> Equinix Metal got the closest, but bare metal on-demand still carried a 25-30% premium over our CapEx plan. Their global footprint is tempting; we may still use them for short-lived expansion.
> The Equinix Metal service will be sunset on June 30, 2026.
-Many say they want to stop doomscrolling and clout-chasing but I don't know how many are actually willing to do so
-Individuals may move here but their friends won't. So the feed will be initially empty by design. Introducing any kind of reward is against our ethos so we are clueless about how to convince existing friend circles to move.
How should small social network sites, forums or any sites that post user-generatrd content etc who can't afford to do age verification respond to this law?
Block all requests from UK IPs?
We are building a niche social network and don't want to be in the cross-hairs.
Is anyone in a similar position? How's your company dealing with this?
Edit: apart from cost, storing user IDs etc goes against our goal of building a private social network. We would like to retain least amount info
I wrote the content myself but the code for the page was written using Gemini. I don't even use Claude, only Gemini. I dumped all my thoughts into a Google doc then asked Gemini to convert it into a waitlist page without changing the content. I guess this will become a problem in future where humans need to actively prove that their content is not AI generated
> "Normal" people
Yeah you are right, normal people don't care. I just wanted a social network I liked. text posts force people to write instead of posting a low effort photo from a trip etc which reduces the amount of content generated i.e. the "updates" a user needs to look at.
This will serve a niche. My friends are using it so I consider that a win.
Thank you for the feedback again
Edit: one click account deletion also was missing in almost every website or "app" I tried so I added it as well.
This website is not unique or anything but there's nothing else that combines the specific features I want.
I still want updates from my friends but I don't want to go to an infinite scroll thing to get it.
I wish there was a way to know what's happening without the doom scrolling