Mar 09, 2023 20:00:00

Pointed out that 'Google Group' has been neglected by Google and is only dying

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Google Group ' provided by Google for free is used to build a community for discussion and as a mailing list. Andrew Helwer, who works as a consultant for software engineers, points out that there is a problem with the basic functions of Google Groups and discusses the causes and countermeasures in detail.

Google Groups has been left to die -
https://ahelwer.ca/post/2023-03-08-google-groups/

The problem with Google Groups is that the read/unread display is unstable, threads that you should have read and even your own posts are marked as unread, and messages sent to groups are automatically deleted. There is a wide variety of cases, such as that there is a problem with the search system.

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The Google Group is a standard community website for Mr. Helwar, and it seems that several communities that Mr. Helwar knows use Google Groups. These communities take time to build, and with so many websites leveraging Google Groups communities and linking to specific answers, it would be costly for the community to let go of Google Groups. It may take.

The Google Group had a spam problem in 2009, and at that time it was already rated as 'Google Group is dead'. Mr. Helwar says, 'Although the Google Group has not yet engraved its name on Google Graveyard , it will soon be over.'

In addition, Google has launched and terminated many services such as the music service ' Google Play Music ' and the cloud game service ' Stadia '. In order to regret the lost services, a 'graveyard of terminated services' has appeared in Google's office.

The grave of 'finished Google service' really appeared in the Google building - GIGAZINE

Speaking of Google's communication services, `` Google + '' was terminated in 2019 due to poor usage.

Google + closure decided on April 2, 2019, time schedule until shutdown released - GIGAZINE

Regarding the pros and cons of continuing to use services like Google Cloud, Mr. Helwer said, ``Using Google Groups has traditionally meant that we should not build communities for long-running open source software projects with infrastructure that we cannot control. It is clear that it is contrary to the lessons of ', and recommends using alternative services.