I also got a similar Google Alert last week referring to osdir.com -- and was similarly shocked that it appears to be a post for post archive of the google group. I didn't realize Google would allow something like that; seems like they'd have the content locked down somehow. After all, we are talking about GOOG. :)
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Raines Cohen, Coworking Coach <rain...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A Google Alert with my name appearing on another website brought my > attention to what may be already known and old hat to many immersed in > the Web 2.0/culture of openness where coworking grew, but this caught > my eye as a note for anyone assuming that it's "just us" here, despite > the public archive and RSS feeds for the Google Group itself: all > messages for this Google Group in 2008 are appearing at: > > http://osdir.com/ml/culture.talk.coworking/ > > with the ability for people to reply there (vs. coming back here to > actually join the conversation), as well as ads being sold against > content we're generating here. > > Looking around, it appears the newsgroup echoing this group was > created way back on 11/28/2006: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.announce/11943 > "This newsgroup corresponds to the coworking mailing list." > > Here's basic info on the group: > http://gmane.org/info.php?group=gmane.culture.talk.coworking > > It's also archived elsewhere: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/coworking@googlegroups.com/ > > Just a handy reminder for anyone thinking that if something is said > that they didn't mean to it can be cleaned up within the group, given > that none of this has been mentioned on this list as far as I can tell > in archives searches. > > Raines > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
