From snidely:
Stuf4 noted that:
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Thanks for the info. There are effective ways of controlling spam other than
breaking very useful features. GG broke many of the things that made it
excellent. Like 'view as tree', exacting search, etc.

View as a tree is still there.

Thanks for clueing me in on that. What I remember is that it went away with no
explanation. At least, I looked all over and could not find it. And the way
the tree format displays now is hardly as useful as the very clear way that it
used to appear. But maybe I will get used to it.

~ CT


The advanced search options usually
)(but not always) work well. There is debate even among users of "true
newsreaders" as to whether cross-posting is civilized behavior or not
(my answer: "it depends", and local custom is important).