Thank you for sharing this. I felt a wave of sadness reading it, not just for the departure of a valued member, but for the quiet fading of what this space used to represent.

I'm newer than some, but what drew me here wasnt attention or numbers it was the heart of true nudism: freedom, trust, body acceptance, and meaningful connection. Lately, Ive seen too many profiles that seem disconnected from that spirit. The shift is subtle, but real.

Your words reminded me of why I joined in the first place and why I still log in. Its up to each of us to hold space for what we do want here. To nudge, to speak up, to post more intentionally, and to support the real ones still showing up.

I dont have a master plan, but Im in. Lets preserve the kind of community where stories matter, kindness counts, and nudism isnt a costume for other motives.

Anyone else feeling this? I'd love to connect with others who care about the deeper meaning of this lifestyle.

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I genuinely want for the administrators of the website to share in the vision that many of us have.

This website meant a lot earlier to many more people, but with the changes to the internet in the USA and in the majority of nations in the world, if not the whole rest of the world, challenges are on the horizons.

The internet feels so much less safe with the forced age restrictions. Necessary in some people's minds, but they are not absolutely neccessary and are not the answer that guarantees the maintenance of the balance between privacy and security.

Zero-Knowledge proofs are able to work, should one find the ability to program them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof

For reference, Wikipedia and the Wikimedia foundation are suing the UK Government over the mandated age-verification system forced onto users of Wikipedia by the website at the behest of the UK government.

Zero-Knowledge Proofs prove the same facts needed to be "verified" with "age verification systems" on the internet without invading on one's personal identity.

For real though, look at what happened to the Tea app!

Look at how bad it could be with that, and just imagine that to any website where you really do not know the founders of the website.

That is how I feel it really is that bad. I think this requires heavy assessment of where any website is inside the world.

Some say tea "is just the worst-case scenario."

I really think people need to not trust Google anymore at the surface level without at least a grain of salt. Ideally, no website should incorporate anything from Google, YouTube, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix, Hulu, ABC NBC CNN Warner-HBO-Discovery Verizon, or A.T.&T. or T. Mobile or Yahoo, Corporations. Not from any of those specifically, And they should not incorporate the share button from any of those companies or their "platforms."

Any website letting cookies be baked into the system really needs to change the website to a basic level to prevent cookies from scraping and stealing your web content automatically.

That is what I feel really is going on with the internet right now.

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