"Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content from Usenet
peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data will still be supported as it is done today.
Starting on February 22, 2024, you can no longer use Google Groups (at groups.google.com) to post content to Usenet groups, subscribe to Usenet groups,
or view new Usenet content. You can continue to view and search for historical Usenet content posted before February 22, 2024 on Google Groups.
In addition, Google’s Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) server and associated
peering will no longer be available, meaning Google will not support serving new
Usenet content or exchanging content with other NNTP servers.
This change will not impact any non-Usenet content on Google Groups, including all user and organization-created groups. Most of the current Google Groups content is not Usenet content and will not be affected.
Why is Google Groups support for Usenet ending?
Over the last several years, legitimate activity in text-based Usenet groups has
declined significantly because users have moved to more modern technologies and formats such as social media and web-based forums. Much of the content being disseminated via Usenet today is binary (non-text) file sharing, which Google Groups does not support, as well as spam."
https://support.google.com/groups?p=usenet
My friend Jason says that Google permitted the spam wave (at the least) in order
to have an excuse to kill their Usenet interface.
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