Re:Michelle Obama Doesn't Want Her Kids Using Facebook
by michael_dorfman on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @11:31AM
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Yes, for the younger side of the tween set. There's an unfilled gap, though, between Club Penguin and Facebook, at least according to my eldest daughter, who went on Facebook the minute she turned 13, literally-- she sat there with the form filled out, the mouse hovered over the "submit" button as the clock struck midnight. For her, Club Penguin lost its shine around age 11, and I was a hard-ass in terms of sticking to the Facebook TOS-- according to her, all of her friends were already on Facebook, and I tend to believe her, as it took her less than 18 hours to rack up more "friends" than I have.
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Re:Michelle Obama Doesn't Want Her Kids Using Facebook
by ligerhearted on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @01:37PM
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I'm 17 and grew up on Halo CE with xchat back around 2001 to 2003. A large portion of my teenage years (and most of my friends') was spent on Halo 2 as well...4chan was all the rage 2005-2008. Early 2008 until now it's been supplanted by HN and Reddit.
When I wasn't playing Halo, I spent a lot of time reading and editing Wikipedia, which might be something for kids to try out now. But Wikipedia's barrier to entry has risen significantly...one of the reasons I've quit the community there.
Eventually, it'll turn into a war between time spent on "productive" sites and activities, and time masturbating to porn, in my experience.
Re:Michelle Obama Doesn't Want Her Kids Using Facebook
by mahmud on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @02:17PM
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Children read 4chan? I can imagine >= 15, but really, younger than that?
That's a pretty disgusting thought.
Re:Michelle Obama Doesn't Want Her Kids Using Facebook
by ligerhearted on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @03:04PM
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4chan isn't just /b/ and /b/ isn't all of 4chan as the saying goes...
Most of my time there was on /g/ /w/ and a few other boards like /mu/, but I first got hooked because of the raids on Wikipedia. 4chan is a fascinating place, not just full of CP as some would think.