submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 10 points 2 days ago

It's not part of the Fediverse, but Signal is a good for group chats. It's got reactions and gifs and whatnot, and you can also ignore the notifications you don't care about.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Yes, but that would only work if her group chat friends also use Signal.

Which likely isn't going to happen unless all of their friends also use Signal.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

My read of OP's question was asking about something they could switch the friend group to. If they don't want to switch to anything else, then they're stuck on Snapchat because that's what they're already using.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

yeah the group leader is not the kid without social media, they aren't following her lead lol

this post was submitted on 29 May 2025

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