# Google to kill pff Google groups?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-to-kill-pff-google-groups/4911
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [March 19, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-to-kill-pff-google-groups/4911 "2013-03-19T17:16:03Z")
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### Author: ![frandallfarmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/frandallfarmer/32/102170_2.png) [@frandallfarmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frandallfarmer)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-to-kill-pff-google-groups/4911/1 "2013-03-19T17:16:03Z")

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[http://www.wired.com/business/2013/03/five-google-products-at-risk/](http://www.wired.com/business/2013/03/five-google-products-at-risk/)

In a section about Google Groups…

> Google Groups has the stink of neglect about it. Serious online groups tend to move off the platform and into custom-coded websites, vertical community platforms like StackOverflow, or adaptable open source solutions like Discourse and phpBB.

That mention is a link! 😄

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-to-kill-pff-google-groups/4911/2 "2013-03-19T20:03:43Z")

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And they put us in front of phpBB too 🔨