Groupers, Lamers and Stuff

This is one of the early warning signs.

This is a Google Grouper. This is one of the better-looking Google Groupers.

Because we believe in education:

The first Google Groups user interface was the best for accessing their archive; which is all that should be offered - not posting.

This is how you can tell that you're near a serious infestation.

A Note About the Author

On February 1st 2009, Blinky the Shark passed away from an apparent heart attack. As a result, there are not expected to be any further updates directly to this site, although those who have chosen to mirror it may at some point decide to continue the quest.

A Sampling From The UIP Other Voices Pages

Great site Blinky. Keep up the good work. I just killed 54 Google posts. The slaughter continues unabated. – James E. Morrow

I didn't think anyone could top the annual autumn spewage when college classes resumed--then along came the AOL/WebTV crowd. They're now morphing into GoogleGropers, like some biblical sequence of plagues. – Harold Stevens

I've finally had to join the Usenet Improvement Project, it took me a very long time to do so but I finally became convinced yesterday. I've been analyzing posts from GG and have to agree the percent that contain useful info is way too small to worry about. – XS11E

From my own informal sampling, the trash from Google _far_ outweighs the treasure and I'll gladly accept a few losses. – John McGaw

An ungodly large number of numbskulls use google groups and think they're posting to "Google Groups" when they're posting to USENET. – Magus

I finally gave up and I'm blocking google groups posters. Ever since I dropped Google Groups, the world has become a better place. – Evan Platt

The Problem - And The Solution

Groupers, Lamers and Stuff

A Note About the Author

A Sampling From The UIP Other Voices Pages

The Problem -
And The Solution