Borked Pseudo Mailed wrote:
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> On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, Aardvark <Aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote:
>> I support spam. I am a spammer myself. There is no such thing as spam. Anybody
>> who questions why Google Groups propagates so much spam is an *******.
>
> OK.
>
> How about some straight answers? Why are spammers constantly spamming usenet and
> morphing sock puppets specifically through the Google Groups web to usenet interface,
> and getting away with it? Is it a stupid question?
>

Yes, it is because the usenet supports anonymity all too easily. Many
ISP want to divest themselves of Usenet alltogether - it's a path for
more criminal intent than mere spam, not to mention trolls, and the user
places the blame on the ISP, who cannot in fact do squat to stop it.


> If nothing can be done to stop the spammers who constantly spam through their
> googlegroups.com web to usenet accounts, with impunity, then that is that. But I am
> surprised that so many computer experts here openly support spamming through the
> millions of abusive Google Groups accounts, unless they, you, are among the
> commercial spammers who abuse their Google Groups accounts.
>
> That does not bode well for Google. But what do they care? Google executives
> are making money hand over fist from commercial spammers.
>
> No wonder Google says "do no evil." They don't want anybody encroaching on their
> billion dollar turf.
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