@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.
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@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.