I don't want to do this idea myself, but I really want to see someone else do it!
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Replying to @sonyasupposedly
I literally discussed this with my husband yesterday. Guess the Universe is trying to tell me something...


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Replying to @made_in_cosmos
I would love to hear
@webdevMason's thoughts on whether this is a good idea, or how best to implement it! I worry a bit about how the moderation could be too heavy-handed and give the kids a bad experience1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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Yeah, I'm actually quite against adults actively moderating child-to-child communications once they're able to negotiate with one another successfully most of the time, and anyway, the number of opinions on how that should be done is probably pretty close to the number of parents
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see those stories about texting in class via google docs I admire it, honestly! the ingenuity! but I think for preteens there's a solid argument in favor of a community that helps you transition to the adult internet in a safe and positive way. it wouldn't have to be the only
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...community that a kid participated in. Ideally, the product experience would be great enough that kids enjoyed hanging out on the forum / in the chatroom / whatever
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maybe that's not possibly, and any parent-facilitated thing would be default uncool enough to be pointless as a socialization and collaboration training ground for the rest of the internet
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Yes, this. If parents are involved it's the worst. The whole point of the internet is to escape parent surveillance
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Worst case scenario is that anxious parents — who are paying for this service — expect moderators to report that their children were present and active in the room (not unreasonable for a paid "virtual playdate")
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