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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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[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Just a regular Mastodon server with federation disabled might be a good start.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

So... with whom...

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

With her friends, presumably. Why would she want strangers or mere acquaintances on her group chat?

[-] riverSpirit 2 points 1 day ago

Why would her friends want to join her dad’s creepy nerd thing?

She would be alone on there.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Lol. Like corporate social media isn’t creepy.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

But Mastodon isn't Matrix. It's not just a chat server, but regular social media.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

True, using a defederated mastodon server as a group chat is “off label”, but i think it could work. I am not a fediverse expert, though.

this post was submitted on 29 May 2025

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