On 1/21/2024 7:29 PM, Matt Paley wrote:
I heard that the usenet as now run by Google was to be killed off in a few weeks so I came back to look at one of my old reads sci.physics.
It was great in the late 80s and early 90s but I abandoned it years ago due to the spam and looking at it now I sadly agree with Google that it needs to go. Looking at the last few pages of posts not a single one is physics related, they are all
clearly automated spam.
Such a shame - it was great while it lasted and there is nothing as good as it now.
Only the Google interface is going away. Regular Usenet will continue on without Google, like in the 'good old days'. The automated spam is
mostly from Google, so this spam, too, will vanish along with Google. It
will make it much better for non-Google users.
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