@atomicpoet Maybe. Google sort-of took over Usenet...

@atomicpoet Maybe. Google sort-of took over Usenet - most users of Google Groups probably don't know where it came from.

Like 12 Apr 2023 at 18:03 | Wall-to-wall | Open on c.im

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@TimWardCam Weird because I was just on Usenet recently, and required no Google services to do that.

In fact, Google does not own Usenet.

12 Apr 2023 at 18:06 | Open on mastodon.social

@atomicpoet I know that, you know that, I'm just saying that most users of Google Groups probably don't.

12 Apr 2023 at 18:07 | Open on c.im

@TimWardCam Not very many people use Google Groups nowadays so that’s a red herring.

12 Apr 2023 at 18:14 | Open on mastodon.social

I didn't know google groups was still even around, it became so useless I stopped even trying.

The story of the DejaNews acquisition becoming whatever is left of google groups is a textbook example of Doctorow's enshittification theory.

12 Apr 2023 at 23:04 | Open on mastodon.social

Mike M.

@atomicpoet @TimWardCam
Holy shit. Usenet still exists? I actually thought it was subsumed into Goo Groups. I'mma have to check this out.

13 Apr 2023 at 5:08 | Open on mastodon.world