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Of course the trolls are wrong for trolling, but trolling is a fact of life on the web. When I was a kid I was told to never link any online account with my re
by gatherhunterer 7y ago
Of course the trolls are wrong for trolling, but trolling is a fact of life on the web.
When I was a kid I was told to never link any online account with my real identity and to always regard every person encountered on the web as a potential bad actor. The article begins with the story of an 11-year-old whose identity is linked to a public Twitter account.
There is a distinct lack of recognition for the failures in parenting taking place here. Personal safety and privacy are necessities for a healthy childhood, a public soapbox is not.
- scarmig 7y agoEven if the parents have failed in some way, I hope you'd agree that the people trolling children online are far worse. Including President Trump.
- Stronico 7y agoMy first thought is that it's like taking children to a strip club. Twitter and the online political world are just inherently unfit for children. It would be one thing if the kids were doing original research and social media were the only way to distribute the research, but neither of those are true.
- notus 7y agoWe should be asking how we can make these better environments for children, because saying children can't use a public twitter account is not going to fly. Also attributing it to bad parenting is also a cop-out in my opinion. Not all of these concerns are immediately visible to parents. If they don't use twitter themselves they might not be aware of how it can be used.