Many users do not desire to interact with underage users for many reasons. Some underage users may wish to opt out of seeing 18+ users so they may bond with people closer to them in age or perhaps for safety. I think a functionality to

  • mark your account as 18+
  • hide content from accounts who didn’t mark self as 18+
  • hide content from accounts who marked self as 18+ would be very useful to those users and set a higher standard of personalized experience for users engaging with social media.
  • nakal@kbin.social
    22·
    9 months ago

    I don’t feel uncomfortable talking to kids. Why should I start to be?

    Kids and juveniles can learn a lot from adults. Conversations with adults make them smart.

    I don’t believe this is the right way.

    • ᦓρɾιƚҽ@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      This isn’t a suggestion to make this mandatory, nowhere did I say such a thing. If you wish to speak to underage people, it’s your choice, as it should be theirs to disable this possibility, as it should be mine to disable visibility of their content.

      • nakal@kbin.social
        21·
        9 months ago

        It’s easy not to talk or not to read content from other people. Why is age relevant here? It does as much as sense to me as to have an option to block other genders, religions or even skin colors.