I'd love to find a Mastodon instance that is purely rated G. Anyone? I want a safe place for my son to type out his fun facts. He can give fun facts for hours on end about history and science. It gives me headaches for a couple hours of that so I figured this would be a good place for him to release his knowledge.
@tessamero Interesting question. I just don't know how you'd handle the Federated timeline though...
Cool that people are thinking about how to solve these problems.
This place is unlocking all kinds of creativity.
@gideonro @tessamero You’d either turn off the federation (which is possible in the settings for each instance), block certain instances (also possible for each instance), or implement your own custom filtering options—or all of the above. If you implement your own filtering, since the project is AGPL, you’re required so release your modifications under the same terms, so all other instances can benefit.
In the US you need to address COPPA, the federal law that requires parental consent for much of anything.
And, TBH, you'll probably need to have a paid 24/7 crew of moderators.
But IMO a paid service could be doable.
@pnathan @gideonro @tessamero I agree. There are legal and management issues to solve, but it could be done.