Danielle ForéMay 10
I started elementary (the open source project) as a high school student. When we were building the first versions of our desktop environment, one of our core developers was in high school and his parents accompanied him to the Ubuntu Developer Summit. How many things we have today wouldn’t exist if young people weren’t allowed to participate? The cost of not creating spaces that we can safely share with young people is too high
Show threadMartin TaibrMay 10

@danirabbit I don't think "safely" is even relevant. I had unfiltered access to the net since I was ~12 and I turned out fine. A friend told me she started watching porn when she was 13 and she turned out fine.

Yes, some people end up as NEETs/shut-ins/incels but those are outliers good for clickbait headlines. If we (decisions should be made by people, not politicians) are to restrict freedoms, we need sufficient proof of a causal relationship.

Until them, age-restrictionists can fuck off.

Show threadDanielle Foré
@martin_t i was thinking of safety more in terms of from predatory adults. In terms of content I wish that our society was focused a lot more on violent content. I’m not a child psychologist but I think being exposed to extreme violence and death is probably not good for anyone to see let alone a child. Being exposed to sexuality as a teen seems vaguely developmentally appropriate. I remember reading gay smut with my friends in class lol
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