Re: Google has eaten 10,000 rec.arts.tv posts


In article <d3462f6a-e831-4380-9fce-63db4ae81d91@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Smokie Darling (Annie) <Barnabus1993@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Nov 30, 9:09 am, Patty Winter <pat...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

As for why some postings aren't visible
on GG, it could be that the messages are being deleted, but as I
mentioned above, it could also be that they're on the server but
simply not visible right now.

Considering that GG is not even acknowledging the issue on their help
page, I don't think it's as simple as getting to the server and
getting stuck there.

The very fact that Google staff hasn't said what the issue is means
that we outsiders have no idea whether it's a lost-posting issue or
an indexing issue. Their lack of response says nothing one way or
the other.


The post will show up, briefly, then
disappear.

Which could either mean that it was deleted or reindexed.

I've never seen the post with that question, but here goes.... (some
of your posts are disappearing too, we talked about that in another
thread). GG will allow a 'delete' of post, if you are the poster (and
signed into the account that made the posting). They will also delete
some posts if certain criteria are met (personal identifying info
posted, like social security numbers). What's happening here is a bit
more widespread than that, and there is no rhyme or reason to it. A
cyberattack would, ostensibly, have some sort of pattern, this
doesn't.

I'm not talking about any GG-specific deletion methods. As I mentioned
in another response, those only affect people who post from Google. I'm
talking about Usenet cancel messages.


Most Usenet news servers have now
been configured *not* to honor them. So although I still think this
is a long shot, one could posit a scenario where a flood of cancel
messages is being sent and only GG is taking action on them.

Patty

Except that GG doesn't honor "cancel" requests.

How do you know that GG doesn't honor cancel requests? Have you
seen them state that publicly? If so, then that answers my question
and we have to look for another explanation for the missing posts.

Each poster must
"nuke" their own posts.

That's exactly what the Usenet 'cancel' function is for. However,
it has been so abused in recent years that most news servers no
longer respond to such messages.

If you're talking about GG users nuking their postings, that's a
different topic that has nothing to do with Usenet cancel messages.


Patty

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