I've thought this a lot, but didn't say it because (a) a bit of denial, (b) I'm a little used to jumping ship, and (c) I don't see a real solution other than trying to back up one's contacts on a regular basis to other means of contact, but…

Basically, yeah, this bullshit with Twitch and Discord is deliberately destructive of online communities, which have been occasionally literally life and death for me, and there's really no denying that it will cause people to part ways against their wills.

So yeah, I'm setting up shop in other places, and suggesting folks do the same, but if it were feasible not to, I would just stay where I am and back up my contacts.

#RfC: Should a blackout be organized in protest of the Wikimedia Foundation's actions?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/2024_Wikipedia_blackout

As part of the ongoing court case #ANI vs. #WMF, the WMF has received orders from the #DelhiHighCourt to disclose #PersonallyIdentifyingInformation of editors in a sealed cover letter and is considering complying.

Should the English #Wikipedia blackout all of the site for 2-3 days in protest of this?

Option A: Yes
Option B: No

#Wikipedia #Censorship #ChillingEffect

General #privacy tip: Don't share unnecessary #PersonallyIdentifyingInformation

ASL (Age/Sex/Location) is not something anyone really needs a real answer to in the majority of cases, or any answer.

In most cases, blocking the party asking for such information is the right thing to do.

#PII