Re: stop the stop the stop the madness madness madness

On 23 May 2007 17:49:04 GMT, nmp <address@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Op Wed, 23 May 2007 13:27:01 -0400, schreef Perplexed in Peoria:

"John Harshman" <jharshman.diespamdie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9sZ4i.6120$4Y.4140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is it possible that the people who are now posting through Google
Groups could find some other way to do it? Google is very good at
coming up with annoying features, whether it's the appended text or the
multiple postings or the failure to thread. Why not just bypass them?

I've been posting using "some other way" all morning, and the first one
that wasn't lost by my ISP/nntp server just got through 5 minutes ago.
Maybe this one will get through too.

I have been thinking of switching to Google just so some of my postings
will make it - even if they make it multiple times.

Posts from Google, today, are not only "making it" multiple times, they
are also not linked to their original threads. So it's just one big pile
of messages today. Makes the newsgroup entirely unusable.

Unfortunately people do not even notice this if they are using Google
Groups as their only interface. They just make it a terrible experience
for other people, and then they complain that they have no other options.

Now it is my turn to chide you for not using "proper" UseNet
resources! My news reader (Forte Agent) has no problem threading all
those multiple copies of posts. All the copies are there, but neatly
organized in the correct thread.

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