Hint: The following text was written for people who are new
to Usenet and who recently started to post via Google. It
might also be useful to experienced netizens.
Dear Google poster,
nice to see you on Usenet. Obviously you posted using Google.
groups.google.com is an archive that collects postings from something
called Usenet. Maybe you didn't yet notice that you have arrived
in Usenet but you think that you're using a Web forum.
This is not true. For example, the majority of people who create
posts and who read posts are not using Google Groups. Google Groups
is just one of the many interfaces to Usenet. Programs to access
and post to Usenet are called 'newsreaders'.
Posting via Google has some drawbacks for you and the other Usenet
users:
1. Some readers find that the amount of worthless postings they
see coming via Google leads them to filter out all Google Groups
postings altogether.
