LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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I know you've said you're here to give advice to whoever tries to rescue the site by finding it a new home, but that ain't gonna happen. I mean, I'm surprised this thread hasn't been derailed yet.
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Seems like @Velocio now thinks discord will inevitably be the new home and that that's the best of bad possible outcomes. So long as they can move on from having any responsibility
However there is traction in terms of a number of people offering time and expertise (see lfgss collective thread) to at least explore options once there are compliance tools published in Jan.
I assume Velocio will still advise this group if it does get together
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I believe so too.
Because:
- Who is going to want the risk / liability in their name?
- Who is going to want to do the money side?
The "keep the tech running" side is the easy bit.
- Who is going to want the risk / liability in their name?
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Velocio
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.