Changing Google's behavior (was: Killfile ALL...)

JeffM wrote:
The problem is that [Google's] fully-automated system
has a high critical mass for canceling accounts.

James Arthur wrote:
Better if it held up message posting / delivery for suspect users
at that point, or some such. Stem the flood.

I suggested a CAPTCHA for each and every post from Google
and invited others to echo my suggestion to GG Central.
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(Greg Szekeres seems to have completely misunderstood
what was being said and the thread veered of into a ditch.)

I used to make reports to GG.
Now that the Gmail CAPTCHA has been cracked, it's useless.

If I'm making a report to Adsense (Blogspot/Googlepages spam),
then I'll go ahead and CC GG; otherwise: not worth any effort.

I still report regularly, and add comments
about the corrosive effect on GoogleGroups and on g-mail users.

I doubt a human ever sees any of it. I believe it's all indexed by
bots.

Whatever else it is, it's developing into a serious black eye for Google
amongst a large group of smart, connected, literate people
who control large budgets.
Google thinks the usenet is worth serving,
and s.e.d. is one of the more active groups. ISTM they will care.

Until Google sees an effect on their bottom line, nothing will change.
Does anyone here buy ads from Google Groups?
Yeah. I thought not.

Google knows they've been hacked
and hasn't made any of the obvious moves to deal with it.
[...]The rogue Chinese ISPs are equally responsible[...]

I liked Paul Hovnanian's idea of informing the Chinese government
about their spammers, how this makes China look bad,
and how it's bad for business.

Yup. We keep hearing that besmirching the PRC as a society
can have dire consequences for a native individual.
So what's the trick to getting the attention of *those* eyes.
If they're anything like our Supreme Court and Executive Branch,
commerce gets special dispensation.

Anybody paying attention to the demonstrations
surrounding the Olympic Torch Relay?
.

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