LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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skydancer
I’m so sorry to read this thread. As loads of others have said, it’s part of my daily routine to look at LFGSS even if I don’t post so very often. I ran and moderated groups in a previous job and it can be a thankless task moderating people.
I also didn’t know that @Velocio had written the software on which the forum runs… it’s so beautiful and elegantly simple, also used by ICC and I read that the shutdown will affect that forum too… this is all very sad. As a user of BikeRadar and Cycling UKforums, the Microcosm experience is so much better and so user friendly.
If no solution is found, and it doesn’t look likely, then all the best to everyone and I guess we’ll meet in some other place on the other side. Having just migrated from Xitter to Mastodon and Bluesky it’s helpful to keep the same handle - but maybe it’s also an opportunity to reinvent yourself. Anyway, what a shame. I’ve loved it here.