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Welcome (back?) to c/FOSSCAD! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by sado@lemmy.ml to c/fosscad@lemmy.ml

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With reddit banning fosscad/diy related subs, folks are seeking alternatives. I'll try to keep a list of the more active ones in this thread, and of course we welcome content here as well.

GunCADIndex Forum: https://forum.guncadindex.com/

Reddit r/fosscad2: https://old.reddit.com/r/fosscad2/

Reddit r/fosscadtoo: https://old.reddit.com/r/FOSSCADtoo/

Reddit r/3D2A: https://old.reddit.com/r/3D2A/

Discord FOSSCAD: https://discord.gg/ggymkcYj

Can't stop the signal.

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[–] johal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

thanks

[–] sado@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

De nada

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh shit, r/fosscad got banned? I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

[–] sado@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

Yep, and a couple others as well. Some of the remaining are getting repeated "Rule 7" flags on things that clearly don't violate anything, so they're on the chopping block as well.

[–] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As a user who has been on Lemmy since the Reddit API nonsense, I welcome you to the platform as well Sado.

[–] sado@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

Thanks! Not my first go on Lemmy, this is just my fosscad persona. Reddit is shitting all over what made it popular and driving folks away in droves.

Might be time for puts? calls? (whichever one bets against the stock, I was never any good at the market) on RDDT.

[–] exhausted_sneakers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for the list

[–] sado@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Yessir. If you have any additions just let me know.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i'm wondering at which point lemmy is gonna need some lawyers. and how we might want to defend ourselves.

[–] sado@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ideally, they shouldn't. There is nothing illegal about designing a firearm or firearm accessories. Manufacturing them depends on your location and applicable laws, but they're the same laws that govern store-bought or private transaction purchase of commercially manufactured arms.

Lemmy, being decentralized and community driven, has no culpability for the discussion of lawful and (at least in the US) protected activities.

[–] unexpected@forum.guncadindex.com 2 points 1 day ago

Even discussion of unlawful activities are protected by the US 1st amendment. But it does depend on how much people stand up for that right.

[+] Luci@lemmy.ca -7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I’m confused, is this a ghost gun community?

[–] sado@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

The term "ghost gun" is a sensationalized media coined term used to excite the easily excitable. The ATF defines DIY firearms as "PMF" or Personally Made Firearms. They are 100% legal in most US jurisdictions as long as you're otherwise not a prohibited person, and they have been a part of the history of the US since before the US was a country.

As with most things, as technology progresses over time, the barrier to entry lowers. For instance, there was a time in the very recent past where the computer/phone/tablet you're using to access this site was far out of reach of the average person. But now everyone has access by default. Same goes for hobby level making of things, be they firearms or anything else. Society evolves in parallel with our abilities to understand and create. Some people use it for good, some people do not. That's a people problem, not a technology problem.

Feel free to hang around and learn. You may find yourself amazed at some of the ingenuity and creative problem solving displayed. The things you learn here can apply to other aspects of life, if this specifically isn't your thing.

[–] ndnihil@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

G-g-g-ggg-ghosts??? Zoiks!

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Looks like it