Post B1m0Y3bUwYMMMwDFS4 by emilianosandri@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #B1m0Y3bUwYMMMwDFS4 by emilianosandri@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2025-12-30T10:16:38Z
       
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       One of the things we lost when most moved to communities hosted on few big tech sites were kid friendly Internet communities. Some of my first steps on the web were con Animal Crossing and Pokèmon communities where I learned the netiquette (the young adults who moderated the forums had the patience of saints 😅) and made friendships who last to this day.Those communities were safe (human moderators intervened in case of issues and answered parents inquiries), cozy (no algorithms continuously showing you bad news or arguments to generate engagement) and lighthearted. On top of that most had their own Internet domain so parents could blacklist/whitelist stuff with simple router based rules without resorting to more invasive parental control apps, something which is harder to do when kid gets Discord, X or Instagram because “all my friends have it”/“I need it for school!”.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1m0anpY2qbqJk5rxA by contaminase@wandering.shop
       2025-12-30T10:38:35Z
       
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       @emilianosandri I can't say my early teens communities were "kid friendly". A lot of content deemed adult.I don't see big problems nevertheless, it was a fine part of coming of age.