23 votes

UK users: Lobsters needs your help with the Online Safety Act

13 comments

  1. [2]
    Venko
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    When Ofcom's rules come into play on 16th March then will a geoblock for the UK also be applied to Tildes?

    When Ofcom's rules come into play on 16th March then will a geoblock for the UK also be applied to Tildes?

    8 votes
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      I did wonder. Because if smaller and niche sites don't do all the diligence, comply with all the regulations, won't they become the target sites of choice for the very communications and harms...

      I did wonder. Because if smaller and niche sites don't do all the diligence, comply with all the regulations, won't they become the target sites of choice for the very communications and harms that the bill strives to mitigate?

      4 votes
  2. [10]
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    TIL about lobste.rs, it looks like a mashup of hackernews and reddit. Edit: removed link to incorrect thing Other edit: lobste.rs looks interesting, any tilderino got an invite to throw my way?

    TIL about lobste.rs, it looks like a mashup of hackernews and reddit.

    Edit: removed link to incorrect thing

    Other edit: lobste.rs looks interesting, any tilderino got an invite to throw my way?

    3 votes
    1. [5]
      zod000
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      Send me a PM with your email and I can invite you if no one else already has. Just an FYI, lobste.rs has (or at least used to have) an interesting way of keeping people behaving. If you get in...

      Send me a PM with your email and I can invite you if no one else already has. Just an FYI, lobste.rs has (or at least used to have) an interesting way of keeping people behaving. If you get in trouble, you and the person that invited you can be banned, so please be nice on there lol

      4 votes
      1. Artren
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        It's the same on Tildes!

        It's the same on Tildes!

        2 votes
      2. [3]
        DefinitelyNotAFae
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        How's the vibe in regards to being a woman/being queer?

        How's the vibe in regards to being a woman/being queer?

        1 vote
        1. [2]
          zod000
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          As neither, I don't honestly know, but lobste.rs has always been far closer to hackernews content-wise, so I don't know that it comes up as much in a way I would have noticed.

          As neither, I don't honestly know, but lobste.rs has always been far closer to hackernews content-wise, so I don't know that it comes up as much in a way I would have noticed.

          2 votes
          1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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            Ah unfortunate if so, I've not had good vibes from HN. thanks

            Ah unfortunate if so, I've not had good vibes from HN. thanks

            1 vote
    2. [2]
      ogre
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      There’s a good amount of overlap between ~tech/~comp users and lobsters users. The recent battlestations threads here and there After a quick review, I don’t think there’s actually any overlap in...

      There’s a good amount of overlap between ~tech/~comp users and lobsters users. The recent battlestations threads here and there are a good visual highlight. After a quick review, I don’t think there’s actually any overlap in those threads. I was mistaken. Desks just kinda look the same. There still exists an overlap of users though.

      Sorry to the battlestationeers for putting y’all on blast. Your desks are very nice.

      4 votes
      1. zod000
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        Aww, somehow I missed the battlestation thread here, while I actually just posted over there.

        Aww, somehow I missed the battlestation thread here, while I actually just posted over there.

    3. [2]
      Macha
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      Note that this is discussing a different bill (Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bills) not the Online Safety Act. Though yes, I imagine supporters of the Online Safety Act will make similar...

      Note that this is discussing a different bill (Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bills) not the Online Safety Act. Though yes, I imagine supporters of the Online Safety Act will make similar statements about opponents.

      1 vote
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        Huh. Indeed you are correct. I'll make an edit. So many bills

        Huh. Indeed you are correct. I'll make an edit.

        So many bills

  3. JCPhoenix
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    From a commenter on the lobste.rs post: Seems like a good idea. For sure keep protesting. After all in the US, SOPA/PIPA was stopped that way. But sometimes taking away things is a faster vehicle...

    From a commenter on the lobste.rs post:

    As a UK based lobster, I think that if enough sites geoblock the UK there will be a reaction against this unenforceable law. Go ahead, geoblock the UK and I hope more sites do it as well. Unless people start shouting, nothing will change.

    Seems like a good idea. For sure keep protesting. After all in the US, SOPA/PIPA was stopped that way. But sometimes taking away things is a faster vehicle for change than protest (e.g. codification of reproductive rights in the US, at least in some states).