First of all, I don’t mean this post as a complaint, maybe more of a warning?

There is teenagers on the fediverse. Most of them don’t share their age, for hopefully obvious reasons. I’d say that a lot of the accounts which do a lot of posting/commenting are run by teenagers — because most adults probably wouldn’t have the time for that much posting.

While the young people of this generation are generally useless when it comes to something more complicated than microsoft word, the people who are good at technology, usually are very good at it.

most of my friends (most of which don’t know the difference between a laptop and a desktop) could understand the fediverse as a concept perfectly when I explained it to them irl.

So, if you’re in a really stupid argument with someone, try to remember that there is a small chance they are 14.

  • @cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
    70•9 days ago

    To any teens who come across this post, do NOT admit you’re underage or were underage at time of account creation anywhere, anytime for any reason

    It’s like Rule 1 of the internet.

    Sincerely, The kids who grew alongside the internet since the 90s

    • Max-PEnglish
      21•9 days ago

      I was totally above 13 or had parental consent when I went to forums in the early 2000s. I totally wasn’t actually 9.

      It’s wild to me this concept disappeared? It’s literally never been a good idea to reveal you’re a minor online. The laws are against you. Companies don’t want to deal with a curated minor experience, even less so in the current times. If they do, you get the crappier version of things.

      The worst thing to happen to the Internet is when Facebook normalized using your real name and real info online.

      • @throwaway@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
        6•9 days ago

        I agree. The main thing is teenagers wanting to discuss stuff about them, like on r/teenagers on reddit.

        • Max-PEnglish
          6•9 days ago

          Back in the days we’d get free hosting and slap phpBB on it. Run for kids by kids, no pesky adult rules!

          Those were the days. No credit cards needed, no nothing, just free 50MB of Apache/MySQL/PHP4 hosting with no strings attached.

          If the fediverse was a thing I’d probably have had my own instance starting age 14-15ish.

    • @throwaway@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
      8•9 days ago

      On my main account (this is a throwaway, if the username didn’t already suggest that) I’m sure if you dug around enough you’d find out my age, but it would be a lot of effort.

      • clifEnglish
        2•8 days ago

        1901-01-01? Me too!

        Good to meet you birthday buddy

    • Lucy :3English
      4•9 days ago

      I was -1 years old when creating this account🚬

    • qazEnglish
      2•9 days ago

      Even if the instance doesn’t have any rules about it?

      • Rikudou_SageEnglish
        2•9 days ago

        That is not Fediverse specific. That’s general internet behaviour.