Fediverse for teens - lemm.ee
I have three teenage daughters who are currently not allowed on social media.
But I want to give them some ability before they become adults. My eldest gave
me a PowerPoint presentation on why she should be allowed on Snapchat, lol. She
made some good points. Her friend group has a group text and she wants to keep
up with everyone but doesn’t want to get the ding notifications constantly.
Feels like a good opportunity for a Fediverse platform. Like a closed
Mastodon/Pixelfed server and have some parental controls. Any projects out
there?
Poor kids. Teenagers need communication with other teenagers, or they would grow up crazy like you.
There are more and more kids who aren’t allowed on social media because of its multifarious harms. Don’t forget that 20 years ago, no kids had social media. By all accounts, kids were doing fine back then. Also, OP said that her eldest daughter, at least, has a friend group, so your concern about their social isolation is probably misplaced.
Well, realistically, things have changed. Without social media you get quite left out. Easily forgotten even.
You are right. But if things have changed, they can change again. Many countries are in the process of banning smart phones in schools and are legislating age minimums for social media. In such environments, access to social media becomes much less important. I think a better long-term approach would be to mitigate the risks of social media, and the fediverse is already addressing some of the big problems like corporate control of information and algorithmic curation of content. I like the idea of social media, but i hate the (prevalent) implementation.
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