I have three teenage daughters who are currently not allowed on social media. But I want to give them some ability before they become adults. My eldest gave me a PowerPoint presentation on why she should be allowed on Snapchat, lol.

She made some good points. Her friend group has a group text and she wants to keep up with everyone but doesn’t want to get the ding notifications constantly.

Feels like a good opportunity for a Fediverse platform. Like a closed Mastodon/Pixelfed server and have some parental controls. Any projects out there?

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

Not the most related, but if Instagram becomes an issue, there is an Instagram patched app which is DMs only

[–] thirtyfold8625@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 week ago

For real-time communication, the most suitable solutions are probably documented around https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/ (note that email is not recommended for person-to-person conversations).

[–] riverSpirit@thelemmy.club -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you were my parent, I would have actively resented for the rest of my life from you for destroying my social life like that. Communicating with peers and engaging with them in their 3rd spaces is essential life learning.

And the next step would be finding ways to circumvent your ridiculous rules.

You’re not going to create a perfect adult free from social media use. You’re going to create an adult who doesn’t want to know you because you’re a control freak.

You’re the equivalent of those Christian nuts removing Harry Potter books from their kids for promoting devil worship.

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