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Re:Archive Team: A Smattering of Tweets by jelsisi on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:13PM (#26704048)
One of the first things I did when I graduated from high school was delete my twitter account. It was in an effort to get myself together and become more focused in school. Seeing people's careers damaged by tweets when they were kids makes me feel more and more that deleting my account was one of the best decisions I have made.

If I ever have kids, I'll make a concerted effort with other parents to prevent them from joining any social media before they turn 16.

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Re:Archive Team: A Smattering of Tweets by throwawayboise on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:48PM (#26704504)
> If I ever have kids, I'll make a concerted effort with other parents to prevent them from joining any social media before they turn 16

Honestly that seems unlikely. If all their friends are on some platform they will find a way to be on it also. Best you can do is really try to educate them on how badly things can boomerang and that the internet never forgets. But even at 16, most kids don't have the life experience and perspective to really understand this.

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