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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 15-Dec-2025 01:20:34 JST myrmepropagandist

   Why do schools have dances? Why do many high schools host parties, sometimes inter-school parties at the school?

   A school isn't just a machine that puts knowledge into people's brains, it's an organization of people. And those people will want to celebrate together from time to time. This WILL happen. "official" events can be more inclusive.

   But also for young people it's a part of social education, providing some baseline for how you interact with other people.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 15-Dec-2025 01:20:33 JST Rich Felker

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     @futurebird I thought it was to teach heteronormativity, cisnormativity, "proper" gender roles, etc.

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     Lia🦩 (liaamancio@ursal.zone)'s status on Monday, 15-Dec-2025 09:31:42 JST Lia🦩

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     • Francisco

     @chicao isso parece BEM interessante. @futurebird

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     Francisco (chicao@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Dec-2025 09:31:43 JST Francisco

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     • Lia🦩

     @futurebird @liaamancio um novo uso pro fediverso

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 15-Dec-2025 09:31:44 JST myrmepropagandist

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     I think that schools should take on this role.

     You could have a server for a school with mastodon, but not connected to the rest of the fedi, you could network with similar schools. Just like at the school dance the teachers are around so there are limits to how it's used.

     Teens could post about their soccer games, advertise their clubs, make jokes, practice using the medium wisely.

     When teens post to social media they care about their friends at school seeing the post most. 4/

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 15-Dec-2025 09:31:45 JST myrmepropagandist

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     Right now teens go off into the wild to find a place on social media and adults are rightly alarmed. Companies like Facebook, Instagram, X etc. have no interest in "modeling a healthy online environment" or "teaching young people to use social media constructively" -- instead everyone is acting like simply banning kids from using phones and scanning IDs will make social media go away.

     No one is asking or answering the question: How and when will young people learn to use social media?

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 15-Dec-2025 09:31:46 JST myrmepropagandist

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     Schools dances, office holiday parties can be kind of corny and boring. So many people have input on what can and cannot be done that you might end up with a very limited and boring event.

     But, these things are still very important (the office parties less so, I think)-- they have an "educational purpose"

     And this is why schools need to come to grips with running social media intranets.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Dec-2025 18:22:24 JST Miakoda

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     @futurebird I learbed the old fashion way... by being "befriended" by a guy I didn't realize was a pedo till I grew up and thought back on it.