LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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Where my head is at, if there's no equivalent to a "this only applies to entities with global revenue above £25M" or something like that... and there remains liability for me as described in the OSA... I'm out, I'm done.
I think personally that the best thing to do is preserve this place, and make the life raft (Discord) work.
I simply don't think this is enough of a vote winning issue that politicians care, and the media have so long run stories on the theme of "Won't somebody think of the children"... that the chances of a carve-out or U-turn are vanishingly small.
Additionally... I find thinking of the scenario of a U-turn damaging still... a lot of the damage has been done, we know we need to shutter, people are already trying to make other places work... if a reprieve came in the 11th hour, what would survive in the many communities facing this will be a shadow of their former selves.
I can say "Yes, I'd carry on"... but it feels like that weird conversation, "Would you still love me if I was a worm?"... it's never going to happen, so I can say yes, but that reply is glib as that reality doesn't exist.