Eternal >>>September does the same. Accounts on E-S are free, for anyone who
    doesn't want to wait.

    So what's the leakage from?

    Joe Gwinn

    What leakage? You're apparently posting from giganews, and I don't know
    if they are filtering GG traffic or not, so you may be seeing massive >quantities of spam in this group. On my end, I see no spam.

    Yes, GigaNews. Right now, they are obviously not filtering.

    GigaNews keeps everything forever, and lets users find what they want.

    Joe Gwinn

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