On: Usenet Archive (1981 – 1991)

[kolinko]

Google was a part of it. But spam, and a lack of proper moderation was really the issue.

A bigger issue was that Google buried all the archives from the Usenet with it.

[JohnFen → kolinko]

Spam was a constant issue, yes, like it is today. But you did at least have reasonable tools to minimize the impact of it.

> A bigger issue was that Google buried all the archives from the Usenet with it.

Indeed. Killing usenet was bad. Burying the archives was unforgivable.