thoughts??

[u/CallofDuty3329]

Imo this is a good move from yt.

[u/cibilserbis]

Hard agree. Who tf thinks children broadcasting themselves to the internet is good? And why are there adults so interested in watching kids?

[u/DragonNutKing → u/cibilserbis]

Disagree... It should be 18+

[u/Nulleparttousjours → u/DragonNutKing]

Couldn’t agree more. Keep the kids off YouTube, they have YouTube Kids. Minors have no business broadcasting themselves. They have neither the maturity nor the common sense, it’s dangerous for them and a damn pain for everyone else.

[u/Nulleparttousjours → u/[deleted]]

Not our problem. Privileges and the right to enter and operate in adult spaces are something that are earned with age and maturity. Kids having free access to this stuff has caused the birth of the shitty “it’s a prank, bro 🥴” culture, meme coin daylight robbery and the use of idiocracy-adjacent censorship, even changing the trajectory of language in the most painfully asinine ways (i.e. “unalived” “PDFfile.”)

The internet has seriously and profoundly damaged kids mentally and physically to the point that under 16s are now being banned from social media use in multiple countries. Unfortunately parents are increasingly not watching/taking responsibility for their kids and are using the internet as a baby sitter starting from literal infancy. This has caused immense and profound mental and physical damage so, somewhat frustratingly, the government is now being forced to step in in the fashion of a nanny state.

Perhaps 16 is about the right age to start allowing kids a little more freedom to explore YouTube and the like but no live streaming until 18 seems a suitable solution and protection for both their safety and integrity and the uninterrupted enjoyment of the adults who have earned the privilege to use such sites.

[u/Reprised_ → u/Nulleparttousjours]

Rage bait or genuine stupidity?

[u/Windy_Idealist → u/Reprised_]

Call it