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Fizzy Logic

@malcircuit I’m still salty about Google effectively destroying Usenet.

2 January at 0:42 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mas.to
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argv minus one

@fizzylogic @malcircuit

Didn't spammers effectively destroy Usenet long before Google even existed?

2 January at 3:55 | Open on mstdn.party
Fizzy Logic

@argv_minus_one @malcircuit No, moderators and killfiles kept spam effectively in check. DejaNews webified usenet, then Google bought them out and integrated it into Google Groups, which encouraged ISP's to drop news servers as part of their services. Then Google gradually blurred the lines between their own groups and the usenet groups. Then one day Google just shut down Google Groups.

2 January at 5:06 | Open on mas.to
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