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Y'all, the UK's law about needing an ID to be on any social media platform over 10,000 users is the canary in the coal mine. Similar laws have already been proposed by US states and other countries. On a long enough timeline, this is coming for us all.

So, with that in mind, I want to get in early with some good old fashioned forum sites. You know, the kind that have no app and don't need my Fing ID to let me sign up.

Any topic welcome as long as the community is active and strong.

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, a large number of UK users, OR targeting the UK market, is enough as well.

Personally, I think the solution is to have the whole world ban the UK from their websites and see how long this stupid law lasts.

[–] r0ertel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm interested in the second part, how # users are determined. Lemmy is federated,instance so if i setup a community instance physically I the UK and cap users at 9999,flying just under the threshold,but i federate with everywhere, my instance don't have enough users to require compliance, right? What if i set up 5 separate instances,each capped at 9999? There's got to be a loophole...for the children.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

I can't find the reference to 10,000 users again, so take my own words with a grain of salt. The law itself doesn't give a minimum number. But if you start a new instance called "dicksoutforharambe.lemmy.uk" with NSFW content, and hosting it on servere physically in the UK, I imagine that within 2-3 years, someone will come calling.