This newsgroup (comp.lang.python) may soon be blocked by Google Groups

[Chris Angelico]

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 6:34 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/02/18 17:56, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
>> You seem to confuse the mailing-list and the newsgroup. The mailing-list
>> doesn't have a spam problem, and it is already (lightly) moderated.
>>
>> The newsgroup does have a spam problem (as well as a few other problems,
>> like gmane mangling message-ids and breaking threads). Google groups is
>> an interface to the newsgroup.
>>
>> There is a bi-directional gateway between them, but they aren't the same
>> thing.
>>
>>          hp
>>
>
> No, they are one and the same thing, except that this is automatically
> blocked by the numpty moderators, whereas some things that I state on gg are
> passed, other things aren't.  It is quite clear that the moderators are
> biased against people such as myself who are autistic

No, the moderators are biased against people who are constantly rude.
Did you know that, autistic or not, you have the power to choose the
tone of the words you type?

ChrisA