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The parts of the internet that are now banned for Australian teenagers are unlikely to change their lives in a positive way and much more likely to lead them in
by poolnoodle 10mo ago
The parts of the internet that are now banned for Australian teenagers are unlikely to change their lives in a positive way and much more likely to lead them into mental illness.
- whimsicalism 10mo agoI taught myself advanced math as a middle schooler and high schooler on youtube, which is now illegal. Could they really not make it more targeted?
- skydhash 10mo agoI taught myself programming, drawing, and 3d modeling on the internet. But it was on platforms like SiteDuZero and various forums. Even today, if you go on something like https://bbs.archlinux.org https://bbs.archlinux.org , it's very hard to land on something like the cesspool the homepage of YouTube and X can be.
- whimsicalism 10mo agothere is lots of very good educational content that is only available on youtube.
- rustystump 10mo agoBehind the mountains of absolute brainrot. I agree. Yt has amazing content But the majority that trends is garbage
- whimsicalism 10mo agowell i’m sorry some kids (and adults) are idiots who enjoy brain rot, but i would have been pissed as a kid if the adults came for my intellectual communities because some kids are morons