Hi, I’ve been considering jumping to Nearly Free Speech, but I’m super confused abt it… Is there any way to create an account without supplying my full address?? Does having a guestbook count against this rule:
These types of sites will be shut down without notice or warning the first time an unresolved issue is brought to our attention: sites that allow anonymous, unregistered, unmoderated content posting (e.g., “chan” sites)
No, they’re talking about mass message boards with no moderation policies, like 4chan (that’s what they mean by “chan” sites). These kinds of sites often have people post illegal content, which can blow back on the hosting company for hosting that kind of content.
I guess if people started using your guestbook that way you could get in trouble, but all it takes is moderating the posts and making sure nobody is posting illegal content or anything like that.
As far as I know, there’s no way to create an account on Nearly Free Speech without providing contact details. Presumably the provider needs to be able to contact you if there’s an issue with payment.
Nor can you register a domain without doing so, but you can pay to have the contact details for your domain obfuscation.
Nobody from NFS has given me grief about my guestbook either, but copying entries over from atabook.org probably counts as moderation. Basically, as long as you aren’t doing illegal shit or encouraging others to do so, you probably won’t get hassled by NFS.
Just be advised that tech support that doesn’t involve reading FAQs or searching the forum will cost you extra. NFS expects customers to be able to use SSH and SFTP, for example.
is it possible to transfer a domain i buy on NFS to another host if i need to?
I don’t have any experience with NFS in particular, but I believe almost all providers do let you do this (I can’t imagine them not). You initiate the transfer at the receiving DNS provider, and release a lock at the original one. There is sometimes some back and forth, but usually you can refresh on the receiving end until the info comes through. I’ve done it a few times and it’s pretty painless once you go through all the steps.
good bc i already bought one ^^"
idk if it’s for europe only (i hope not) but ive never had to pay for whois protection it has always been included
In the US, it usually costs extra.
honestly that’s disgusting. privacy should not be an upcharge
We do a lot of vile shit in the US.
you can say that again
it depends what company you use. Namecheap does it for free.