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Allowing users to mark self as 18+ and opt out of seeing non 18+ users could be a huge leap forward for social media. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by Sprite@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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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.
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[–] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good idea on paper, an absolute disaster in practice. Seen it tried before and it was a mess

[–] Sprite@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seen it tried before

Where?

[–] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 2 points 1 year ago

There were a bunch of smaller social media platforms I've been on around 2016 that did the separation for age and it usually just ended up with 18- marking themselves as 18+ and vice versa. I can't remember the name for it. I think one was called teen network or something. And the other one was a mobile app with a blue target logo.