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[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

And here I was about to let my kid no longer be the only one of his friends not playing. So my theory that the Internet is dangerous and filled with predators to children still holds up, eh?

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Always has been. I remember in the 90s being a 13 year old boy, talking on a chat service thats long dead now. It was called "talkcity".

They were a collection of chatrooms. They had a chatroom for every niche. I hungout in the "teenchat".

I can remember having people message me, claiming to be 14/F/Cali. I was 13/M/Ohio.

So I didn't think anything of it at the time. But those chats were EXTREMELY sexual. Knowing what I know now, I was probably talking to a 40 year old dude living in his moms basement.

Even though talkcity is long dead, that behavior of targeted predators is very much still alive.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 9 hours ago

That was basically my experience with AIM chat rooms.

[-] justsquigglez@leminal.space 5 points 1 day ago

Brother it ain't no theory, it's an unfortunate fact.

this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026
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