Features I can think of:
- a system for stricter content moderation, especially something that would automatically delete NSFW/NSFL posts,
- no direct messaging,
- some kind of tool for moderators to efficiently review content,
- multi-layered access to an account to allow for parental control,
- time management tool that would not be based on the client, but with the session duration calculated through interactions.
I’m not cishet but your problem is not social media bans its the already existent homophobic violence present in society
Enabling private communications and making true knowledge available through technology are not the same things as just letting kids post things to the public internet via systems literally invented and designed to be addictive and profit off social harm
Edit; the best analogy I’ve seen is it’s like selling kids open source range free cigarettes. Cigarettes are simply bad and almost all social media is too and it’s even worse for children
Nobody can solve homophobia overnight but people can make safe communities for queer kids on the internet. And that’s a good thing. We need to look after the next generation. We need to show up for them if their parents won’t.
The AIDS crisis caused a generation of queer people to grow up without their community elders. We’re still feeling the ramifications of that in the community. I don’t want a repeat of that. The kids need online role models.