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[-] RichLich@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] razorwiregoatlick@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of Reddit around 2010.

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[-] heffa@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

the kids are alright

[-] wacken@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Forget reddit or Lemmy. Kids love Instagram more than anything else!

[-] binocry@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
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[-] Nobody@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It's so good because a lot of people have been waiting for a viable alternative to Reddit for half a decade or longer. It's non-corporate internet, the way it should be.

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[-] jcg@halubilo.social 8 points 1 year ago

What do you mean? I'm 16/f/cali

[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

If you want, we can all pretend to be kids just like on /r/teenagers.

That place was so creepy.

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[-] Purpureo@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

I loved reddit but there were definitely times where it felt like I was in a high school cafeteria.

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[-] simo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

The deep rock galactic subreddit got overrun by kids and their stupid, shit memes, long live Lemmy!

[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hiiiiiii guys! ~

I'm new heeereeeee! Am 12/f/cali looking for cutey cutey fweends!!!!! Uwu

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[-] archomrade@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

Huh... I just thought everyone here was just well spoken and kind

[-] Scew@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Upfront it's like that. You can still "make the wrong comment" and get attacked by people for extended periods of time who seem to have nothing better to do than dig through huge threads looking to argue with strangers who are already getting downvoted.

Edit: thankfully it's actually kind of fun having all of them argue with chatGPT.

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[-] Nioxic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The "asshole" users will show up too. they're not nessecarily kids

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[-] hunte@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The internet as a whole was much better when websites and services were not designed to cater to kids.

[-] fishhf@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago

The internet was good when it's all just geeks

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[-] kilkil2@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I'm torn between "hey that's ageism" and "yeah! those younger than me can rot in hell"

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