Digital Footprints: How to behave at 13 for not to be ashamed at 23

At 13, teens are less demanding on the content they post online.

We turned to a practicing psychologist and psychotherapist Irina Pavlovskaya to better understand the nature of this phenomenon:

“13 years is the age of the formation of the Self-Concept.” It seems to the teenager wants to attract more attention. These reactions of emancipation, opposition and compensation, characteristic of adolescence, give the courage to be less demanding on the content that they leave on social networks.”

Over the past 10 years, social networks have erased concept
of confidential information. They easily allow acquaintances. Strangers to get quick access to studying your personality. But at the same time, you may be affected by negative content.

How social networks protect their users from unwanted content?

The moderation team here responds to all complaints. If any video has received more than 2 complaints. It will be submitted for moderation.

How social networks protect you from the consequences of your publications?

Now the moderation department of each social network can be called a rescue squad that will remove most of your unwanted Internet footprints.

“Almost all content in ASKfm is moderated. Subjects containing profanity are subject to removal. If the profile receives a lot of complaints, it will be deleted. Also, moderation spreads not only to text but also to images.

We are absolutely sure, after a few years these users would not be happy if their friends, relatives, or soulmate find bad photo on the Internet. We help protect users from more serious problems in the future!” – Victoria Moroz, Head of Moderation, ASKfm.

ASK.fm is a social network of anonymous questions and answers and immediately became popular among schoolchildren. It’s hard to believe, but the first generation of users is already 23 years old! By the way, many of them during quarantined decided to return to the social network and read their children’s answers with interest.

If your account in ASKfm was created several years ago and access to it has been lost – do not worry! In this case, moderation will help to restore access or remove inappropriate content, after confirming your identity. You can write a request by filling out a simple form on the website in the Help section.

At any age, it is important to remember that once you post a photo on the Internet, you are 90% likely to post it there forever. Since there is no guarantee that after deleting the source, the photo will not appear on other sites involved in copying content.