This is what those pesky MIB spooks and moles did to Usenet as of
lately, by adding "?hl=en&lnk=rgh" to the end of a given GOOGLE Usenet
page is what keeps one of their "Sort by date" features from
functioning, of which makes it all that more difficult for us few and
far between honest folks to reply on behalf of those most recent
contributions to our topics. No wonder that I've been missing out on
so many of those topic contributors.

This is where I'd need-to-know learned of this supposed bug, that's
not really a bug if you know what I mean.

Google Groups Guide /
Aha! Bug identified! Try this:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.math/topics?hl=en
This gives the sci.math topic list. Bug exists in all threads you
see.
If you click on any of the groups in "related groups", these groups
also have the bad behavior.

Now try this:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.math/topics
I.e., the same link as above, but with the "hl=en" attribute removed
from the URL. The problem goes away; and also goes away from of the
groups you jump to via "related groups".

My Guess: This attribute used to be always present in URLs from
Google, but at some point it was only added if the referring URL
included it. Now it causes buggy behavior.

The Fix: Remove the "?hl=en" attribute from your all shortcuts. (Or
other similar attribute if your native language is not english).

Cheers - Chas

"?hl=en?scoring=d&hl=en"

"so just removing all this garbage fixes the problem." or simply
removing as little as ?hl=en&lnk=rgh from a given GOOGLE Usenet page
or of whatever reply you're in the process of contributing, is also
good to go.
- Brad Guth -