What about Diaspora open source social network that give you control over your own private information??
Richard On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:49 PM, mart <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > This seems to be a popular subject lately, including places that are > closer to home... My 8 year old desperately wants to join in the fun, > but daddy (me) can't think of anything else to say but "go clean your > room or go bug your sisters or something... we'll talk when you're > 40 !" ;) . But, kids are resourceful, and will figure out a way to > quench their thirst to "fit in"... The reasons for not letting her in > are obvious, and even though technically "not allowed", they will do > it anyways... even at school (other kids with means and an iPhone and > not that rare anymore) > > So here's my idea and was looking for a kick start... I was thinking, > if i can't win on this one (which I won't, again kids way too > resourceful), I may as well try to join them (and keep some sort of > control). Would someone have something (some code, a model, a sketch > (a ready made app :) ), etc...) that could help me get her & friends > setup on a private social thing of their own? > > To some sort of basic app, I would like apply to some VERY secure > features (the kind of security that would allow me to sleep at night), > where registering is impossible (must be invited, with obviously some > routing ability to daddy's email (and invitee's parents') :) ) and the > account is created for them), have some sort of overding parental > control, enable a "i_am_still_in_charge" group for parents, some sort > of proxy service for email (i had to remove her email privileges, not > her fault really, but had to anyways) and things like that... but to > get to there, I was hoping to... dare I say it? yeah, use someone > else's code if some available :) - by the time I get to it, ... HTML 6 > will probably be well over my head ;) > > I think it is sad to need to go to that length, but after seeing what > happens first hand the type of scary stuff that kids get exposed to, > its my one and only compromise to my daughter & her few friends > (wether they like it or not). > > Kids (my daughter specifically) has been my first focus with web2py > (that's a way different story) and maybe out of this, a community of > young web2py fans could emerge :) - BTW - when explained at their > level, kids that age do have the ability to learn about technology and > as it turns out, they can be pretty handy (sometimes way too handy)... > > Can anyone help with ? :) > > Thanks, > Mart :) >
