Regarding the apparent and imminent repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the future of this website.

[mr.moon1488]

While I agree that a full repeal with nothing to replace 230 would likely fuck this site over, I seriously doubt that's going to happen simply because this is objectively wrong.

A. No. Only the largest tech companies which could afford to handle these new lawsuits and an automated moderation system to keep their platforms squeaky clean will be able to survive in the US without Section 230. It would create a bar of entry for new websites as well.

97% of all corporate lawsuits are settled with no civil proceedings. This is because in the overwhelming majority of cases, it is far cheaper for companies to simply settle out of court rather than fighting lawsuits. Most of these lawsuits are for dumb shit, that the companies could have easily won if they went to court, but they chose not to. If the full repeal of section 230 does happen, and it does open up tech companies to large amounts of litigation, they will go out of business because they won't have a choice but to fight these lawsuits due to sheer volume. You'll see more lawsuits on sites like those than you will on sites like this not because of anything moderation or content related, but simply because every lawyer in the US will be filing lawsuits against them because they have a lot of shekels to hand out. Obviously, this is completely against the wills of the powers that be, Trump and associates included, so it is highly improbable that you'll actually see a full repeal, or really any repeal for that matter.

 

[Tikbalang]

This site is like a pirate island. Outsiders see it as anarchy land, here it's civilized.

 

[usernames can change now!]

Boohoo, at least big tech won't be able to spread their globohomo garbage and make everything worse.

It's a tolerable sacrifice.

Yes they will you dumb faggot when have literally any of the major tech platforms cared about the law?

 

[Meat Target]

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[hambeerlyingnreed]

Damn, guess I gotta go back to using Voat.

 

[KooksandFreaks]

Well. Christmas and New Years is coming up. Quit whining about how hard you got it and try to help old people and children.

 

[AmpleApricots]

Like I really like the lowcow forums to read but I'm gonna miss the general atmosphere here. Its nice to just post on a general messageboard for random topics, not the hyper-focus reddit or facebook communities tied to real info. I wish we could just get rid of the lowcow stuff if it meant keeping the general vibe for the rest of the forums. I know its the unifying factor for this forum but I'm gonna miss the non-lowcow stuff more.

largely same. The lolcows are funny sometimes but more often than not there's nothing happening for months and people posting the same opinions about these lolcows over and over in slightly different words. I generally think a focus on non-lolcow topics could work theoretically. It still shouldn't be though, on principle.

 

[Mister Qwerty]

I'm gonna miss this place.

 

[Tikbalang]

Maybe it can be saved deep... in deep web

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Well, I sure picked a good time to join.....

 

[The Last Stand]

Retard president Trump is what managed to kill this website. Sasuga, he achieved what all lolcows failed to do.

That alone should make Trump the ultimate lolcow.

 

[Tikbalang]

I'm gonna miss this place.

It'll be like Kim Il Sung's funeral

 

[Drain Todger]

stick to running an HO gauge trainset you fucking sperg

You don’t see the upside to this, really? Let me lay it out for you, then. Forums have been dying for years and years. Big Tech has successfully consolidated online discussion into a few gigantic, monopolistic platforms, like Facebook, Reddit, YouTube comments and so forth. The traffic rankings do not lie.

Alexa - Top sites

www.alexa.com

As internet forums die off, finding community can be harder than ever

Before social networks took over the internet, message boards were perhaps the most essential way for people to come together online and talk about whatever was on their minds. Our discussion spaces have evolved dramatically, though -- message boards aren't as important as they used to be...

www.engadget.com

Do you think it’s healthy for free speech for the vast majority of the web’s users to be siloed on just a few sites with top-down control? With shadowbanning, blacklisted topics, quarantined boards, and all this other draconian net nanny bullshit?

What if there was an alternative?

https://larrysanger.org/2019/06/declaration-of-digital-independence/

 

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You don’t see the upside to this, really? Let me lay it out for you, then. Forums have been dying for years and years. Big Tech has successfully consolidated online discussion into a few gigantic, monopolistic platforms, like Facebook, Reddit, YouTube comments and so forth. The traffic rankings do not lie.

Alexa - Top sites

www.alexa.com

As internet forums die off, finding community can be harder than ever

Before social networks took over the internet, message boards were perhaps the most essential way for people to come together online and talk about whatever was on their minds. Our discussion spaces have evolved dramatically, though -- message boards aren't as important as they used to be...

www.engadget.com

Do you think it’s healthy for free speech for the vast majority of the web’s users to be siloed on just a few sites with top-down control? With shadowbanning, blacklisted topics, quarantined boards, and all this other draconian net nanny bullshit?

What if there was an alternative?

https://larrysanger.org/2019/06/declaration-of-digital-independence/

Larry Sanger and anyone associated with Wikipedia Review and Everipedia should also hang themselves through a very elaborate combination of model trains.

 

[mikey347]

I find it bitterly amusing that the Internet, which arguably contributed a large part of the success of his election, to be the very thing will be killing with this. All the memes and Pepe frogs - all the edgy kids yelling “based” and trying to get trump into office for the “meme” being subjected to the future of politically correct Internet under giant tech companies by trumps hand. So, did ya own the libs? Was it worth it? lol

 

[(not) y2k compliant]

And you're who exactly again?

A nobody, just like you. Except you have the mindset that your post count means shit all. You might as well sign up on SA and join the circle jerk there with that mindset.

 

[Desktop User2]

it will be fun to see all the retards on Parler cheering the end of section 230 - a lot of lolbertarians - on a court as a co-defendant because of their clause.

 

[Trigger Me Timbers]

"Q. Will there be an archive available?"


Would this archive be able to be re-imported into a fresh Xenoforge install and keep working or will this archive only contain text and image files?

 

[KingCoelacanth]

The salt in this thread is great, ironically

 

[DocHoliday1977]

Hey, no shooting in the house.

My pitbull handles inside security.