Esme, With what little respect I have left for you, Their twitter bio has said “MINOR” in all caps. Them and the mutual friends who y'all shared confirmed the fact you knew they were a minor. They themself have had a conversation with you where they said “they’re a minor too” and used similar terms that suggest they are a minor. You are an adult in this situation and online, it is your responsibility to make sure the person you are interacting with is in fact an adult before sending NSFW and flirting or hinting at sexual acts with said person.
Simply using the excuse “i didn’t know” is not strong enough seeing how often the both of you interacted with each other and the knowledge that the two of you were in a group chat.
Afterwards, you deleted your account in an attempt to hide, therefore admitting guilt.
If you didn’t know the age of the individual you should not have interacted with them period.
After all those who have come forward it is obvious you have a tendency to flirt with strangers. In the future, I can only recommend you actually take your time speaking with an individual beforehand. I can recommend that it would be in the community's best interest and your interest for your mental health to actually leave the internet for a while. Not just deactivating and reactivating for a few days because you’re in hot water. But to allow the minor, the “partners”, and the several people you scammed time to process and heal from what you have done to them. What you have done to the 15year old child is unacceptable,What you have done to your “friends” is unacceptable. I know myself, and several others in the community see this apology as half-assed. We will not be quick to recover and we will not be quick to accept the bullshit.