im 19, the majority of platforms are 13+ though, and while I’ve seen that lemmy.world says you have to be 18+, are there instances that say 13+?
In my experience most internet spaces that specifically cater to teenagers also tend to attract a lot of creeps. I think it’s probably for the best to nominally limit Lemmy to adults only, especially at this early stage.
This is internet you can be -100 years old or +570 years no ones goanna check it.
Someone’s account got banned by instance admins for mentioning they are 17. So you are right: no one is going to check!
Edit: it was on lemmy.world and nostupidquestions community IIRC
Just you wait, gov is trying anything they can to change that
Those lunatics don’t even know how internet works.
don’t worry… said the fox to the hens
Is there anyone on the internet who doesn’t lie about those things?
wasn’t everyone born on 1 jan 1970 at 00:00:00 utc?
i know i was. i’m actually 55 😁
true
a/s/l?
It’s a regulation thing I would assume, processing under age data is heavily regulated everywhere so any social media that goes for 13+ probably has a team of lawyers.
How does .world know that I am over 18 when I post from my own instance?
It doesn’t have to know, the processed data that is regulated is about much more than just our participation in the Fediverse. Like ip’s, analytical, usage data and so on, things that are only shared between you and your lemmy instance. That’s what’s awesome about self hosting.
Participation could fall under the same laws as email, all the other data is yours. And as another user suggested, self hosting your instance and currating federation is probably fine. I’m not a lawyer this is not legal advice
Worst case scenario is you set up your own server.
And set the user age requirement to 99, promptly violating your own TOS!
You’re assuming that a centenarian couldn’t set up a Lemmy server? That’s ageism
If there is, my sister could check out the Fediverse
https://piefed.social doesn’t seem to mention any age restrictions.
Try explaining how federation works to a 13 year old. They will never get past join-lemmy.org
