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  • WDYM that’s not how the law works? All laws are a statement of societal expectations.

    it doesn’t empower parents to do anything

    Of course it does. Obviously, it’s much easier to tell your kids they’re not allowed to use facebook if most of their friends aren’t using facebook.

    It only applies to sites hosted by companies or people with a presence in Australia

    So you mean, the vast majority of platforms on which children congregate?


  • Not really.

    This law draws a line in the sand indicating societal expectations.

    It empowers parents to set and maintain appropriate boundaries without being influenced by what other parents allow their kids to do. Its a lot easier to maintain a “no social media” rule if other parents are doing the same.

    Also I dont really have any faith at all in the young teenagers of today being able to circumvent anything. Sure. A few will… but certainly not most or even a significant portion.

    If you cant install it from the app store then its out of reach.



  • network effect. There’s fewer people here so there’s fewer people here.

    That said, I like it just how it is and would caution anyone against wishing for more users.

    Don’t focus on getting more users. Focus on making the content here the best it can be.

    It’s inevitable that the quality of the experience here will change with more users. Whether it’s a net positive or negative remains to be seen.

    To be sure, these are the “good old days” of lemmy.