Post B7MJydki73WdrkcUue by elricofmelnibone@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B7MIFLCK9TW9KnN6mm by FlashMobOfOne@mstdn.social
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@Gargron Some form of regulation is inevitable. All we had to worry about as kids were popup ads.The product these kids are using is harmful and built that way deliberately. I don't know what the right solution is, though. It would be good if parents were more active, but they're not. This problem persists because the vast majority park a child in front of a screen and leave them there.
(DIR) Post #B7MIIiYtk0l6fKXaUK by aho@mastodon.social
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@Gargron back then we had IRC and things was a lot more relaxed and yes we did send mirc killing dcc commands when entering channels to get rid of all the microsoft users 😂 🤣
(DIR) Post #B7MInRbEr9Y52FHr7I by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
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@Gargron And we still can, as this legislation is targeted at the most dangerous and exploitative techbros.Mastodon is a wonderful alternative and I'm so glad I found a community here. Huge 👏 to you for making it happen.
(DIR) Post #B7MJXOHvV5vW5NAA3U by mossman@vivaldi.net
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@Gargron started chatting through ICQ with someone on the other side of the world 25 years ago. Moved on to voice (and occasional video) calls on NetMeeting shortly after. Progressed onto Skype after we arranged to meet up in IRL. Now been married 20 years.Which is to say - our lives would have been totally different if either of us had to ID ourselves on any of those platforms in the beginning... The whole theme back then was the wild west - in fact our first conversation was about if we were talking to scammers or chatbots - ha ha ha!So not only are we denying kids the freedom to find people and make friends, I'm pretty certain our younger selves would never have enjoyed that freedom either. Back then we enjoyed discovery through anonymous contact and neither of us would have registered with the Stasi at any stage. (And still won't! As internet old-timers we still use pseudonyms with no personal data as far as possible...)
(DIR) Post #B7MJZ3FggQKvQFuKMi by frog_reborn@mstdn.social
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@Gargron In fairness, it's only the big platforms that are being restricted. Although in terms of policy that just seems like kicking the can further down the road. Banning platform X and Y isn't really gonna do anything to truly solve the harms young people (and everyone else) may be exposed to.
(DIR) Post #B7MJydki73WdrkcUue by elricofmelnibone@mastodon.social
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@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.
(DIR) Post #B7MK24nE2768bER0u8 by grishka@friends.grishka.me
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I met most people I consider my friends right now thanks to VKontakte's "club1" app developer community, either directly or indirectly. I signed up for VK when I was 14 years old, and was active on various online forums way before that. I was also a socially awkward kid until my late teens. The internet helped me escape that uncomfortable reality. Without all that, I would definitely not have been the person I am now.
(DIR) Post #B7MKjFL6hIETlErrEm by ocelot221@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Unfortunately the internet is a much more toxic place than when we were teens.
(DIR) Post #B7MNWibcsEsYcwJPea by ij@cupoftea.social
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@Gargron I wonder why they didn't try to make cigarettes only smokeable by adults, rather than just saying children can't buy cigarettes? But then how do children afford smartphones anyway? It's the parents who should tackle these problems. #ageverification
(DIR) Post #B7MOJpRIFwtq0fteng by realcainmosni@mastodon.me.uk
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@gargron Contemporary social media has been engineered to prey on addictive habits that younger generations have already been acclimatised to (which is not to say our generation cannot also fall victim).The simple truth is society should be regulating the producers and publishers, not the consumers. The answer is not banning children from online interaction (including through games), but unfortunately we have allowed the platforms to become too wealthy, powerful, and influential.
(DIR) Post #B7MRSyOSdKeEFYcjeC by Guillotine_Jones@beige.party
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@Gargron How about we ban Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, and the rest of the tech and media billionaires and give EVERYONE their life back.
(DIR) Post #B7MRdI8e4qH2Nq98qm by wjmaggos@liberal.city
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@Gargron imo social media isn't the problem but the algos are bad for everyone. are they considering chat rooms to be social media? I wish we'd all clearly distinguish the very public posting with boosts as social media, while calling most everything else social networking. I think my daughter did well chatting with friends while not being subject to corporate platforms.
(DIR) Post #B7MZK1hhktZPXmrzXM by pa27@mastodon.social
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@Gargron This is a BS policy from a weak desperate leader, pandering to the right. If he had a spine he'd do something to actually help people. If he cared about child safety and had a spine, he'd regulate the SM platforms, make them responsible for bad content.
(DIR) Post #B7MbkJGxG4lVTA1CVM by GOKUSHRM@mastodon.social
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@Gargron UK gov doing the right thing
(DIR) Post #B7McR0wzFsBj632e12 by NicelyManifest@mastodon.social
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@Gargron I grew up in the 1970s and had a great childhood with many connections with no electronic devices except TV and radio.Phones can enable greater access but face to face is an order of magnitude different.
(DIR) Post #B7N1WYdpuwCrtDp9wu by Irisherself@mastodon.social
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@Gargron so why are you moving there then, by all means??!
(DIR) Post #B7NiUTTaRlyLJsHbqS by Gargron@mastodon.social
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@Irisherself This is a bit of a silly question when you think about it for a bit, right?
(DIR) Post #B7O9v0xrG5d7TOK1IW by Irisherself@mastodon.social
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@Gargron 👀 if you're going to fix them then leave tomorrow 🤞
(DIR) Post #B7OBGipTSujNYKJbma by Gargron@mastodon.social
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@Irisherself Have you ever moved country?
(DIR) Post #B7OBM1Lk2BQwRNw0cC by Irisherself@mastodon.social
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@Gargron yes a few times... continents too... I wish you well and apologise if you would think otherwise
(DIR) Post #B7OBTn2b7MW4NagWh6 by Gargron@mastodon.social
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@Irisherself Then you should surely understand how much time, effort, and money goes into it? And that it's quite impractical to turn everything around 2 weeks before move date because of something that just happened?
(DIR) Post #B7OCXMuiIe9iSaGduK by Irisherself@mastodon.social
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@Gargron but they (postbrexitUK) have been bad for so long now 😞
(DIR) Post #B7OD0zzA6wEA2LTdNg by Gargron@mastodon.social
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@Irisherself If you start following any country's politics you start finding stupid laws and politicians, what other anglophone country where some friends and family live do you think I should be moving to instead?
(DIR) Post #B7ODCuUCNpYoSJfqDY by Irisherself@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Croatia, and nevermind other people or language 😅
(DIR) Post #B7OpV2OfVSQMSf9rWa by uxcn@mastodon.xyz
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@Gargron Humans could not possibly affect any healthy social interaction without physical proximity.I am being sarcastic for anybody that does not recognize or know me.