zappaDPJ
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It sounds to me OFCOM wants to have it both ways i.e. a large number of users on a small site and a small number of users on a large site. At least that's the way their word salad reads to me.
UK Online Safety Regulations and impact on Forums
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Suzanne O
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They do have that strange smell about them
As an update, I'm up to 363 members again now and all going well 
Although it was 850 members pre March. But getting there. Seem to have picked up a few from Reddit strangely. Reddit REFUSE to remove the post saying the Hamster Forum is closed - which comes up high on Google searches still! So I added a post saying the Hamster Forum is open. The big headline comes up saying closed, and the snippet underneath says "open again".
Anyway it seems to have given the forum some publicity on Reddit lol.
Although it was 850 members pre March. But getting there. Seem to have picked up a few from Reddit strangely. Reddit REFUSE to remove the post saying the Hamster Forum is closed - which comes up high on Google searches still! So I added a post saying the Hamster Forum is open. The big headline comes up saying closed, and the snippet underneath says "open again".Anyway it seems to have given the forum some publicity on Reddit lol.
Alpha1
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XenForo does not allow for deletion of direct messages. I believe this is mandatory in both the Online Safety Act as well as the EU Digital Services Act.
Did anyone already encounter issues with the OSA about this topic? Or find a solution?
Did anyone already encounter issues with the OSA about this topic? Or find a solution?
Up to 535 members now ...............As an update, I'm up to 363 members again now and all going well
Anyway it seems to have given the forum some publicity on Reddit lol.
My solution was to delete them all at server level, turn permissions off for direct messages, except for admin. So members get an automatic welcome message from admin. If they need to contact admin they can reply to their welcome message. That's basically no direct messaging. Keeps all posting on forum. Nobody seems to mind! Just admin contact. Alternatively, the AI Content moderator addon has an option to auto moderate all direct messages - but that just moderates them for harmful or illegal content - doesn't allow members to delete them.