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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> I want to come back, but there is so much spam here. Virtually every OP
>> comes
>> from Google Groups... :-(
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> Well, lookie who's back!
>
> If you want to come back, you're welcome. And where were you, by the way?
> Anything worth sharing?
I concentrated on fewer newsgroups, then got more deeply involved in Digg and
Netscape. I have almost completely given up on mailing lists. It seems like
the way information is exchanged is evolving (and, no, I won't use that
stupid "Web 2.0" buzzword *smile*). Just look what happened to E-mail,
mainly because of botnets.
> As far as spam goes, it just follows the money. SEO/SEM is a business
> loaded with money these days and so spam is most expected. I think it's
> time to develop an extra layer of thick skin and just move on. Spam is
> rather easy to spot, too: just watch for words "Free", "PayPal" and "[$]*"
A mental whitelist seems to work best in AISE. The regulars are still here.
> As for Google Groups, I'll pretend I did not read this negatively charged
> sentence you wrote :-) I can't believe you would want to cut the flow of
> "fresh blood" into this group. Once the last dinosaur reading Usenet on an
> NNTP client dies (pardon me, I meant "retires") how do you expect young
> people to even have a clue the group exists?
Yes, I know. Maybe they are (again) a victim of their own success, but in
general, Google Groups staff has been disturbingly unresponsive in the past,
even when I complained to them about personal abuse and identity theft.
Yahoo, on the other hand, took immediately action. So did Digg.
> Besides, I haven't checked that but I have a feeling that more spam is
> posted with NNTP clients than with GG because spammers are a quite a bit
> tech savvier than most internet users.
Maybe they /all/ just use NNTP and spoof headers to toss the blame at Google.
No, I'm just kidding...
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