Post · bonfire.cafe

RE: https://toot.teckids.org/@nik/116540880770634816

As someone who has been programming since being a young teenager, things like this make me enormously sad.

If I was banned from being part of tech communities until the age of 16 or even 18 I would've never been able to learn all I did. I would've never been able to truly get into FOSS.

I would've never had a chance to become who I now am.

Age verification is literally killing the ability for kids and teens to excitedly participate and learn cool stuff and learn how to have digital agency.

Teckids-Toots

Nik | Klampfradler 🎸🚲 (@nik@toot.teckids.org)

This evening has had a sad surprise for me. Now, I am calling for #openSUSE to revert the recently imposed project-wide ban on young people: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/project@lists.opensuse.org/message/6PU6JU2IGKDANYNN3KIXDR2UQSVP6JI2/

dansup

@dansup@mastodon.social · last week

@SylvieLorxu That is wild, I was 14 when I got into open source development, and can't imagine how shitty this will be for future kids like me.

Doggie :neofox_snug: :therian:

@lunareclipse@snug.moe · last week

@SylvieLorxu@chaos.social computer tech as a field is going to run into a decade of missing specialists because of this kind of shit. kids can't participate in software development because of draconian laws. fresh graduates can't get a job because of AI.