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[–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

They’re not banning IRC or forums, though?

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    As far as I (a non-British person) can tell the actual proposal hasn't been released yet so: nobody knows.

    I do know that I wouldn't count on them doing a good job of defining what "social media" is; and if we're being honest then IRC, Usenet, forums, and Lemmy should all be included in that definition as they are all forms of it.

    I started coding when I was 10 (yea, I know, that's earlier than usual, but still!) and I learned so much from programming forums and mailing lists that I think it's safe to say my entire career would be on a very different or VERY delayed path if I wasn't allowed access to those until I was 16.

    Sorry, you must be old enough to pilot a multi-thousand-pound vehicle at highway speeds before we let you learn about the dark magic that is Perl and awk.

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