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nickyflowers posts:

it would be cool if websites let you be an adult on them. the advertisers and payment processors need everything to be Family Friendly though and their definitions of family and friendly are absolutely fucked. but since they’re in charge of the Internet now, no one is allowed to be an adult. tiktokers say things like “unalive” and “seggs” because they know death and sex are too adult for online. online is for idiot babies only now because they’re easier to market to

nickyflowers replies:
oh im sorry you’re a trans adult? super ban. you are super banned for life. you have upset Visa’s feelings. Mastercard is throwing up in the corner. how could you do this to Google Ads?

  • MBM@lemmings.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I wish we’d protect young impressionable children more. From hateful content and the alt-right pipeline.

  • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    At one time, it was the responsibility of parents to supervise their kids online and prevent them from accessing anything they weren’t ready to see. I wish we could go back to that.

    • taxiiiii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Lol, go back to what exactly? I remember the overwhelming majority of parents had literally zero clue how to deal with the internet when it first became a thing. Children went online and saw all kinds of traumatizing shit.

      I mean, at least people warned you to never post your name, age or pictures online.

      The status quo sucks, but going back doesn’t sound great either.

      • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
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        29 days ago

        Go back to parents being responsible for what their children are doing/exposed to on the internet, and not expecting the company running a site or adults using it to keep content sanitized, according to standards that aren’t always transparent or open to debate, in case kids are exposed to it.

  • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I remember reading something about something like this where someone basically gave a counter to this rhetoric of “the internet is basically a city, would you let your child walk unattended through a city? Then why should I have to self censure my site to that standard”

    It led to this crazy debate about how a city should be so safe and saccharine that a child can walk around unattended. Weird

    • stray@pawb.socialEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Children regularly walk around unattended in Sweden, and they all cus constantly as well. You hear scary evil songs like WAP playing wherever because nobody gives a shit. I think the reason they’re safe is a mix of healthcare access and other welfare programs, weapon control, and sexual education.

      I think the worst thing for kids here right now is nicotine addiction because disposable vapes are very popular with teens. And, you know, also the fact that the far right is eroding their rights and defunding said social programs.