On 2024-02-25, david <this@is.invalid> wrote:
> I guess we know the answer to the question for sure now, don't we.
> It *was* Google from whence all that spam was emanating after all!
>
> Before: https://groups.google.com/g/news.admin.peering/c/AgrNUeZuAkw
> After: https://news.admin.peering.narkive.com/489FsG6L/google-groups-no-longer-supports-new-usenet-posts-or-subscriptions-historical-content-remains
>
> You'd think Google, of all outfits, would have figured out that
> an account that sends a billion messages to any given newsgroup
> is spamming that newsgroup. I guess they didn't care.

Well, GG was also dead to them so.
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On 25 Feb 2024, candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> posted some
news:urg2nh$20q0u$1@dont-email.me:

> On 2024-02-25, david <this@is.invalid> wrote:
>> I guess we know the answer to the question for sure now, don't we.
>> It *was* Google from whence all that spam was emanating after all!
>>
>> Before: https://groups.google.com/g/news.admin.peering/c/AgrNUeZuAkw
>> After:
>> https://news.admin.peering.narkive.com/489FsG6L/google-groups-no-longe
>> r-supports-new-usenet-posts-or-subscriptions-historical-content-remain
>> s
>>
>> You'd think Google, of all outfits, would have figured out that
>> an account that sends a billion messages to any given newsgroup
>> is spamming that newsgroup. I guess they didn't care.
>
> Well, GG was also dead to them so.

Trump should be announcing that Truth Social and Elon Musk have bought
Usenet from google any day now.

That would be funny as Hell if it ever happened. Feeds from Truth
Social and X, lots of new objective contributors.

a wrote:

> On 25 Feb 2024, candycanearter07
> <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> posted some
> news:urg2nh$20q0u$1@dont-email.me:

>> On 2024-02-25, david <this@is.invalid> wrote:
>>> I guess we know the answer to the question for sure now, don't we.
>>> It *was* Google from whence all that spam was emanating after all!
>>>
>>> Before: https://groups.google.com/g/news.admin.peering/c/AgrNUeZuAkw
>>> After:
>>> https://news.admin.peering.narkive.com/489FsG6L/google-groups-no-longe
>>> r-supports-new-usenet-posts-or-subscriptions-historical-content-remain
>>> s
>>>
>>> You'd think Google, of all outfits, would have figured out that
>>> an account that sends a billion messages to any given newsgroup
>>> is spamming that newsgroup. I guess they didn't care.
>>
>> Well, GG was also dead to them so.

> Trump should be announcing that Truth Social and Elon Musk have bought
> Usenet from google any day now.

It would be hard for Google to sell Usenet since they've never owned it.

--
Retro Guy

Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:
>> Trump should be announcing that Truth Social and Elon Musk have bought
>> Usenet from google any day now.
>
>It would be hard for Google to sell Usenet since they've never owned it.

That never stopped any of those folks. Or the people who have repeatedly
sold the Brooklyn Bridge. There's lots of money in the business of selling
stuff you don't own.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On 25/02/24 23:48, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:
>>> Trump should be announcing that Truth Social and Elon Musk have bought
>>> Usenet from google any day now.
>>
>> It would be hard for Google to sell Usenet since they've never owned it.
>
> That never stopped any of those folks. Or the people who have repeatedly
> sold the Brooklyn Bridge. There's lots of money in the business of selling
> stuff you don't own.
> --scott

Some might even say it's the only way to get rich.

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On 2024-02-26, immibis <news@immibis.com> wrote:
> On 25/02/24 23:48, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:
>>>> Trump should be announcing that Truth Social and Elon Musk have bought
>>>> Usenet from google any day now.
>>>
>>> It would be hard for Google to sell Usenet since they've never owned it.
>>
>> That never stopped any of those folks. Or the people who have repeatedly
>> sold the Brooklyn Bridge. There's lots of money in the business of selling
>> stuff you don't own.
>> --scott
>
> Some might even say it's the only way to get rich.

Or you could get like, really lucky then exploit workers.
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