@Gargron Same. The forum communities I helped run were very welcoming to young people, and we always tried to treat them fairly, much like we had been treated fairly when we were younger.

And when I was a little bit older, and the US started to push their COPPA laws, children under 13 were suddenly ostensible banned from everywhere.

Things have been going down hill since then. Big Tech has fucked up the social fabric of the internet, and now draconian laws are here to deal the finishing blow.