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Tomte
784 days ago
The alt.suicide.holiday FAQ has existed for a very long time.
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neglesaks
784 days ago
USENET was generally known to and read only by adults. That doesn't apply to youth today like machine-gun-cadence, trivially accessible, algo-driven audiovisual content on Facebook, Youtube, Tiktok etc. Is.
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Tomte
784 days ago
Because back then mostly adults were online. But besides that, the FAQ is also a web site.
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ben_w
784 days ago
And? Do documents suddenly become suitable for kids when they — the documents, not the kids — are old enough?
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Tomte
784 days ago
The information has always been openly available, that‘s not new.
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ben_w
784 days ago
That is a restatement of a clause in the question (document is old), not an answer (is it suitable for kids).
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