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 I don't want to reply to the person, but I really don't think a 12 year old should be on nostr.  
 Your dad?  
 Daaad get me off the bitcoin app!! 
 Oh sheesh 🙄 
 Shouldn't be on any social media at a young 12 
 I mean yeah..but also people get really funny when you express an opinion about this kind of thing. So I didn't reply. 

But as a general thing I don't think nostr is appropriate for 12 year olds. And yes, social media generally. 
 100% agree 
 Why not? As long as their parents do their job I don't see why not. 
 Definitely not the place for a 12 years old 
 I suppose if you were to supervise their posting and usage like a hawk lol and it's extremely limited. You're basically managing their social media lol. In which case they're not really 'on' it anyway.  
 Exactly 😂
And then there’s also the issue of global… 
 I was mostly thinking of global when I wrote this. 
 3 notes in and you need to cover their eyes 😂 
 I probably haven't set up relays properly tbf. But I don't really ever look at global. That is how some people use nostr tho ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ 
 I don’t use it much either. Except on wine and nostr.land 🤷🏾‍♂️ 
 if the parent has the nsec and mutes the nasty accounts, i think it should be fine 
 Big task. There’s a lot of nasty ones. Also if the child has the nsec, nothing prevents him from unmuting 
 big task that can still get done. 
also, healthy communication between parent and child matters. there’s porn in all of the internet, getting rid of it or avoiding it is not as achievable as teaching children why they don’t need to seek it 
 I totally get your point. If only the porn was the only issue 
 Blocking all these accounts is impossible. And you wouldn't necessarily have to be looking for anything to see it. And it really isn't just a matter of some nudes or porn. Depends on how you use nostr. Really this is mostly a Global issue and maybe a relay thing.

I *suspect* that there could be some people who may be slightly naive about some of the content/users on nostr. You could get the impression that it is just a bunch of Bitcoiners having a laugh (it mostly is), when there is some pretty grim stuff out there.

I'm not saying the person who mentioned this is like this, cos I have no idea, nor you. I'm just saying it's a possible scenario  
 Totally agree with you. Impossible to block it all 
 I really hope people are aware of the problem. It's like you should as an experiment, add a load of relays and only use Global for a week. Then see if you still have the same opinion.

Not that I would recommend doing this. 
 I’m very happy with my paid and spam free relays 😂 
 I knew I shouldn't have made this post lol. I managed to piss off the person who brought up the subject despite not replying to them lol. It was meant to be a more general thing and not about them. Oh well. 
 Then you don't understand liberty. It's not your responsibility, or decision. 
 I was just expressing an opinion lol. Also I think people are somewhat unaware of Global actually. But I think I made it fairly clear in a vague way that it's not my decision or responsibility.  
 I saw much worse than "Global" before I was 12. For a mature person, it's a triviality. 
 Oh generally speaking I think kids should be kids again and go outside to play with their friends. 😉