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.
    • SkyNTP@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Worst case scenario, what you suggest is no worse than what we currently have.

      On the reverse side, enforcing underage users can be done with device-level parental controls (and if they can circumvent that, well maybe it’s time for them to experience the real Internet).

      Voluntarily separating adult material is a no-brainer. If nothing else, this eases the volume of moderation.

      What we don’t need is shitty government id programs tapped by shady websites.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Exactly. If it’s just a checkbox (I’m a minor or adult), it’s clear that there’s no authority verifying anything and that it’s just a filter. That has value, just like the “Bot account” checkbox that lemmy has.

        It’s not perfect, but it’s easy to add and likely brings enough value to be worth doing.