This is something that I think many people have not really come across before, however I have seen forums ban the idea of dating people through the forum. Do you think it would be a good idea to ban online dating on your forum? Online dating as meeting up or giving addresses, sending "pictures" or sharing personal information to others, or even calling each other babe on the forums. Would that be something you allow on your forum if you knew about it?
Do you allow online dating?
- Thread starter Thomasss
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If someone really wants to online date then I guess I would let them. I would prefer it to not be in the forums, I would rather it stay private between the,. But if I hear any word about them sending "pictures" through PM I definitely would put a stop to it on my forum and make them move to text or something Hana.
Rich Edmonds
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I generally allow it, unless there's an exchange of personal details in public view. People need to also have some sort of responsibility for their actions.
THF_Martin
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I wouldn't care as long as it was via private message and they understood that they were taking a risk and that it wouldn't be mine or the forums fault if anything went wrong.
I have several couples on my forum, but our community has many online relationships that have worked so I guess it doesn't bother me. If you find your special one on the forum, great. Usually people have enough sense to not say their address on the forum, so it's never been a big deal. My forum is the reason why one couple met and I'm more than happy for them and that they found their happiness through my forum, it makes it a bit more special in my opinion and more like a family. 😛
I wouldn't be bothered about it, as long as they keep me out of it.
Of course I'd prefer they kept to PM, but I wouldn't tell them to stop if they called eachothers babe or honey in public.
If they post personal information public I'd warn them about the risk and edit the post to remove it from public view.
Of course I'd prefer they kept to PM, but I wouldn't tell them to stop if they called eachothers babe or honey in public.
If they post personal information public I'd warn them about the risk and edit the post to remove it from public view.
I don't really care one way or the other, as look as they keep personal information private and keep it to PM or email if it gets too much. I saw a dating plugin for Vb forums a few days ago and was pretty surprised. 😛
It wouldn't bother me, as long as the people who were doing it were both mature (or 18+), due to the fact that two 14 year olds exchanging personal information probably isn't the best idea online, even in that case, I probably wouldn't do anything about it. 😛
I allow it, my boyfriend is on my forum and some others i work on and we really don't mind it as long as nothing bad is said or personal things stay in PM.
If they want to date someone they met online or on my forum, they can feel free to do so. If they start to bring their relationship problems to the forum though, I'd either ban the one that is the most annoying and keep the one that is cool or just ban both of them.
Any kind of personal interaction can be done via PM, so I don't see a problem with it, only if it's in between the boundaries. There are risks with sharing personal info and exchanging pictures, but I'm sure they're probably aware. 😛
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