My counterpoint is that you have to use WhatsApp (I rather use Signal) because iMessage is Apple only. SMS and RCS are stupid. With Signal you can reach users of all devices. Having a messaging protocol that depends on the device used is stupid. And hopefully the EU can end the vendor lock in with messaging apps as well.
I found that Minecraft is actually a pretty good teacher. There are servers (like hypixel.net) out there where kids can play different games or buy plots of lands with coins to run shops and stuff.
My kid has seen people advertising bullshit, scams, manipulation, but also genuinely good and nice people but also betrayal from people he thought to be good.
The manipulation isn't as good as in the real world. But it's good enough for discussions on how it's done in the real world.
Other than blue bubbles, why do you use iPhone?
Yes, I’m the one in the group DM that turns the bubbles green, I’m sorry....
You now have a 1 billion $ bounty on your head and every armed man on Earth is on to you. What do you do to survive as long as possible?
It is not the matter of what if you are found. It’s the matter of when.
My 13yo stepdaughter just recently started watching Gilmore Girls with her mom. What are some good things to say during their post-watch discussions that make it sound like I'm in the know?
If it helps, her mom and I have been married a hair over a month.
Teaching children about online manipulation without creating a paranoid world view subject to manipulation?
Ok, this is not going to be a well formulated question, because the concerns behind it are nebulous in my own head....