LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)

Out of interest, would the risk assessment change at all if you didn't allow uploads/attachments?

Not enough.

But the things that create issues and the most obvious actions:

• Prevent all File Uploads, force the use of ImgUr or another 3rd Party - mitigates exchange of potentially harmful images, videos, etc via the forum
  
• Prevent all Direct Messages, encourage the use of WhatsApp / Signal, etc - mitigates the risk of stalking, harassment, hate, fraud, etc via the forum
  
• Close all the Classifieds, encourage eBay - mitigates the risk of fraud, stolen goods, etc via the forum
  
• Add age verification - mitigates the grooming of children
  
  

We'd still have the risk of vulnerable individuals experiencing harm, and honestly that's just society at large.

And the forum would now be a very very different beast, a public only, text only message board... with age verification.

This is where any of these steps start hitting the lines of what I don't wish to do, I don't wish to intentionally cripple the site. I find that unacceptable.