Post B5csHwkPVVYLReAMEq by wjmaggos@liberal.city
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(DIR) Post #B5crsqZzIqfT4jK3xw by gabrielesvelto@mas.to
2026-04-24T17:12:18Z
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(DIR) Post #B5csFbYhJf1l9KZSLo by benis_redux@cawfee.club
2026-04-24T17:40:25.640717Z
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(DIR) Post #B5csHwkPVVYLReAMEq by wjmaggos@liberal.city
2026-04-24T17:40:36Z
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@gabrielesvelto the conversation is always about social media generally instead of corporate social media platforms with algos, ads and data mining. the fedi proves it can work well for everyone without the bad stuff when you don't try to get rich or have to pay back VCs.
(DIR) Post #B5d0vGtBM3UEq7X0q0 by EvolLove@noauthority.social
2026-04-24T19:17:38Z
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@gabrielesvelto How about banning Jews from owning social media?
(DIR) Post #B5dhZl1MwL0fx0Lffs by StaticR@guild.pmdcollab.org
2026-04-24T23:30:48Z
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@gabrielesvelto Social Media exclusively owned by teenagers.
(DIR) Post #B5dhZmDSUsH5en0q9o by argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-04-25T01:43:06Z
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@StaticR There are probably some teenager-run Fedi sites. So that's already a thing!@gabrielesvelto
(DIR) Post #B5dhZn0NYzPG6VtuPQ by ricci@discuss.systems
2026-04-25T02:46:42Z
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@argv_minus_one @StaticR @gabrielesvelto maybe I should set up one for my teen!
(DIR) Post #B5dhZnu2E3vSt7wM9w by argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-04-25T02:49:03Z
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@ricci I take it your teen isn't interested in doing it themselves?I know I'd have been all over it when I was that age. I'd have been all, “I could run my own social media site? HOLY S**T WHERE DO I SIGN?!?”Sadly I was on dialup…@StaticR @gabrielesvelto
(DIR) Post #B5dhZongt8RffjynuS by ricci@discuss.systems
2026-04-25T02:50:27Z
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@argv_minus_one @StaticR @gabrielesvelto I had a buddy who ran a BBS out of his house in high school...
(DIR) Post #B5dhZpXm7nJByfXbk0 by silvermoon82@wandering.shop
2026-04-25T02:57:49Z
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@ricci @argv_minus_one @StaticR @gabrielesvelto Yeah, late 90s when I was in high school, a bunch of the local BBSes were run by high school students.
(DIR) Post #B5dhZqKLDE9mPIGORM by argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-04-25T03:00:32Z
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@silvermoon82 And now we have all manner of whimsical Fedi sites, at least some of which are almost certainly run by teens.Nature is healing!@ricci @StaticR @gabrielesvelto
(DIR) Post #B5dhZr1EdkT4YKKeIa by argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-04-25T03:03:56Z
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@silvermoon82 Grass grows, sun shines, birds fly, and nerdy kids operate fun network servers.@ricci @StaticR @gabrielesvelto
(DIR) Post #B5dhf81Crbk6ivpk9Y by ricci@discuss.systems
2026-04-25T03:08:45Z
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@argv_minus_one @silvermoon82 @StaticR @gabrielesvelto you've convinced me, the kid will get some sort of homegrown social media server this weekend
(DIR) Post #B5dz38qt79rfTo2ks4 by fluffykittycat@furry.engineer
2026-04-25T06:30:58Z
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@wjmaggos @gabrielesvelto half of it is I think many people don't know that any alternatives to Instagram and X exist or are ontologically possible, and part of it is intentional
(DIR) Post #B5dz8Zrw5rwUie7qnA by oberstenzian@mastodon.social
2026-04-24T22:39:32Z
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@gabrielesvelto Let’s do both.
(DIR) Post #B5dz8au6FJGdve95ns by argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-04-25T01:33:39Z
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@oberstenzian Let's not. Kids are people, not property to be muted at a whim. If they have something to say, the government has no business stopping them from saying it in the place where the general public will hear them, and in 2026 that place is social media.Frankly I'm shocked at how quickly freedom of speech flies out the window. When I was in school, I was taught that freedom of speech is sacred and our ancestors died for it! Am I the only one who took it to heart?@gabrielesvelto
(DIR) Post #B5dz8bxKKnRXBwfBTM by argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-04-25T01:38:37Z
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@oberstenzian And what would you sacrifice it for? The convenience of not having to set up parental controls on the devices you give your children? That hardly justifies the burden you'd impose on everyone else.Are you perhaps worried that your kids will find some other adult who will give them another, unlocked device and social media account to use? Because even with age verification they can still do that!@gabrielesvelto
(DIR) Post #B5dz8cor7mGFrxhvuK by gdinwiddie@mastodon.social
2026-04-25T03:55:55Z
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@argv_minus_one @gabrielesvelto @oberstenzian When I was a teenager, I learned to make decisions about my own behavior. Yes, I did things that my parents disapproved of. We kept talking, and got through it with growth for us all. With my own son, my wife taught me that the important part was to maintain communication. That means listening as well as speaking. Forbidding behavior shuts down that communication.Talk of what you want, not what you don’t want.
(DIR) Post #B5dzCzLTJamQtJ2nEO by argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-04-25T06:28:11Z
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@gdinwiddie This! Kids aren't stupid. They can be reasoned with. In fact they *must* be reasoned with; they don't learn anything from unexplained commandments.And does anyone else remember their own childhood? Sometimes I was rash and arrogant, sure, but I wasn't dumb, and neither were my fellow kids. We figured out for ourselves how to stay safe online.Now I'm supposed to believe that kids these days aren't born with brains? Baloney. Of course they are.@gabrielesvelto @oberstenzian
(DIR) Post #B5gHK4diDUXwpS1Xo8 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-26T09:02:16Z
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@gabrielesvelto @franoreilly Why wouldn’t they use what they own?