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As of now, the GamingOnLinux Forum is closed to user-created posts (and editing is disabled too), and the only Forum left open (for now) is this one where I directly post updates. I'm not sure how long this specific Forum will stay up either, I'll eventually probably hook up some proper way to update people on website changes than a forum.
Why?
You can thank the [UK's new Online Safety Act](https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/time-for-tech-firms-to-act-uk-online-safety-regulation-comes-into-force/). While the website is hosted in the US, I am based in the UK and so it firmly affects us. Plus, we have UK readers too (although a pretty small percentage according to Cloudflare).
It's an incredibly wide-reaching law, that affects any website (not just in the UK either) with user-created content, including just plain text like this. They're very clear Forums are a target, and it puts me at great personal risk to continue to directly run a Forum.
Comments on articles will remain, as it's also clear that blog post comments are exempt. Thankfully.
There's some other changes coming that I will be forced to do as well, but more info on that later.
Once again, a well-meaning law, but one that affects all the little people. You'll likely end up seeing lots of other forums either shutting or geoblocking the UK completely.
We had a good run, see you in the comments.
As always if you need me for complaints, questions and such the best way has always been to email direct. There's also the [Discord](https://discord.gg/AghnYbMjYg) and [Telegram](https://t.me/linux_gaming) and [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/gamingonlinuxsub/).
This has absolutely no effect on news articles at all. Our content will continue as normal.
Last edited by GamingOnLinux Bot on 22 Dec 2024 at 10:12 am UTC
Additionally, new reporting options have now been rolled out today for comments on articles. And, when you report a post, it will collapse / hide for you so you don't have to see it. I've also added a Report option to the view all comments page.
There's also now a dedicated Patreon Supporter channel [in the Discord](https://discord.gg/AghnYbMjYg).
Last edited by GamingOnLinux Bot on 18 Dec 2024 at 3:07 pm UTC