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SergeStorms

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4. DU is a website....

Reply to reACTIONary (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 02:16 PM

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You can't interact on DU like you can on social media, and our personal information isn't sold as part of their revenue stream.
The difference between DU and Facebook, Reddit, X etc. is like day and night.

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Starmer says Britain will ban under-16s from using a range of social media apps [View all] groundloop Yesterday OP

Ya like that will actually work out well and accomplish something worth the hassle 🙄 cstanleytech Yesterday #1

Ban social media for everyone. SergeStorms Yesterday #2

Ummm, DU is .... reACTIONary Yesterday #3

DU is a website.... SergeStorms Yesterday #4

How would you write legislation that... reACTIONary Yesterday #6

DU has a jury ... oldsoldierfadingfast Yesterday #9

That's a good observation, and... reACTIONary Yesterday #10

The arguments SM companies are using against this GenThePerservering Yesterday #5

Social Media... reACTIONary Yesterday #7

Agreed - I don't see much substantive difference between a more old fashioned type message board like DU and Midwestern Democrat 16 hrs ago #11

The earliest use of "social media" known probably includes DU - from the Oxford English Dictionary muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #8

I agree with this in principle fujiyamasan 14 hrs ago #12