I was having a conversation last night about explicit and implicit digital children spaces.

Qbasic was implicitly like under 18. There were a few hobbyist adults but they were rare. Roblox and Minecraft occupy the same space but they are more explicitly youth spaces.

This exploration made me realize that there probably are genuinely people over 40 with no children around who enjoy these modern platforms like Minecraft and Roblox without any questionable intent.

And honestly I think there has to be one other distinction here. Take Reddit. It's gone from implicitly to arguably explicitly a young person's space, but then there are subreddits dedicated to people of specific ages or to issues that teens face, this is yet another level - explicit and exclusive.

With the advent of age verification systems online it makes me wonder if there's going to ever be enforced youth exclusive spaces, which is probably the final corner of the quadrant here