May I ask if there's an age limit for children in using this website? Thanks.
it's in the T&Cs
see the first paragraph:
Notice to parents and guardians: by granting your child permission to use this site you agree to these terms and conditions. You are responsible for monitoring and supervising your child’s access to the site and use of services. If your child is accessing the site and using services and does not have your permission, please contact us immediately to disable his or her access. If you have question about whether the service is appropriate for your child please contact us at support@arduino.cc
No, there are many children here in their 60s & 70s!
Kids of 10 years old can start with Arduino, some even at a lower age.
However, children sometimes give personal information, so I suggest some supervision.
I don't think that there is an official age limit. I don't know if the site meets all the legal requirements for "not collecting data" or "not advertising" that have been put in place in some countries. The site is pretty age-agnostic.
In the absence of continuous reminders to the contrary (which aren't necessarily a good idea), a "child" on the Arduino forums will probably be treated like an adult. I would normally thing that that is a moderately good thing, but adults are not always very "nice" to each other. There have been numerous complaints from people on the forums (presumably adults) who feel that they have been treated overly harshly by other posters. Sometimes the complaints are valid, other times the harshness was well-deserved.
The Arduino community is diverse and most posters have no official standing. It does not "suffer fools gladly", and is particularly intolerant of questions that look like "My homework is due tonight; can someone do it for me?", and people who provide insufficient information to help them (each forum topic includes a "how to use this forum" post that has advice like "don't post pictures of text", "do post your code", "do include full text of errors", "when posting code, use code tags", and more. The number one cause of "harsh" responses is when new people don't follow such advice (because they haven't read it.) (actually, the first response is usually a relatively polite "please follow the guidelines." It's continued failure to follow instructions that escalates things...)
People appreciate attempts to spell, capitalize, and punctuate correctly. We do not use text-speak here. Non-technical slang should probably be avoided.
There may be "adult language" used. There seems to be a fair amount of peer pressure against actual obscenities, or "language enhancement", but some number of "appropriate" four-letter words do show up in conversations, plus the usual euphemisms and semi self-censorship. If you're worried about that sort of thing, you might want to worry.
On the bright side, I don't think I've seen any of the sorts of behaviors that are supposed to be especially harmful to kids on the internet, like cyber-bullying.
But kids are? 