Comment on What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?
PlantObserver@lemmy.world 4 months agoNot having any experience with this I find it hilarious that most of the spam comes from googlegroups
Comment on What’s Usenet and how can I access it with modern hardware (phones/laptops)?
PlantObserver@lemmy.world 4 months agoNot having any experience with this I find it hilarious that most of the spam comes from googlegroups
rimu@piefed.social 4 months ago
Heh, yeah.
Google does a great job stopping spam in Gmail so they could stop it if they wanted but... Just haven't. Super lame.
didnt_readit@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m just amazed they haven’t shut down Google groups by now…
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Someone made the calculation that the data harvested for advertisers is more valuable than the hosting/maintenance expense they would recoup by killing it. Plus it’s tasty food for Bard.