On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:38:07 -0800 (PST), Gerald Kelleher <geraldkelleher02@gmail.com> wrote:

It is almost three decades on the usenet and my workplace.

Newsgroup isn't going anywhere. Usenet isn't going anywhere.

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On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:38:07 -0800 (PST), Gerald Kelleher <geraldkelleher02@gmail.com> wrote:

It is almost three decades on the usenet and my workplace.

i'm only a layman but experienced user of usenet newsgroups, and what may happen after google pulls the plug is a looming question that news server administrators could be concerned about? but from what i've gathered from reading their discussions in other mostly server-related newsgroups (e.g. news.admin.net-abuse.usenet, news.admin.peering, news.software.nntp, alt. free.newsservers, alt.privacy.anon-server), it's more like "wait and see" because of so many factors involved . . . probably it will result in more
spam from non-google servers, but a significant reduction in spam overall; ideally news servers that allow posting will make it progressively harder
to register for posting privileges, and more strictly limit cross-posting, off-topic and other troll tactics that google groups became notorious for; ironically, posts about google groups going away are universally on-topic
in all newsgroups because they have so badly spammed every busy newsgroup;
it will be interesting to see what happens in the wake of "google groups" . . .

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On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:38:07 -0800 (PST), Gerald Kelleher <geraldkelleher02@gmail.com> wrote:

It is almost three decades on the usenet and my workplace.

p.s. countdown timers (and probably sports betting, office pools, etc.)
are beginning to appear over google's imminent demise from usenet news

(using Tor Browser 13.0.9, my local system time 00:00-24:00|MT/UT-7) . . . https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20240222T00&p0=1241&msg=Google+Groups+Shutdown&font=slab&csz=1

Google Groups Shutdown
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(using Tor Browser 13.0.9)
https://github.com/df7cb/sdate/issues/9

Custom epoch with (day != 1) or even more generalised ones? #9
Open drawkula opened this issue 12 hours ago * 0 comments
drawkula commented 12 hours ago
Trigger:
Can we please get an additional epoch for GG's "Usenet suicide"?
Alternative:
Would Unix seconds as means to define a different epoch work?
Everyone could have any epoch then?
(-: At least until someone demands nanoseconds as resolution... ;-)

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a cheerful lying in state ceremony could be held after the 22 february
deadline ... here lyeth google2news ... diis manibus ... rest in peace
__________________ __________________
/ \ / \
| | | |
| Deja-News D.M. | | Google2News D.M. |
| Diis Manibus | | Diis Manibus |
| 12 February 2001 | | 22 February 2024 |
| R.I.P. | | R.I.P. |
| | | |
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

a group seance by candlelight using a ouija board at midnight during a
full moon while holding hands might work... necromancy is big business

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On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:23:38 -0800, Quadibloc wrote:

On Monday, January 29, 2024 at 1:38:09 PM UTC-7, Gerald Kelleher wrote:

It is almost three decades on the usenet and my workplace.

The only thing that is happening is that Google won't be supporting USENET with Google Groups any more, so you will need to use an alternate means to post to USENET and to read current posts.
But you seem to have already taken that measure.

...as have I, even though I'm still using Google Groups where I can.

John Savard

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