HAVEN'T CHECKED RETRO SPRING IN A HOT MINUTE! whoopsies, sorry for the late reply.
ANYWAYS!
Yes! To be honest I got the idea initially just from seeing people get their dirty laundry aired out so often. As much as I often disagree with what these people have done, I find myself more inclined to criticize the people who call them out in such outlandish ways.
How I see it, there's often already enough people denouncing obvious bad actions, but not enough people thinking critically about the actions of the other side involved.
I think some of the worst moments I've seen were kids inadvertently being racist in trying to denounce the idea of someone being racist (I mention it in my summarized essay), as well as a rentry document I saw on someone detailing a teenagers hormonal experience. That was absolutely disgusting to me, no teen should have to be judged just for being sexually attracted to their girlfriend, those feelings are natural and human.
What /really/ motivated me to write it right then and there was when someone and I got targeted, but I often feel like I'm under an NDA when it comes to that matter. witness protection may be more accurate. I will admit I think the anger clouded some of my perspective, but I still stand by the contents of the essay.

Ahhh nods nods. I might,
I'd have to think about it thought. It's a complicated topic.
Not because I feel iffy about it, I'm very public about how I think people under the age of 13 shouldn't be given free internet access at all, and I do think we should be more restrictive about what people under the age of 16 do on the internet.
My problem is I'm not exactly sure what I mean by that, and who's responsibility it would be to make sure that happens.
Is it the responsibility of the parents who decide whether or not to give the child access to these things, or is it even a simple choice? Are companies at fault due to how much they market online spaces to young children?
It also comes to the case of why specifically do we need to keep kids away from the internet, and once we decide that, is there another factor that could be changed besides just taking away the internet from younger teens?
Blabbered, much to think about, but I will consider it!

CRYING I mean like,
Sighs, over the course of writing this essay and interviewing people, I've had to really really put a lot of thought into different perspectives and options. Which is good! I think doing that kind of stuff is good.
Yes, yes, I know you were joking but I do want to answer genuinely.
I think it really depends on the situation, sometimes voting to kick people is the only way we can prevent harm. Unfortunately, one of my major issues is we don't seem to have a great idea of: What harm constitutes as community harm, the levels of harm and how that correlates with course of actions, request from the affected, etc etc. It's a lot to think about...
unfortunately friendships and community is a lot tougher to figure out than an among us game.

Well! It would depend on the reason I lost them. I think if I lost my friends due to something I did I would probobly self reflect for a while. I don't make close friends with people that I think give up on others so easily, so whatever I would have done it must have been bad.
If it's something I wouldn't be able to change however or I resolved that what they left for was personal preference only, I would probobly just look for new friends.
... if you were referring if they all died suddenly in a freak accident, I would make angel instagram edits of them and make sure they feel loved even after death. Then probobly go to the friend store and buy some more. ♡