LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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The fallout of this bill and what it is doing to sites like this one is going to be a literal death knoll for a lot of people. Chronic loneliness and lack of community is such a massive trigger for suicide in men. Rates of which are disgustingly high already given the state of our mental health services and any support for young people to try and get in front of any issues. Taking away what is likely the only lifeline for them to be open or discuss something they share and interest in, is going to fucking suck, hard. I focus on men here as it is very likely that a lot of these fora are probably strongly weighted in that way, not that only men will be affected.
Thank you for writing this... this is why I'd continued all this time, it worked like this for me as well. But thank you, for writing this.
Velocio
I can't even fully articulate yet what this place has done for me. I just simply wouldn't be in the same place physically, emotionally, mentally, financially or geographically if it weren't for here. For so many reasons.
The fallout of this bill and what it is doing to sites like this one is going to be a literal death knoll for a lot of people. Chronic loneliness and lack of community is such a massive trigger for suicide in men. Rates of which are disgustingly high already given the state of our mental health services and any support for young people to try and get in front of any issues. Taking away what is likely the only lifeline for them to be open or discuss something they share and interest in, is going to fucking suck, hard. I focus on men here as it is very likely that a lot of these fora are probably strongly weighted in that way, not that only men will be affected.
And I don't mean "taking away" as anything accusatory to Velocio. It is the result of the bill.