Swiflie users who log on are shown a splash screen indicating the service will close for good on November 17.
Zero news on the interwebs about this yet, but my guess is that it has to do with overbearing regulation from the EU (which Swiflie has had trouble dealing with over the last several months).
Swiflie, you see, is a meme posting and reposting site. To me, it was the best follower to the defunct, but once super popular, Yik Yak.
But, to the EU, reposting memes is a copyright violation. And under new-ish EU regulations, the host site is guilty of the violation, not the reposter.
Yeah … I know … I thought half the point of memes was reposting them.
I guess the mandarins at the EU didn’t get the message.
Oh yeah … I forgot … they’re well-intentioned, and that will make everything better.
P.S. In truth, Swiflie is promising to re-open some day. I won’t cross my fingers.
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