bob wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:38:34 -0500, "Kswck" >
> shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
>> I now have 449 e mail addresses in my killfile. Of that, over 125 comes
>>from this group-whether it be the trolls, the crossposters with messages of
>> hate or the selling of 'handbags' or some such.
>>
>> I have to wonder why this group specifically seems to attract the idiots
>> more so than other discussion groups. Any thoughts?
>
> It's not just this newsgroup. And you'll notice that Most of the spam
> & trolls come from people using google.groups instead of a Usenet news
> service. The problem could be solved in a instant if legitimate
> posters would stop using google.groups and use a proper news
> client/server.
>
> And yes. I could filter out all google.group posts. But because quite
> a few of the regular contributors here - and other ng's - stoop to
> using google.groups, I would miss some valuable posts. Why people
> continue to use google.groups when there are far better alternatives
> available is beyond my understanding.
Some ISP's do not have usenet feeds
More than a few posters have jobs that take them away from home base
and Google is a cheap and effective means of reading newsgroups

To filter all things from google perhaps you have missed out on some
great posts / ?