I have three teenage daughters who are currently not allowed on social media. But I want to give them some ability before they become adults. My eldest gave me a PowerPoint presentation on why she should be allowed on Snapchat, lol.

She made some good points. Her friend group has a group text and she wants to keep up with everyone but doesn’t want to get the ding notifications constantly.

Feels like a good opportunity for a Fediverse platform. Like a closed Mastodon/Pixelfed server and have some parental controls. Any projects out there?

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well, realistically, things have changed. Without social media you get quite left out. Easily forgotten even.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We've had discussions about this, with and without our kids. Yeah, they need to be in the loop with their friends, and being in that loop can mean being exposed to some bullshit.

That's always been the case, though. The additional risk of modern social media, I think, is that it's always with you. One of the rules we laid down was to plug your phone in outside your room before you go to bed. That was relatively strongly enforced when they were younger, just getting started in that arena. They're all essentially adults now, so we don't enforce it anymore, but they sometimes still do it anyway.

It's important to be connected, and it's okay to be disconnected when you want to be.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

They’re all essentially adults now, so we don’t enforce it anymore, but they sometimes still do it anyway.

I know adults old enough they didn't grow up with smartphones who exclude devices from their bedrooms by choice to have a healthier relationship with technology.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

(Yeah, yeah, I get it, a bit off-topic)

One of the rules we laid down was to plug your phone in outside your room before you go to bed.

Sorry, just some small note. Charging to 100% daily significantly shortens the battery lifespan. Staying between 20 - 80% is generally recommended.
But to be honest, if I still had a phone with user replaceable battery I'd just 100% it too. I mean, the battery for my Galaxy Ace is like €6.

Anyway, I've got some USB tester from AliExpress that also has a time limit. I can usually nail that near 80%. There's also some physical Bluetooth charge limiters, though that of course requires their app.

Irrelevant if your phone has built-in charge limiter.

But yeah, anyway, how you did it sounds fine.

Edit: Although theoretically, it probably could be done without an app. Bluetooth can share battery charge info.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

There's a hardware device with a companion app that can do charge limiting for any Android or iOS device if you're so inclined. I haven't used it; I use ACCA.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

You are right. But if things have changed, they can change again. Many countries are in the process of banning smart phones in schools and are legislating age minimums for social media. In such environments, access to social media becomes much less important. I think a better long-term approach would be to mitigate the risks of social media, and the fediverse is already addressing some of the big problems like corporate control of information and algorithmic curation of content. I like the idea of social media, but i hate the (prevalent) implementation.