🎂age rule🏷️made up name🔐private account❤️likes🧑grown-up
Follow the rule, go private.
The big ideaFollow the age rule, go private, and know that likes are not a score.
How it works
Many sharing apps have an age rule. It looks after you, and it is not a game to beat.
If you type an older birthday, the app treats you like an older person, with older settings.
Set an account up with a grown-up: a made up name with no school or street in it, and a private account.
Likes are numbers, and they are not a score for you.
Public, or private.Imani's five posts: each heart is one like.
Example 1: Imani and the age rule
The sign up page said people must be thirteen or older.
Imani was ten, and a friend said: just type an older birthday.
Imani asked Dad instead, and Dad said: thank you for telling me.
Set it up the safe way.
Example 2: Public or private
On a public account anyone with the app can look at a post, even strangers.
On a private account only the people you said yes to can see it.
A name nobody knew asked to follow Imani, and Dad said: here, we say no.
Example 3: Three hearts and hundreds
Imani's private account got three hearts, from Gran, Dad and Tola.
Ezra's open account got hundreds.
Likes show who saw a post, not who is better. People post their best bits, not their whole day.
Words to know
age rule
The youngest age an app lets people join.
public account
Anyone with the app can look at it.
private account
You say yes to each follower.
follower
A person who can see your posts.
like
A number that shows who saw a post, not a score for you.
Watch out
A private account is not a perfect wall, because a follower can take a screenshot. Think before you post.
Do not put your full name, school or street in your name.
Do not say yes to every request. A follower can be a stranger.
Feeling low about likes? Take a break, and tell a grown-up how you feel.
Try it
The app says thirteen or older. You are ten. What do you do?
Why not type an older birthday?
Who can see a post on a private account?
Ezra got hundreds of likes and Imani got three. What does that show?
Is a private account a perfect wall?
Answers: 1. Ask a grown-up · 2. The app treats you like an older person · 3. Only the people I said yes to · 4. Who saw each post, not who is better · 5. No
Try at homeWith a grown-up, find the age rule in an app your family uses, then look at who can see its posts.
For grown-upsWith your child, find the age rule in an app your family uses and look at who can see its posts. Choose the name together.
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