LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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My intention is not to attack anyone. I have sympathy for anyone running a public service out of the goodness of their heart. I know that it is a thankless nightmare as often as it is a rewarding and nourishing experience. Anyone running an online community as an individual while concerned about risk is coo coo bananas. I could couch my thoughts with nice smelling flowery language but a blunt olfactory assault is needed to wake anyone running an online community as an individual. Run your community as an independent legal entity, keep an eye on this legislation because it's relevant to your interests, and continue on with cautious optimism that our government, which can barely do the things it wants to do, isn't going to do the things it doesn't want to do.
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I think the point that has been made before is that this legislation gives bad actors a new, bigger tool to go after website owners.
The government may not explicitly want to shut down lfgss, but now if a disgruntled troll really wanted to, they could use the OSA and the government to do so and prosecute the owner.
Lebowski
Points aside, many of which are valid, you might be heard a bit better if you did away with the ad hominem. Everyone here is human and to have a limited appetite for risk while still wanting to run a public service is both understandable and commendable, not a contradiction in terms. And welcome to LFGSS.