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In the '90s, a lot of dial-up BBS were owned by <16yo teens. Later the same happened with internet forum. Today, you'd think 16yo is old enough to have your own
by ghssds 2y ago
In the '90s, a lot of dial-up BBS were owned by <16yo teens. Later the same happened with internet forum. Today, you'd think 16yo is old enough to have your own social media. Maybe a Mastodon or Lemmy instance, or something unfederated like an old phpBB forum or something. Yet the australian gov think these same people aren't old enough to access a social media! They should incite their teens to have one in their bedroom, fcs.
- Benjamin_Dobell 2y agoI'm not sure precisely how this legislation is to be phrased, however I assume all the use cases you presented from the 90s are still permitted. Social media is a very different beast than closed communities / interest groups.
- im3w1l 2y agoI don't think it's nearly that clearcut. Just to take an example, these days a lot of communities / interest groups are organized as Facebook Groups. Or subreddits. Is reddit social media? It has an algorithmic feed mainpage, it has profiles and likes and dms. You can make self-posts that are not posted to any subreddit just to your own profile. So if you think about it, it's actually very similar to facebook from a feature standpoint. But the culture is different. What about discord? I think it was originally meant for voice chat, but it also hosts communities / interest groups and quite a lot of other social network features. It does however not have a feed of posts, and you can't post things to your own profile. But you can set a status, which often is the precursor to a feed.
- bigfatkitten 2y ago> Social media is a very different beast than closed communities / interest groups. Those are explicitly within scope for this plan also.