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So, a kid runing the rep of your forum isn't the same as someone in their 20's, 30's, etc ruiningthe rep of your forum? Like I said, this type of thing should be dealt with in a case by case manner.
Should all forums be age restricted ?
- Thread starter Dylan
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And another thing, I don't want talk or discussion about crap like the Jonas Brothers and stuff like that or anything "new" crap like that.
My forum is for gaming and the discussion of popular culture, which means stuff from the 20th century, not crap like "Hannah Montana" and such.
My forum is for gaming and the discussion of popular culture, which means stuff from the 20th century, not crap like "Hannah Montana" and such.
An 11, 12 or 13 year old isn't necessarily interested in the whole Disney stuff, and the vast majority of times will not be. Age really defines nothing in terms of maturity or knowledge, it can be used as a rough guide as to these things but it's all down to the specific person.Luigi1632 said:
I've known children of that age, and I believe I was one, who are exceptionally intelligent for their age and should be viewed in that way. I was giving puberty advice to 17 year olds when I was 12 at VirtualTeen.org, weird huh? Well, as I said age is irrelevant. Let's consider that.
It's a real shame that you are using such stereotypes in your defense. Why would a child who is only interested in Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana join a forum of your niche? It wouldn't happen in the first place - no need to put an age restriction. By putting an age restriction to bar children out you are only stopping potentiality fantastic users from your site.
One would ask then, what is the point? After all, if you decide a user is not being beneficial to your website you can always ban them in the end. Perhaps instead of restricting, you should consider allowing users to join but then judge them on a case-by-case basis.
Of course make sure your website is compliant with COPPA before making any such changes.
Joshua Farrell
FP's Housekeeper
If the forum or website is hosted in the U.S., obviously you will have to abide by the minimum of age 13 to join a forum. But of course you can always lie about your age to bypass it.
Joshua Farrell
FP's Housekeeper
All I knew was that if the website was hosted on a server that is in the U.S., then the age 13 minimum came into play.Jonathan said:
Joshua Farrell
FP's Housekeeper
Adults don't want their children exposed to stuff they wouldn't wan them to see.Ruko said:
agentmanningctu
My Posts = Jack Bauer's Kills
You have NO reason to ban the kid other than their age. If they cause issues, ban them. You never know until you let them join. Older members cause problems too. Why don't you just ban everyone from your forum?
Um i really dont have a limit. But i note down in my board rules that the forums may have users that might not be suitable for content people may wish to post. Tbf I don't really care what age anyone is on my forums. If someone is like 14 and some one posts an adult picture im not going to be the one to tell that person not to look. Its not my job to. I run a forums for fun and for people to enjoy. Im not going to tip toe around people.
But i hope my forums doesn't go like that if it did i would place a large warning on the home page warning people under 18 not to enter.
But i hope my forums doesn't go like that if it did i would place a large warning on the home page warning people under 18 not to enter.
SheepishWolf
Paragon
Sorry, but lmao. Kids tend to have bigger imaginations, hence giving your forum more interesting topics not the same old "What's your favorite color" topics. Your point regarding Hannah Montana is incorrect. If as you said your forum is on Gaming, then why would (assuming) a little girl join your forum to chat about Hannah Montana?
In my opinion, if a kid is smart enough to find a forum, figure out how to join it, figure out how to post topics and such then they should be allowed on the forum. If their parents saw them and didn't want them on then they won't come back, if the kid is sneaky and gets on when their parents are not looking then they also have a higher intelligence, and should be able to figure out what they shouldn't see.
If they see stuff that they shouldn't see; well hey, everyone grows up somehow, someday, at some age. Maybe your forum will have that impact on them.
Lee Lawson
Seasoned Veteran
Luigi1632 said:
For your sake, you were once a kid and I am sure you were like that at one point, messing with older people. And for a fact, I stopped watching kids channels about the aghe of 8 and my little sister has stopped watching them months ago, but yet we still love to watch the odd Toy Story 3, Shrek 4 or whatever.
Mind you, your 15 years old, have an attitude problem, love constant cursing and swearing, don't listen to any of us, well the sun don't shine out ''yer'' *rse. Your the kid.
Dylan said:Please tell us your view and what age should you have to be ?
To start a little debate off I am going to post a quote
I think Kino has the right idea and I would go with 15Kino said:
When is that quote from?
Well its useless. :shrug: I used to have age limits but since people lie about their age, I just disable them. Don't care if the post's aren't suitable for kids. (except extreme and mature content, which would NEVER be added to my forums)dentist said:
If adults didn't want their kids exposed to such things, they would:dentist said:
- Monitor their childs online activity
- Enable filters on the internet browser
- Read what they sign up for
So I do not see how this works.
DarkKnight
Reputable
Heh, I'm 25, and people b*** and complain about me...
Is it any different for a kid that's 13? How about a kid that's even younger??
I have the ability to enforce COPPA on my board, and at times, I may do so heavily.
I am pretty lax about my board's users, but if they violate the terms of my board, I check into their records and may use COPPA as the reason that I disable their account, although this is usually paired with other more severe reasons, such as mature and explicit content, on which note, I heartily agree with Ruko.
In most cases, the only way that I limit access to my board is to require a valid E-Mail address for registration, mainly to prevent spam-bots from signing up.
This also prevents underage users that would sign up without a valid E-Mail address, so it does prevent kids that are generally too young from signing up, as well.
I think that if they are old enough to have their own E-Mail address, they should be old enough to know what they should and should not be doing on the internet.
Is it any different for a kid that's 13? How about a kid that's even younger??
I have the ability to enforce COPPA on my board, and at times, I may do so heavily.
I am pretty lax about my board's users, but if they violate the terms of my board, I check into their records and may use COPPA as the reason that I disable their account, although this is usually paired with other more severe reasons, such as mature and explicit content, on which note, I heartily agree with Ruko.
In most cases, the only way that I limit access to my board is to require a valid E-Mail address for registration, mainly to prevent spam-bots from signing up.
This also prevents underage users that would sign up without a valid E-Mail address, so it does prevent kids that are generally too young from signing up, as well.
I think that if they are old enough to have their own E-Mail address, they should be old enough to know what they should and should not be doing on the internet.
GamerPerfection
Resident
Most forums are open forums anyway so you can view content without registering. So really under 13yr olds can more often than not read contents of forums anyway.dentist said:
Joshua Farrell
FP's Housekeeper
I can tell people need to read up on the COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act)
http://www.coppa.org/coppa.htm
http://www.coppa.org/coppa.htm
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