Yes the hskin tag. there are lots of minors in this tag and adults tend to make them uncomfy
Okay, I apologize in advance for the long-winded reply, but i wanted to use your post as an opportunity to accomplish something productive, instead of simply reacting with (justified, in my opinion at least) outrage at your decision to solve the problem of “minors in the community that are uncomfortable with adults” by guilting and discouraging adults from participating in the community. Your choice of approach is hurtful, and bordering on toxic if this is a continual pattern of behaviour and I am not your first victim. But again, talking about why I am upset or even being upset about your approach accomplishes nothing, and I would rather solve problems and get stuff done than go about the issue by fighting or attacking people.
You can’t just push out the adults to accommodate for the portion of minors who are uncomfortable around adults, as the population of adults in the community is much larger than it may readily and outwardly seem, being at around 25-30% of the community. [See Figure Below]
While this may not represent the exact ratio of adults to minors, per se, you can visibly see the number of adults who did in fact respond to this survey here: [original post linking to the survey / original post linking to the survey results]. Your idea of a solution would displace all of these adults (of whom many of the founders of the tag are, considering the number of years since it was founded and the average age range back then being mostly mid-to-late teens), along with any adults who did not take the survey, depriving them of their rightful access to a community which they have contributed to over several years, as well as prematurely ostracizing any new adults who wish to join the community. And what do you propose you do once you, in turn, become an adult? Would you willingly leave the community that you worked so hard to remove adults from? You would no longer be welcomed in the very place you devoted so much time and energy to. Once you look at it from that perspective, you realize how unfair the entire concept is.There are so many ways you could go about solving this issue in a positive fashion. Objectively, and taking all I’ve pointed out above into consideration, your approach is not one of them, but I would like to propose one that I (and a few others, adults and minors alike) believe will work out much better for every party involved. The problem is that the minors have no safe haven from the adults in the tag, currently, and lash out in reaction to attempt to create one where the current, mixed-populace tag stands now. The ensuing conflict could cause severe mental stress and trauma to all parties effected. In an attempt to prevent this kind of issue in the future, I am establishing an 18-and-under tag, #hskinss (ss = safe space) as a safe space for any minors in the hskin community who are uncomfortable around adults. The one concrete rule of the tag is that absolutely no adults may use this tag. Don’t worry, I am only setting it up so this kind of situation can be resolved and I will never post in the tag myself, as I am not a minor, [beyond this specific post in which I am establishing the tag] and I encourage everyone to block any adult who posts in the proposed safe tag, while publicizing their activity in the main/open-for-all tag, #hskin, to discourage others from doing the same.
I would also like to point out that while the hskin tag is a community for everyone, including adults, that means it should be a safe space for everyone, including minors. That means, if you want to post adult content of any kind, please take it to the recently established 18-and-over tag, #hskinad (ad = after dark)! I would encourage everyone to direct anyone who posts adult material in the general hskin tag towards the adult tag, discourage them from repeating the occurrence, and block them if you feel that is the safest way for you to remain in the general tag.
Please remember, #hskin is a shared space, and we want to keep it that way in the years to come!
And please please please signal boost this so more people can use #hskinss in the future!!!!!
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