NO EU citizen access allowed
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I don't think this is a very useful contribution.
We are sorry, but our site does not allow membership from any citizen that is part of the EU. This is due to their governing authorities belief that the GDPR applies to ANY site that a member citizen participates in, no matter that the destination site has no business nor physical presence in a country that those same governemental authorities have jurisdiction over.
The requirements to comply are overly burdensome for a small site that is paid for out of the admins personal funds to comply with. Due to this fact, we have decided that allowing access to EU based citizens is an encumbrance that we will not accept.
Using a proxy service or bypassing the geolocation blocking that is occurring by anyone to become a member is not allowed. If you really desire to use this site (and mayhap others that block EU members) then I would recommend you contact your elected officials to complain about the GDPR and issues that it is causing. And no, your EU Commission is not an elected body - it's an appointed one so you need to complain to your nations elected officials. Note that it may do no good as the EU commission is only beholden to the EU and carries out its desires based upon that outlook. In case you can't tell, no, I don't like the EU as it's to much like a one world government - which I find to be similar to one size fits all clothing.
Once (and if) there is a clarification on several questionable aspects of the GDPR we may open access back up.
Personally, my government - the US government - feels much more like a one world government than the EU.
Eg, look at all of the reporting requirements that foreign banks must do if they have a US citizen as a client. This may include a US/German dual national who lives in Germany and has an account in a German bank.
Then there's the US policy of extraordinary rendition, including to places where the kidnapped people were tortured.
And of course the active US military presence in, what, 70+ countries, and military operations in about 1/2 of the world's countries. https://www.thenation.com/article/us-special-forces-are-oper... .