On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:59:40 GMT, ticklish
<nadda@home.com> wrote in alt.multimedia.tk :
>
> Why on gods green earth would anyone want AOL anyways?
> They censure what internet you get to see.. They block sites
> they deem inappropriate.
>
> So I ask again why??
>
That's simply untrue. AOL does not 'block' access to
ANY web site on the internet your computer 'profile' has
'permission' to load. AOL does provide an excellent
set of 'parental control' features that are adept at
blocking inappropriate content (much to the disdain
of their children). LOL.
>
> On 21 Jan 2005 05:28:57 GMT, agmliteforu@aol.comatose
> (Animated GIF Man) wrote:
>
> >
> > On 21 Jan 2005, at 00:50:27 GMT,
> > tymedwn1st@aol.comPEARLS (TyMeDwn1st)
> > <20050120195027.08619.00000120@mb-m06.aol.com>
> > wrote in <b>aol.newsgroups.help</b>:
> >
> >>
> >> I emailed my Sooper Secret Well Connected AOL Source
> >> (who works deep within AOL's HQ in Virginia) to ask about the
> >> rumored crisis or hoax, as the case might be.
> >>
> >> My source went straight to the people who would know about
> >> this, and the answer is yes, the posting is legitimate, the rumor
> >> is not a rumor, and AOL will be discontinuing newsgroup access
> >> in the not-too-distant future.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ty
> >>
> >
> > I got a second confirmation today also. The 'rumor' is no longer.
> > What has long passed for USENET newsgroups 'support' on AOL
> > [ability to read some NG posts some of the time, (if at all) on AOL]
> > will fairly quickly be coming to an 'end'...
> >
> > ALL AOL members *can* still read from + post to USENET NGs
> > at: http://groups.google.com/ [but not to any 'internal' AOL NGs].
> > The 'notice' being sent out in PFC offline downloads] claims that
> > dial-up users will lose all ability to read NGs, but as far as I know
> > news.individual.net accounts work over dial-up connections on any
> > 3rd party news reader of choice; so, yes, ALL AOL users can still
> > read + post to at least some newsgroups at no extra cost.
> >
> > So far, the only real notice AOL members are getting in way of
> > a 'heads up' to tell them NGs are about to 'die' on AOL is during
> > 'Auto-AOL' ["Flash Session" for the die-hard AOL-ers] like this:
> > http://members.aol.com/AGMLiteForU/aol_ng_end-01.jpg
> >
> > which show upat Keyword:Offline Reader [only] looking like:
> > http://members.aol.com/AGMLiteForU/aol_ng_end-02.jpg
> >
> > Identical messages appear to be posted by AOL screenname:
> > 'BoardsAdmin@aol.com' [a 'faked' SN (or at least one that will
> > not receive any email)] and were written on December 6th, 2004
> > each of which read as follows:
> > http://members.aol.com/AGMLiteForU/aol_ng_end-03.jpg
> >
> > AOL newsgroups reading members are encouraged at this time
> > to find an alternate news server or news reader/ reading method
> > while there is still time + to subscribe to + read: alt.aol.tricks NG,
> > where I and I'm sure many other very long time AOL members
> > will continue to try to help newer AOL member USENET readers
> > to find their way around the internet or the AOL software interface.
> >
>
--
Always,
Bob Hare, Jr. aka 'Animated GIF Man'
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