Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Be warned: using the Telegram app is like unlocking your phone and then handing it to a CCP agent.
If people insist on using that honeypot then they should only access it through browser with VPN. Even then, don't be surprised if the CCP find a way to exploit.
We carry around tracking devices in our pockets all day long. Our TVs have cameras and microphones on them, in addition to our cell phones. They don’t need telegram to gather information from us. If this is the case with telegram, it may make it a little easier, but really seriously… We have no privacy. Zero! None!
Certain bad actors can surely exploit our phones to that extent, regardless of any precautions we take. But they would need to take special action and waste resources to do so.
Apps like Telegram make it effortless for the CCP / cabal to fully exploit our phones. If you knew burglars were in your neighborhood, would you leave all your doors and windows open? Sure, there is a small chance they would just break in even with them locked...but if you make if effortless for them then you can count on being targeted.
I'm not sure how accurate this is, but I get where you're coming from. I'm only using it here for setting up a temp "lobby" area because the main site isn't finished yet, but the whole point of this project is to have another communication medium that doesn't use compromised platforms.