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by furyofantares 93 days ago
You assume from my tone I'm in support of it when I literally said I'm not presenting any such argument?

I agree with everything you said.

I just think "we turned out fine" is always a garbage argument, and worse, fails to understand what drives people to want stuff like this.

I think it's better to acknowledge the real issues parents have, and then explain why age verification is an extremely naive solution that won't solve the problems and comes with a host of other problems.

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Apologies for the misunderstanding, your post read to me like you supported this type of gating, just not age verification in its current state.

I think the solution has to start and end before the internet is even involved in the equation, anything less is harm by shifting the burden.

No problem, I updated my post to make it clearer in response.