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  • Retro Guy, could you redirect traffic from usenet group to Google Group viaemai

    From manta103g@manta103g@gmail.com (darius) to rocksolid.nodes.help on Fri Sep 13 11:53:03 2024
    From Newsgroup: rocksolid.nodes.help

    Just have a look

    https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish

    hosted by novabbs

    https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.polish

    hosted by Google Groups in the past

    the same group, created as ne Google Group, generating low traffic

    https://groups.google.com/g/socculturepolish1

    Could you redirect traffic from

    https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish

    to

    https://groups.google.com/g/socculturepolish1

    to make some older guys happy ?

    new Google Grops (non-usenet groups)
    still come with email contact

    for writing and reading the posts

    I don't operate usenet server to set up such gateway:

    Usenet < > Google Group

    Let me know your opinion
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  • From Retro Guy@retroguy@novabbs.com to rocksolid.nodes.help on Fri Sep 13 12:20:29 2024
    From Newsgroup: rocksolid.nodes.help

    On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:53:03 +0000, darius wrote:

    Just have a look https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish
    hosted by novabbs

    https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.polish
    hosted by Google Groups in the past

    the same group, created as ne Google Group, generating low traffic https://groups.google.com/g/socculturepolish1

    Could you redirect traffic from https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish
    to
    https://groups.google.com/g/socculturepolish1
    to make some older guys happy ?

    I never used google groups, and have no interest in interoperating with
    them. They have not contributed to Usenet in a positive way, then
    allowed over 100,000 spam posts per day originating from them into
    Usenet, then blamed "spam" for one of the reasons to disconnect from
    Usenet, making it appear that the problem came IN from Usenet, not OUT
    via Google. I have no interest in Google Groups, and I do not use Google
    for anything else for years now.

    I don't operate usenet server to set up such gateway:
    Usenet < > Google Group
    Let me know your opinion

    Google Groups is dead. "is no more", "has ceased to be", "bereft of
    life, it rests in peace", and "is an ex-forum" (See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Parrot_sketch for further info)
    --
    Retro Guy
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  • From manta103g@manta103g@gmail.com (darius) to rocksolid.nodes.help on Fri Sep 13 12:36:12 2024
    From Newsgroup: rocksolid.nodes.help

    Ok, Usenet Google Groups are dead as closed by Google

    but Google Groups are still operational
    and can be created, read, posted


    https://groups.google.com/g/socculturepolish1



    Since usenet groups can be read, posted via email interface

    all I need is to keep

    https://groups.google.com/g/socculturepolish1

    cc:

    with traffic from

    usenet soc.culture.polish group




    https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.polish

    was live usenet group, hosted via Google Groups

    and spam was not generated
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  • From Retro Guy@retroguy@novabbs.com to rocksolid.nodes.help on Fri Sep 13 06:32:11 2024
    From Newsgroup: rocksolid.nodes.help

    On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:36:12 +0000, darius wrote:

    Ok, Usenet Google Groups are dead as closed by Google

    but Google Groups are still operational
    and can be created, read, posted


    https://groups.google.com/g/socculturepolish1



    Since usenet groups can be read, posted via email interface

    all I need is to keep

    https://groups.google.com/g/socculturepolish1

    cc:

    with traffic from

    usenet soc.culture.polish group




    https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.polish

    was live usenet group, hosted via Google Groups

    and spam was not generated

    The ability exists for users of that group to use the Usenet group, either
    by newsreader, or website. This exists now. If they can't be bothered to do that, it is their issue.

    Google has already indicated that they do not want to be linked to Usenet,
    so who am I to link them to Usenet. It's like asking Facebook to forward
    their posts to Twitter, why would they do that? Maybe someone external has
    a script to do that, but Facebook isn't going to do it afaik.

    Google Groups is now simply a forum site at Google. They have intentionally disconnected from the rest of the world.
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  • From manta103g@manta103g@gmail.com (darius) to rocksolid.nodes.help on Fri Sep 13 18:01:34 2024
    From Newsgroup: rocksolid.nodes.help

    I can't speak in the name of Google,

    but if you host thousands of usenet groups

    and fire the last moderator

    you kill good name of DejaNews, acquired by Google in the past
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  • From SugarBug@3883@sugar.bug to rocksolid.nodes.help on Sat Sep 14 01:26:44 2024
    From Newsgroup: rocksolid.nodes.help

    On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:20:29 +0000
    Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:

    <snip>

    Google Groups is dead. "is no more", "has ceased to be", "bereft of
    life, it rests in peace", and "is an ex-forum" (See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Parrot_sketch for further info)


    Sir, the cryptonymous Knights of NIH* salute your sage saying.

    I should urge them to plant a shrubbery in your honor.

    See here:
    https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2024-May/038350.html

    And here:
    https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2024-May/038346.html

    The characters of Cleese can requite every shrewish importunity.

    * NIH = 'Not Invented Here'
    --
    www.sybershock.com | sci.crypt | alt.sources.crypto | alt.lite.bulb

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  • From Schlomo Goldberg@schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com to rocksolid.nodes.help on Fri Oct 11 20:26:51 2024
    From Newsgroup: rocksolid.nodes.help

    manta103g@gmail.com (darius) writes:

    I can't speak in the name of Google,

    but if you host thousands of usenet groups

    and fire the last moderator

    you kill good name of DejaNews, acquired by Google in the past

    That was done long, long time ago.
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