This is true! I suppose I mean I hope the project is still around or there is a similar enough alternative. Using FTP to stream video is a real pain ;P

Its interesting you bring up schooling because its something Ive been thinking about as well. Ive heard great things about private schools and home schooling co-ops (not necessarily the super christian ones that basically only teach gospel), but I’m not sure where I’ll end up moving when me and my SO will want to commit to a child so I haven’t looked into it much. I would definitely prefer my kid is playing pretend over playing Roblox Cart Ride into Skibidi Toilet though. I wouldnt mind letting my kid on a screen for a couple hours a day, but only for video game consoles that have never had or no longer have internet access, unless Im playing with them. Unrelated but Ive always had a silly idea about raising my kid “through the decades”, just like giving them pieces of tech from each decade once a year starting from like 1930, like giving them only furniture, and then maybe a radio, a crt tv, a pong machine once a year. By the time theyre about 10 they can experience the magic of the N64 and PS1s huge graphical jump for the first time like millions of kids who were born before my time lol, but this is only a silly idea that I dont think I’ll actually enact on. I’ll have to look more into After Babel, it looks like some of their content is free but others are paid? I may be interpreting it wrong though, I mostly read the front page and about page.

I feel it’s not fair to not give children an opportunity to express themselves with and to the adults. I know its a cultural thing to be “seen and not heard” but honestly I feel like I’d prefer my kid to be loud and obnoxious at a restaurant over stuck on an iPad. I want them to be able to see that being loud and obnoxious isn’t a proper social norm and teach them how to be polite. I know thats easier said than done but I want kids to be imaginative again, and have more purpose than to watch “Baby shark teaches alphabet with zoo animals LIVE🔴” where the whole stream is basically AI generated. I know I’m probably preaching to the choir, but thats just what’s on my mind lol

I actually host a Jellyfin Server myself with a bunch of my childhood VHSs and DVDs on it, hopefully the project will stay around that long and continue to get better by then lol. I dont think I’d want to allow my child on YouTube until they age out of the YouTube kids app, I know that thing is a dumpster fire.

Thats fair. Ideally my kid wouldnt be able to figure out a way around all the networking techniques I know how to use like DNS blocking and blocking IPs directly on the router BUT if they do well, maybe they’ll grow up and make even MORE money than I will lol. I feel like the finding parents with similar parenting styles would be the difficult part for me because I’m not sure where I’d find other parents. Although it may become clearer to me as I age?

Thats fair, based on the other couple responses I’m feeling a little less uneasy about it. Im thinking maybe the kids with internet access like what I was saying in the OP may be a “vocal majority” so to speak, something I might notice more because I might be subconsciously looking out for. Its good to hear that there are still a good amount of responsible parents, at least when it comes to the digital side of things

Hello and thank you for the detailed reply. I think your idea is fantastic. I wasn’t thinking about having discussions about the media that has less of a bias because obviously I was approaching from a “I dont want them to see this at all” POV. I think theres a lot here for me to keep in Mine and I appreciate the input c:

Hi, thanks for the reply!! I base my experience off of my own and what I see in public so I may have bias. When I notice children in public theyre on an iPad watching whatever slop YouTube kids has to offer. I usually see one every time I go to eat out with my SO and I just feel bad for the kid because instead of being involved in a family dinner, theyre being desocialized and taught to not speak and share during family time. I’m glad to hear that there is a large group of people that aren’t like that, its reassuring.

There was no next person unfortunately, interest in the club died off so Im opting to retire it

I was using appservice to bridge a server that I owned for a college club so others could switch to Matrix painlessly, but seeing ive recently graduated I’ll probably get rid of it

Using Mautrix and appservice, both are good enough for me to talk to my Discord only friends and not have the app anymore