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  • Re: If you didn't think it was already over for RGP, it might be soon..

    From Bill Vanek@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 15 21:48:24 2023
    On Dec 15, 2023, Irish Ranger wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):

    On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 7:03:06 PM UTC-5, Bill Vanek wrote:
    No more Google Groups after February 15.

    So are you saying:

    rec.arts.movies.current films
    rec.arts.tv
    rec.gambling.poker
    rec.sport.football.college

    are all going away?

    Irish Mike

    Nothing is going away except Google Groups. Those are all usenet sites, and
    all you need is a newsreader and a usenet account. There are free ones available.

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  • From da pickle@21:1/5 to Bill Vanek on Sat Dec 16 06:45:04 2023
    On 12/15/2023 6:02 PM, Bill Vanek wrote:
    No more Google Groups after February 15.

    I use text.giganews.com

    I do not think that is the same thing as Google Groups ... but I could
    be wrong. It has good threading which (I think) is missing from Google
    Groups.

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  • From da pickle@21:1/5 to Travel on Sat Dec 16 12:25:12 2023
    On 12/16/2023 11:27 AM, Travel wrote:
    On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 7:03:06 PM UTC-5, Bill Vanek wrote:
    No more Google Groups after February 15.



    Thanks for the responses.

    Okay, there is a "learn more" link on the sticky-notice that I didn't see the first time.

    I'll link it here. There are apps for Usenet; so that's a good place to start as websites for Usenet newsreaders have historically been super clunky, and apps usually have a "smooth" version.


    https://support.google.com/groups/answer/11036538?visit_id=638383434660891194-2808915036&p=usenet&rd=1

    Do you use one of them, Travel? Mine lets me "thread" responses.

    text.giganews. com

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  • From da pickle@21:1/5 to Travel on Sun Dec 17 08:20:27 2023
    On 12/16/2023 5:54 PM, Travel wrote:
    On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 1:25:37 PM UTC-5, da pickle wrote:
    On 12/16/2023 11:27 AM, Travel wrote:
    On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 7:03:06 PM UTC-5, Bill Vanek wrote:
    No more Google Groups after February 15.



    Thanks for the responses.

    Okay, there is a "learn more" link on the sticky-notice that I didn't see the first time.
    W
    I'll link it here. There are apps for Usenet; so that's a good place to start as websites for Usenet newsreaders have historically been super clunky, and apps usually have a "smooth" version.


    https://support.google.com/groups/answer/11036538?visit_id=638383434660891194-2808915036&p=usenet&rd=1

    Do you use one of them, Travel? Mine lets me "thread" responses.

    text.giganews. com



    Well, the link didn't work, but I Googled it and have it now.
    And I've only been using Google Groups since they've had Usenet; so I'll look into giganews and see if there's a good app out there also, when I have more time.

    This would be a good thread for everyone to report back in one place though.

    I like gaganews because it lets you thread the replies.

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  • From Bill Vanek@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 17 12:14:31 2023
    On Dec 17, 2023, Irish Ranger wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):

    On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:48:31 PM UTC-5, Bill Vanek wrote:
    On Dec 15, 2023, Irish Ranger wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):
    On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 7:03:06 PM UTC-5, Bill Vanek wrote:
    No more Google Groups after February 15.

    So are you saying:

    rec.arts.movies.current films
    rec.arts.tv
    rec.gambling.poker
    rec.sport.football.college

    are all going away?

    Irish Mike
    Nothing is going away except Google Groups. Those are all usenet sites, and all you need is a newsreader and a usenet account. There are free ones available.

    Is there a Usenet Reader you recommend? Also, is there a Usenet Reader
    that lets you block out certain topics and individuals?

    Irish Mike

    I believe they all have filters to block anything you want. I use Mac these days, so I don’t have any recommendations for Windows PCs.

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