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[oberstenzian@mastodon.social]

@gabrielesvelto Let’s do both.

[squarefaelltein@mastodon.social]

@gabrielesvelto me no sci-fi man, but:

What Data says.

[staticr@guild.pmdcollab.org]

@gabrielesvelto Social Media exclusively owned by teenagers.

[doin@c7.io]

@gabrielesvelto Fediverse forever!

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@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

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@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

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@StaticR

There are probably some teenager-run Fedi sites. So that's already a thing!

@gabrielesvelto

[ultraverified@mastodon.sdf.org]

@gbargoud @Space_Burger_Steve @txtechnician @gabrielesvelto

You could almost call it a 'federation' , but without the 'starfleet command' bit.

[qccechris@mastodon.social]

@gabrielesvelto Banninq billionaires from owning anything

[lumi@snug.moe]

@gabrielesvelto ban billionaires from existing

[ricci@discuss.systems]

@argv_minus_one @StaticR @gabrielesvelto maybe I should set up one for my teen!

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@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

[ricci@discuss.systems]

@argv_minus_one @StaticR @gabrielesvelto I had a buddy who ran a BBS out of his house in high school...

[silvermoon82@wandering.shop]

@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.

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@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

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@silvermoon82

Grass grows, sun shines, birds fly, and nerdy kids operate fun network servers.

@ricci @StaticR @gabrielesvelto

[ricci@discuss.systems]

@silvermoon82 @argv_minus_one @StaticR @gabrielesvelto man I miss the local BBS scene

We had one that was a chartroom that would occasionally break out in a gunfight (in like a programmed way). What a stupid and awesome idea

[ricci@discuss.systems]

@argv_minus_one @silvermoon82 @StaticR @gabrielesvelto you've convinced me, the kid will get some sort of homegrown social media server this weekend

[gdinwiddie@mastodon.social]

@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.

[the_wub@mastodon.social]

@ricci @argv_minus_one @silvermoon82 @StaticR @gabrielesvelto Remember to install Luanti on it too!