Mastodawn

Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. At 15 he became a foundational member of Creative Commons. He was working on precursors to markdown at 16.

We should not be locking young people out of our communities and keeping them away from digital tools that can open doors for them, expand their knowledge, sharpen their skills, and help them grow into well-rounded adults.

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Ga Schu 6d ago

@nathandyer
I'm not sure about the point of the post.
1. anecdotal evidence is not a solid back up for an argument.
2. I don't think anybody is blocking young people from tinkering at home?
3. Putting hurdles in the way adds motivation to learn or find creative ways how to circumvent them.
4. Big corporations have teams of psychologists convincing people to spend time on their platforms. The assumption that young people are cleverer than them is disrespecting the psychological profession.

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Supermoosie

@schuga @nathandyer

I have been using electronic social media since before it had a name. Started on bbs and chat bbs.

Being a quiet shy bullied kid, it opened up a whole new world. Would have loved to had what we have now as a way of communicating, learning and collaboration and creativity.

Happy to have the kids on social media.