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« on: April 26, 2025 @22.30 »

I'm a tiny bit influential (perhaps my ego is larger than my impact  :ok: ) in some online communities, mainly scene/emo fashion related ones. And because there are a lot of kids/teenagers in those communities, i try to be like- idk, a good example, ykwim? Have good/kind behavior and encourage it as well. I've been wanting to use my influence to point kids in the direction of being safer online (anonymity is gone since TikTok  :skull: ) and I also want to use it to educate kids and teens on the harm of algorithmic, corporate-run social medias and alternatives.

Or at least give them the resources to learn about it, either way. Its something I feel so strongly about, but trying to organize my thoughts and put them into one place is hard! i have a small section on internet safety, and internet etiquette on my scene-resource-guide site but i would love to do something more focused.

Does anyone else have thoughts about this, or an interest or passion for it? resources they think would be good for something like a dedicated site to that kind of info? problems I might not have thought of? Any thoughts at all, honestly
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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2025 @75.73 »

i think probably for me, yeah.

there's a lot online that i could've learned when i was younger, albeit i'm only 17 now, i kinda feel this weird transition phase between teenager and adult right now.
and especially, a lot of kids need to learn on how to stay safe online today - a lot of those "how 2 stay safe onlein" things made like, a solid decade ago that may or may not be taught in schools; is definitely super outdated.

really, a lot of my life in general has little or even no privacy thanks to jerks out in the real world. even if i'm in a car and being driven somewhere with our tinted windows, jerks can still take photos of me by literally just whipping out their phone, sliding it, and shoot.
but i think though, it's more about what you can do specifically.

like, a lot of people now seem to have forgotten NOT to share their real-life names and stuff online, i think it's understandable in gender-diverse spaces where i've seen a lot of folks use their real preferred names, but again it's still not super smart.
online, it's like saying what your phone number or email is. sure, most people may not know you in the real world, but it's always a risk.

and especially acting the exact same way you do in the real world, online - that's also not the smartest thing.
there's always a risk showing too much of yourself online, but it doesn't mean you have to be a weird turtle who never gets out of it's shell!
like, i have an online persona - while i do share some info that would otherwise get me trampled in the real-world online, most of it's just nicknames and personas. it's also why i'd much prefer to use a live2D or 3D VTuber-esque model for video conferences and especially for videos on YouTube, if i ever need to 'show myself,' simply because both gender dysphoria and again that risk too.
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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2025 @113.68 »

I just wanna say that I love that you're thinking about this. Sometimes you're thrust - without meaning to - into the position of being a role model or setting an example for others. Being aware that you can have a serious positive influence on your audience (rather than only thinking of engagement etc) puts you steps ahead of others.

In terms of internet safety specifically, I'd think of two things (and I don't know if you've already mentioned these in your resources because I found the page hard to read at this wonderful hour of 4AM). First is the awareness that things you post will stay on the internet for a long time. If you're not personally haunted by things you said online, other people absolutely can and will use things to harm you. This makes anonymity extra important: Should you share something too intimate or controversial, you can jump to a new account without people stalking you over it.

The second point extends into this: Young people just getting on the internet should think hard about the things they do and don't ever want other people to know. Address? No. Embarrassing diary entries? Maybe on an alt. This one is a bit hard because it is easy for teens to overshare online especially when it's socially rewarded. You can maybe lead by example, but that's a thought I have to work out at a moment that is not 4AM. :P
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