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We solicited feedback from seven teens (aged 15-17) after they served for approximately two years on a Youth Advisory Board (YAB) for online safety. During this program, we engaged with them in various activities, including reviewing our lab's research protocols and co-designing online safety solutions, while teaching them User Experience (UX) design skills. We found out that while teens valued the opportunity to enhance their design and research skills to strengthen their career profiles, they faced challenges regarding long-term commitment issues due to busier schedules, building long-lasting peer-to-peer bonds, and limited interactivity in research tasks. Based on these insights, teens suggested several improvements, which included stricter participation rules with increased accountability, more collaboration opportunities, and leveraging visual elements to increase interactivity with content. Our study emphasizes the importance of teens' experiences and perspectives in developing future programs for their effective involvement in online safety research.
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