i guess a bit more of a downer blog post (thonk), more reflecting on a lack of online spaces compared to when i was younger: https://zhongvie.bearblog.dev/2026-04-11/
it's easier to put the burden onto the user rather than attempt to hold giant multinational social media companies accountable for anything, for which a $15 million fine for exposing children to whatever type of objectionable content is just the cost of doing business.
I feel much the same way. It's disheartening to see how young people are being shut out from spaces. It's bad enough that teens can't hardly exist in public without grouchy adults trying to run them off, but governments and corpos are doing the same thing online too!
We need third spaces! We need people to connect with! Not just under-16s but all of us! and this legislative push will make that harder for everyone. Also interesting how abusers usually focus on isolating their targets. almost like a lot of the people spearheading this stuff *are* dangerous abusive people
unfortunately easier, and i remember reading discussions where people said social medias would be happy to have reasons to farm even more data to sell which like. i wouldn’t put it past them either tbf
fr though!!! in terms of third spaces anyway. it’s why i’m saying it feels like at this rate we might return back to forums/more niche site days being the norm vs being huddled into a few social medias (but the issue is being so fractured and finding those places)
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it's easier to put the burden onto the user rather than attempt to hold giant multinational social media companies accountable for anything, for which a $15 million fine for exposing children to whatever type of objectionable content is just the cost of doing business.
I feel much the same way. It's disheartening to see how young people are being shut out from spaces. It's bad enough that teens can't hardly exist in public without grouchy adults trying to run them off, but governments and corpos are doing the same thing online too!
We need third spaces! We need people to connect with! Not just under-16s but all of us! and this legislative push will make that harder for everyone. Also interesting how abusers usually focus on isolating their targets. almost like a lot of the people spearheading this stuff *are* dangerous abusive people
unfortunately easier, and i remember reading discussions where people said social medias would be happy to have reasons to farm even more data to sell which like. i wouldn’t put it past them either tbf
fr though!!! in terms of third spaces anyway. it’s why i’m saying it feels like at this rate we might return back to forums/more niche site days being the norm vs being huddled into a few social medias (but the issue is being so fractured and finding those places)