D&D General Dungeons & Dragons Teams Up With HarperCollins for Young Adult Novels and Graphic Novels

[Urriak Uruk]

Snapchat, Instagram and Tiktok would disagree with that... they definitely tilt younger. Not that they have no adults, but Twitter is not very youth friendly (being much more influencer/news-iness in nature).

Tumblr... I seriously don't hear Tumblr mentioned by young people ever except in the context of art. And that's still rare, compared to Instagram.

The creator of Hannibal got mobbed on Twitter a while back for liking fan art of two of his show's characters having sex, with people arguing that he was effectively exposing minors who followed him on Twitter to pornography.

There was also the "Brony" phenomena a while back, which included both adult men who genuinely just enjoyed the show and men who...uh...went into NSFW territory.

I was pointing out that there are social media sites that are much more targeted to young people, to explain that although the line between platforms by generation has blurred, it still exists.

 

[Parmandur]

I was pointing out that there are social media sites that are much more targeted to young people, to explain that although the line between platforms by generation has blurred, it still exists.

It is a fools errand to think it is possible to control a child's information intake in the modern world, however. Better to teach discernment and how to think.

 

[jasper]

So...middle grade content ... means what reading level? 5 to 7th grade. Young adult I know means teenagers.

 

[Parmandur]

So...middle grade content ... means what reading level? 5 to 7th grade. Young adult I know means teenagers.

Amazon says 8-12 years old.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

So...middle grade content ... means what reading level? 5 to 7th grade. Young adult I know means teenagers.

Basically, it's the point where books stop being terrible. (Sorry, I love books, and I love my kids, but K-2 is rough.)