On Friday 09 February 2018 23:44:54 Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:30:57 -0800, codewizard wrote: > > Regardless of what the policies are and how well they're enforced, > > if the mailing list is cut off from GG, I will stop reading it. > > There is *absolutely nothing* we can do about that. Google doesn't > listen to us, and the suggestion that we can influence them because > Guido van Rossum used to work for them many years ago is naive. > > We cannot influence Google's decision about the newsgroup; we cannot > convince your boss to allow access to the newsgroup at work; and > apparently we can't convince you that just because you will no longer > be able to access it from work, doesn't mean you have to stop > accessing it from home. Oh well, such is life. > > (Ironically, the vast bulk of spam on the newsgroup comes from Google > Groups itself, so if this does happen, it will probably be a nett win > for the community, even if it does negatively impact some > individuals.) > > > Probably > > not a big loss to anyone else, but you might wonder how many others > > are in the same situation... > > There's nothing we can do about it, so there is no point wasting time > wondering. > The list I see here is much much cleaner, as anything from google groups has been diverted to /dev/null for a year or more. We don't need the blather that comes out of googlegroups. If google is unhappy and cuts it off, methinks they should run a broom through their own real estate first. > > -- > Steve
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