I understand that. And it makes sense. Speaking for myself, there are other things that I also find are harmful to people who are either young, impressionable,

I understand that. And it makes sense. Speaking for myself, there are other things that I also find are harmful to people who are either young, impressionable, or both. I seem to be in a bind here, using the person who I was during that period of my life (Tumblr using) as a measuring stick for how I see things today. There are clearly some faults with this. The thing is that, if I were to affect my beliefs and moral coordinates as an expectation on social media and the channels of public discourse…I would have to settle on just a message board. I’m using message boards as just an example of a possible solution where the desired control is there minus federation (which I don’t care about). If we all were to affect our beliefs and moral coordinates as expectations onto social media and online discourse…what would come about? This is a conflicting topic to me. I’m aware that I’m speaking into the void here now, zimpenfish. I don’t expect you to respond or read where I’m going with all of this but you’ve got me going now. All in all I just think that there are some issues present online that will not be solved online, necessarily. On one side are the real life matters relevant to society and our well-being. And then there are things like “open standards”…and then there’s everything in between that connects the two. I think the message board idea is a fine one.