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| Google Groups, Killed by Spam? | October 28, 2009, 6:00 am
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| | John Resig lists reasons why Google Groups is losing the battle against spam. Google Groups is dead, John argues saying the primary problem with the service "boils down to a systemic failure to contain and manage spam. Only a bottom-up overhaul of the Google Groups system would be able to fix the problems that every Google Group faces." Here's one problem John lists, and I recently experienced this myself (posting the same message multiple times after it failed to show up):
Google Group moderation seems like a palatable idea but in practice is aggravating and crippling. To start, it creates a horrible first-participation experience for your users. For example, let's say you go to bed at the same time as someon ... | Read more...
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