As an adult, it feels weird to say this, but it's probably the former child in me speaking: This is absolutely beautiful. It sounds like the vibrant, lawless communities no longer found on 4chan and obscure forums that are now dead. Children and teenagers finding their own way without adult supervision. If I was 15 years younger I would probably download Roblox right now.
Keeping the pedos and other bad actors out is probably impossible, instead society and parenting should focus on educating children on the dangers and mitigation.
Teach them not to give out personal information, not to send pictures they wouldn't want the whole world to see and not to be too trusting and they should be good. If they follow those rules, this kind of exploring and creation of (youth) culture is actually safer than anything that happens irl.
Whatever happened to Second Life, where all of this should be possible without fighting censorship?
> This is absolutely beautiful. It sounds like the vibrant, lawless communities no longer found on 4chan and obscure forums that are now dead.
Leaving aside the fact that a lack of strict moderation where kids congregate is a virtual smorgasbord for pedophiles, remember that the "vibrant, lawless community" of 4chan and the like gave rise to a right-wing movement powerful enough to put Trump into office. It was Marcuse's repressive tolerance being played out before our eyes.
An increasingly censored and regulated internet is inevitable, for the good of civilization.
[+] [-] Traubenfuchs|5 years ago|reply
Keeping the pedos and other bad actors out is probably impossible, instead society and parenting should focus on educating children on the dangers and mitigation.
Teach them not to give out personal information, not to send pictures they wouldn't want the whole world to see and not to be too trusting and they should be good. If they follow those rules, this kind of exploring and creation of (youth) culture is actually safer than anything that happens irl.
Whatever happened to Second Life, where all of this should be possible without fighting censorship?
[+] [-] bitwize|5 years ago|reply
Leaving aside the fact that a lack of strict moderation where kids congregate is a virtual smorgasbord for pedophiles, remember that the "vibrant, lawless community" of 4chan and the like gave rise to a right-wing movement powerful enough to put Trump into office. It was Marcuse's repressive tolerance being played out before our eyes.
An increasingly censored and regulated internet is inevitable, for the good of civilization.
[+] [-] throwaway4747l|5 years ago|reply