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Digital Life · Ages 10+ · Set A
Sharing apps: age rules and private accounts
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Remember: Follow the age rule, pick a private account and a made up name, and remember likes are numbers, not a score. Tell a grown-up when you are not sure.

Imani's drawing

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Imani joins the right wayImani was ten and loved to draw, most of all a pancake with a face. Only her family ever saw her drawings. Her friend Ezra said, "I have an account on a sharing app! I posted my sock dance and two hundred people liked it." Imani found the app on the family tablet. A sign up page asked for a name and a birthday, and a small line said people must be thirteen or older. She asked Dad. He said, "Thank you for telling me. Here, we follow the rule. Some apps are made for younger kids, and a grown-up runs the settings." Her sister Tola showed her two kinds of account. "Anyone with the app can look at a public one, even strangers. On a private one, you say yes to each follower." Later, with Dad, Imani picked a made up name with no school or street in it, and she made the account private. Her pancake drawing got three hearts, from Gran, Dad and Tola. At school Ezra's open account had hundreds. Tola said, "People post their best bits, not their whole day. Feeling low? Take a break, and tell a grown-up."
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The sharing app says people must be thirteen or older. Imani is ten. What did she do?
Typed an older birthdayAsked her dadAsked Ezra to sign up for her
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Ezra says: Just type an older birthday. Nobody checks. Why is that still a mistake?
The app treats you like an older person, with older settingsIt makes the app slowerNothing changes
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On a private account, only people you said to can see your posts.
yeshellono
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A private account is a perfect wall, so you never need to think before you post.
TrueFalse
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Look at the picture graph. Which post got the most likes?
PancakeSunsetNutmeg
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The Nutmeg post got 6 likes and the Sunset post got 2. That is more likes.

Set it up and think

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Number the steps for setting up an account the safe way.
  • Pick a made up name
  • Read the age rule
  • Switch to private
  • Say yes to people I know
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Which is the best made up name for a sharing app?
Pine Hill School GirlBlue Waffle FoxRose Street Mia
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A like count shows how good you are as an artist.
TrueFalse
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Imani counts her three hearts and feels low. What helps?
Compare her hearts with Ezra's every hourTake a break from the numbers, and tell a grown-up how she feelsKeep it a secret
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Circle every thing that a grown-up and Imani should do when setting up.
Read the age ruleChoose a private accountSay yes to every requestLeave the school out of the name
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Write one kind thing you could say in a comment under a friend's drawing.
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Draw a lock on a picture frame to show a private account.
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