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I disagree. Terrible take. It's never wise to discount, alienate, or exclude our youth. Growth is the name of the game and they're the ones who are going to be ushering in hopefully a better future. Who will they learn from if not us? You want them stewing with each other?
No. We maintain whatever nebulous internet "culture" we like and establish rules. Anyone, young or old, who doesn't adhere can suck eggs. That way young people learn how to act and we can hear them tell us about all the ways we need to better society.
Truly I believe that the children who develop during this time of overstimulation and rapid technological advancement will emerge maybe a bit... maladapted but better than us. Humans can be so resilient especially under supportive circumstances. Our intelligence is adaptive. So if you want to make a great internet community, maintain your respect for our kids.
So im new here for the obvious reason. This is my first comment here.
I hope to find more people with your mentality. It was nice to see a good reasoned response to a situation. So i guess i just wanted to say thank you for giving me hope that reddit shitting the bed is going to be the best thing since digg shit the bed
Ciao!
Lol omg thank you!!! That is really nice of you to say!! Weirdly, you replied to MY first comment here so welcome fellow newbie! We'll try to keep this place one we'd like to be in together.
Wholesome AF but I agree. It's my first comment using wefwef anyway, maybe 2nd or 3rd on lemmy? I was going to reply "this is the way" to your other quote lol. But you're spot on, and honestly, anyone who disagrees probably underestimated the number of young folks on Reddit, Digg, etc. in the first place. I've been on the interwebz since IRC days and showing new folks how to act is the way you build communities. It doesn't matter how old they are and nobody would ever know if they were lying about their age anyway. Cultivate good hoomans. Soooo tl;dr cheers!
Yes!! Cultivate good hoomans 100% we are on the same page.
Kids should never have been on Reddit, imo. Not because of their comments or the content they produce. But Reddit, and I guess social media in general, is for someone who can think critically and has some experience in life. Because there is so much garbage on there.
There are absolutely kids under 10 using Reddit right now, and they're getting introduced to the adult world by some of the sleaziest dysfunctional adults around. And even if they don't get that deep into Reddit, it's still not a healthy place for them. It's not healthy for adults, we all know that, but kids on Reddit are growing up with it as a major contributor to their worldviews.
You know, it's basically GIGO. Adults can, in theory, understand that what Reddit says is opinion (often extreme and bizarre opinion) and not fact, but kids won't.
I understand where you're coming from but the cat is already out of the bag. On an individual level, I'm with you. We should be limiting internet access and social media use for kids under 12 IMO. On a wide scale however, best thing we can do is be a good influence and provide a space we ourselves would like to be in so kids have an idea of what somewhere more functional (not perfect) looks like. We should be maintaining rules of respect, spam, and relevancy as best we can and we should call out uncritical takes or bad behaviors or deception. People will call collective behavior like this "the reddit hive mind" but really I've never struggled to find a dissenting opinion in most large threads. I think we just naturally create a baseline for what we consider acceptable and then people adhere to it because it makes sense. If there is a difference of opinion, SOMEONE will address it and if that difference is worth considering, we get to see those conversations and how many people agree or disagree. Yes, sometimes the hive mind has terrible takes. Sometimes you read the most terrible things from people with incredibly warped views. And if you're a kid, you're likely to be sucked into at least one toxic community based on a personal insecurity you have (like r/blackpill) but I cannot think of a better solution than providing popular, competing spaces critical of each other where people give actual reasons for their criticism.
i think what he means by kid is someone thats is not just kid age but stupid enough to know about reddit alternative so any smart mature kid is welcome ofc