• Granixo@feddit.cl
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    1 year ago

    Ban them, exile them all!

    Edit: Ok, i may have been a bit too vague with this comment. So i’ll be more specific. ⬇️

    Some platforms like Tiktok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube have been nothing but harmful to youngsters (from all ages), due to their manipulative algorithm and poor content management.

    So i do believe there should be a much more stronger restriction in access to those platforms.

    Something like, you can register at 16 with your parent’s permission, or something like that.

    Now i now that sounds very drastic, but consider this:

    1- It has been proven time and time again how social media has done more harm than good to teenagers.

    2- I’m only talking about about platforms owned by the big corporations, platforms here on the Fediverse are (from my perspective) much more safer (in the sense that you don’t really see harmful content if you don’t want to).

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      1- It has been proven time and time again how social media has done more harm than good to teenagers.

      2- I’m only talking about about platforms owned by the big corporations, platforms here on the Fediverse are (from my perspective) much more safer (in the sense that you don’t really see harmful content if you don’t want to).

      1. Where has it been proven that its done more harm than good? Have studies been done to actually explore what ‘good’ it has allowed, or is the litmus test for it only about what harm may have been affected on teenagers? Whats your basis for this claim?

      2. The Fediverse is equally unsafe if you consider your take in an objective manner rather than just play on what you feel moment to moment.

      3. What’s your take on 4chan?

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      Something like, you can register at 16 with your parent’s permission

      Point is - how do you prove the person is of the “right” age noninvasively? Not like the mainstream social media platforms were already friendly to anonymity, but all the methods I can think of are on a whole another level.

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        1 year ago

        I know, that’s very muddy waters right there.

        But again, i only meant that for the big platforms.

        I don’t think age verification should be necessary on the Fediverse.

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        1 year ago

        Because a vast majority of teenagers misuse/overuse social media (cyber-bullying, social isolation, phone addiction, and so on…)