Oh, I loaded up the page previously before your edit. Regarding the edit, not only will it prevent kids accessing community, but it may also drive them into darker, more unregulated parts of the Web. Similar to how porn bans (whether outright bans or stricter age-gating) only really affect Pornhub—probably the most well-regulated and "safe" porn site out there. Block that, and you'll get people going to sketchy Russian sites where they might encounter much, much more terrible stuff.

[–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Nods. The ban is only going to protect kids that have parents who want them protected/have the technical expertise to do it.

Meanwhile all the fee range kids out there…which, let’s be honest, is most of them…are just going to find a bunch seedy apps and workarounds…and guess who else is going to be lurking in these spaces.

ETA I’m really bad at hot taking, editing, and not saying I edited.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

ETA I’m really bad at hot taking, editing, and not saying I edited

It's weird. Usually edited comments display a little asterisk telling you they're edited. I wonder if somehow the interaction between Piefed and Lemmy means that doesn't happen.

edit: just testing editing

edit again: oh no, it seems like Lemmy might have removed that feature??

edit the third: ah, this is intentional

Don’t show edit mark if comment was edited in less than 5 minutes

Kind like Reddit, though I think it was 3 minutes over there.

[–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 2 points 6 days ago

Now I know!

[–] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

All good, I feel like we're in total agreement here.
They've done something stupid.
Now we all get to see how far they'll take it.