I'd love to find a Mastodon instance that is purely rated G. Anyone? I want a safe place for my son to type out his fun facts. He can give fun facts for hours on end about history and science. It gives me headaches for a couple hours of that so I figured this would be a good place for him to release his knowledge.
@tessamero I can't imagine that anyone would invest in the insane amount of moderation it would take to ensure that unless they were well paid to do so. The combination of effort needed and potential legal liability would be crazy.
@tessamero FWIW, my son has had unfiltered internet access (including wandering IRC) since he was tiny, and root on his own box since he was 6. This way, he asked me things at an age when mom's advice counted, and learned good habits.
Biggest win: I taught him about /ignore on IRC and now his first reaction to idiots is to block them, not engage.
It's only one possible solution, but it worked for us.
@sam @tessamero LOL no. We get along pretty well...I keep waiting for the day when everything explodes, but so far so good. :)
@tessamero @hedgemage What did he do when he became a teenager? Did he block his parents instead of confronting them?