Changes Coming To GOT

[JLW]

Massive shame.

Was the best part of the forum right until recently where it did become the same posters at it every day.

The wrestling thread never causes such issues. A dream to moderate.

And yet the people who post in there are the most dangerous on the planet.

 

[Charro]

And yet the people who post in there are the most dangerous on the planet.

Too right we are so you better not cross us.

 

[larbert toffee]

Why would i debate with someone like you who actually threatened anti Israel and anti Jewish violence on that thread?

Where is this? Put up or shut up.

 

[Jimishorts]

Too right we are so you better not cross us.

 

[chicoazul]

I got the last word in Current Affairs with the Nazi bloo CRUSH, and I found that fitting after years of my free speech in there being oppressed. I absolutely ripped their hearts out at the finish line. I feel it’s easily in my top 1000 highlights on here.

 

[MrPerfectNot]

So, with CA closed, can I pretend that the bad crap isn't actually happening?

 

[Jimishorts]

So, with CA closed, can I pretend that the bad crap isn't actually happening?

No, we still have the match threads.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

I got the last word in Current Affairs with the Nazi bloo CRUSH, and I found that fitting after years of my free speech in there being oppressed. I absolutely ripped their hearts out at the finish line. I feel it’s easily in my top 1000 highlights on here.

Was therapeutic

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Why would i debate with someone like you who actually threatened anti Israel and anti Jewish violence on that thread?

As political chat is banned, think you should consider changing that abomination of a profile pic btw.

 

[NeroCeasar]

Why would i debate with someone like you who actually threatened anti Israel and anti Jewish violence on that thread?

Cork last night.

A red card for Isreal

 

[Bryan+]

Give a rest lads

 

[chicoazul]

Been a while since we had a midnight court.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Been a while since we had a midnight court.

 

[chicoazul]

Submit the accused buddy.

 

[efcfanwirral]

Short Version

The UK government is forcing us to remove the Current Affairs forum, and NSFW type threads. Maybe also user to user private messaging.

Google 'Online Safety Act' if interested.

Long Rambling Version;

We're of course, an Everton Forum.

But in our 18+ years (not one of you wished the forum a happy birthday last week ffs), we've become a community beyond Everton.

Since 2017, we've sought to best accomodate 'current affairs' discussion in it's own sub forum - out the way, with a 'enter at own risk'/hands off moderation policy.

It's worked well.

Or as well as it could have done. Online. Politics.

However, the Online Safety Act (OSA) in the UK comes into effect on March 17, 2025. Someone much more articulate than I provides some commentary here. Also some more background info and it's implications here.

The implications of the act has already caused forums in their entirety to close, others have closed the ability to post. Some discussion on here of this act from December.

Moderating a Everton forum is challenging enough - we don't have the resource, ability, diplomacy to moderate politics in a way that would make us compliant with the act. Even if we did, I don't think we'd have the inclination to. Nor be prepared to accept the personal liability to do so.

Sadly then, we need to close the Current Affairs forum from 1st March.

We'll also need to close 'Not Safe For Work' threads, like 'The Fit Birds' thread.

There's a chance we may also need to disable user to user private messaging but I'm awaiting clarification on that.

But fear not. We can still fume about Everton.

The private messaging bit is mad. From that interpretation of the act, would WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger etc fall under it too?