I don’t like Facebook, Twitter, any of those sites either nor do I use them but what I can’t get over is that people demand action and I haven’t seen any suggestions. Just a demand for change. The only thing that comes to mind in censoring messages/tweets but wow that would be a great way to kill the site.
Adults want a free, open experience for themselves but also want a safe, enclosed space for kids. In the same spot. So how do you differentiate between an adult and a kid reliably without an ID?
You can’t. And it’s why there will never be a solution. Kids will lie to get the adult freedom and then suffer the consequences be it mental or otherwise.
Letting your kid on the Internet without supervision is akin to giving them unlimited blank plane tickets. Yes they could experience some very enriching event but could and most likely will be left hurt and traumatized in an unfamiliar place.
But that kind of argument can go back to every generation for every sufficient advancement of media. “Without supervision your kids could watch something traumatizing on TV” i.e. horror movies, and I’m sure the same extends to the radio and even books. The world can be traumatizing but it isn’t the world’s responsibility to have kid-safe barriers on everything just in case.
I don’t like Facebook, Twitter, any of those sites either nor do I use them but what I can’t get over is that people demand action and I haven’t seen any suggestions. Just a demand for change. The only thing that comes to mind in censoring messages/tweets but wow that would be a great way to kill the site.
Adults want a free, open experience for themselves but also want a safe, enclosed space for kids. In the same spot. So how do you differentiate between an adult and a kid reliably without an ID?
You can’t. And it’s why there will never be a solution. Kids will lie to get the adult freedom and then suffer the consequences be it mental or otherwise.
Letting your kid on the Internet without supervision is akin to giving them unlimited blank plane tickets. Yes they could experience some very enriching event but could and most likely will be left hurt and traumatized in an unfamiliar place.
But that kind of argument can go back to every generation for every sufficient advancement of media. “Without supervision your kids could watch something traumatizing on TV” i.e. horror movies, and I’m sure the same extends to the radio and even books. The world can be traumatizing but it isn’t the world’s responsibility to have kid-safe barriers on everything just in case.
That’s my point. It’s your kids not mine. Not my job to care for them irl and not my job to care for them on the Internet.