Worst case scenario, what you suggest is no worse than what we currently have.

On the reverse side, enforcing underage users can be done with device-level parental controls (and if they can circumvent that, well maybe it’s time for them to experience the real Internet).

Voluntarily separating adult material is a no-brainer. If nothing else, this eases the volume of moderation.

What we don’t need is shitty government id programs tapped by shady websites.

1. Download your user data. https://lemmy.ca/post/1292268

2. in case of emergency, upload your user data on another instance.

3. …

4. profit anxiety cured

I was having a reddit-free Lemmy experience today until I ran into this post. You are only contributing to the problem.