jes...@yandex.ru (Pan Szymanowski) writes:
> D <J@m> wrote:
>>
>> the only prediction thus far is that google shall decommission their usenet
>> gateway as they announced last 14 december to be effective 15 february 2024
>> then moved the goal posts to the persisting expectation of 22 february 2024,
>> so they can easily modify their public announcement without previous notice
>> and keep doing that until the cows come home . . . if and when their usenet
>> gateway is actually disconnected, then dozens of spam-friendly news servers
>> could experience a measurable increase in spam, troll-farm infestation, etc.
>> certainly some news server administrators may be motivated to tighten their
>> restrictions on cross-posting, user registration requirements, and throttle
>> server access to limit use and potential abuse; simply limiting cross-posts
>> to five (5) and depeering any servers that allow more would be a good start,
>> better if crossposting were eliminated altogether, but it will get stricter
>
> Хрень написали. Когда usenet родился, гугла в проекте не было. И никто
> не жаловался.
Да что там гугола этого.. вэба не было.