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113 points willmoss | 6 comments | 21 Oct 24 09:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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arnaudsm ◴[21 Oct 24 12:43 UTC] No.41903559[source]▶
This is great for creating a media-garden for your children!

Kid content on YouTube and TikTok can be extremly disturbing, even for an adult. Until they turn 16 I intend to vet most media myself on a self-hosted server.

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paulcole ◴[21 Oct 24 14:01 UTC] No.41904256[source]▶
> Until they turn 16 I intend to vet most media myself on a self-hosted server.

Are you going to use the same methods your parents used to do this for you/

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arnaudsm ◴[21 Oct 24 14:15 UTC] No.41904419[source]▶
Yes. Before the internet, my parents looked at the PG rating of every movie we rented at Blockbuster. Many parents did.
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1. mewpmewp2 ◴[21 Oct 24 14:35 UTC] No.41904626{3}[source]▶
Would you consider that good?

I grew up with the Internet and people sharing shock horror sites with some very questionable content. It seems we all mostly still grew up fine.

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2. arnaudsm ◴[21 Oct 24 14:55 UTC] No.41904872[source]▶
There's a difference between accidentally stumbling on shocking TikTok content and willingly browsing a gore site.

If my kid really wants to check it, it might be acceptable, but I'm not ok with an algorithm showing it by surprise.

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3. j45 ◴[21 Oct 24 15:55 UTC] No.41905466[source]▶
You won't know for another 10-20 years for what you are de-sensitized to.

Also, your experience won't be anyone else's. Assuming so can create challenges.

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4. mewpmewp2 ◴[21 Oct 24 16:38 UTC] No.41905862[source]▶
How do you know it's 10 - 20 years?

I'm not alone though, all the childhood people I grew up with that were exposed to this questionable content seem functioning fine now.

Although I would agree that people and especially children shouldn't use TikTok or addictive things like that, but I'm mainly talking about the content specifically.

5. mewpmewp2 ◴[21 Oct 24 16:42 UTC] No.41905890[source]▶
I wouldn't want my kid browsing TikTok or anything with addictive recommendation system either, but I was mainly talking about explicitly taking effort to keep teenagers away from questionable content. But actually I'm not sure exactly how much policing the OP intended.

It seems to me like a way to get your kid to not tell you anything in fear of censorship.

6. kjkjadksj ◴[22 Oct 24 02:18 UTC] No.41910555[source]▶
Thats basically how it worked back then too. Instead of an algorithm showing you this stuff by surprise it was your buddy in the computer lab saying “hey check this out.”