What a great idea! Can I borrow this from you? Something similar happens to me on Xbox live (I guess I have a sexy voice or maybe it's my accent, 'cause no matter the game, men are always hitting me up in DMs if we play on the same team. For some reason, telling them I'm a lesbian doesn't always give them the hint that I'm not interested. Note: I am actually a lesbian).
I believe if the farms were around when he was alive, he would've liked it too. It reminds me of old school internet.
Had a terrible experience in a fandom when I was about 15-16 with a 36 year old woman, we bonded over a shared favorite character and she turned into such a controlling creepy weirdo. Biggest narcissist I've ever dealt with and at the time I didn't even realize. As I get further into my 30's it makes me sick to think of someone my age interacting with a highschooler the way she did with me. Girls are often warned about creepy men but it seems like no one acknowledges the creepy women.
whenever i mention being female on discord 10 trillion indians appear in my messange requests
be brutally honest. people should rightly be afraid of communicating on the internet, especially children. if you do one thing, at least don't leave her in the dark or give generic, impotent warnings. speaking from my experience, giving kids out of touch and preachy lectures does the opposite and makes them less likely to heed caution. i thought the online safety classes at school were dumb because how does this fat balding old man really expect me to believe he knows more about myspace than me? you can't scare a kid straight out of wanting to be in the in-group, which nowadays requires being on all the dangerous platforms. don't give horror stories, be realistic. and especially be willing to compromise with her, don't become antagonistic with your protection. if you completely shut her out of the internet - which would be ideal, don't get me wrong - she's just going to work around you and that's just about worst case scenario.