15 year old mod in General Chat

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Pinky said:
So, it’s ok to moderate adult content in kids chat, but not ok to moderate adult content in adult chat? This is what I don’t understand with this opinion some have.
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Pinky, I don’t know you. But I’m sure you’re a lovely young lady. But just that. Young. Jeez it’s hard to explain in a way so forgive cuz I’m doing the best I can as I go here. You’re a young girl and yea you know about the adult world but there are so many things about it you don’t know about nor should you at this point in your life. There’ll be another time for you to learn about being an adult. Right now, the most important thing for you to do is to be a 15 year old girl. Don’t take on adult responsibilities which to be honest, no one should be giving you. There’s a reason why as adults, we have to protect our kids from harm. And when you get older and perhaps have children of your own, you will set rules for them as well. To keep them from harm. Pinky this world is full of evil people and with the internet they can have access to you right in your bedroom where you should feel the most safe. I don’t know you at all but I do care about you. Don’t try to grow up too fast. I mean it. Just be 15. Let the adults police this place.
 
DarthErica said:
Pinky, I don’t know you. But I’m sure you’re a lovely young lady. But just that. Young. Jeez it’s hard to explain in a way so forgive cuz I’m doing the best I can as I go here. You’re a young girl and yea you know about the adult world but there are so many things about it you don’t know about nor should you at this point in your life. There’ll be another time for you to learn about being an adult. Right now, the most important thing for you to do is to be a 15 year old girl. Don’t take on adult responsibilities which to be honest, no one should be giving you. There’s a reason why as adults, we have to protect our kids from harm. And when you get older and perhaps have children of your own, you will set rules for them as well. To keep them from harm. Pinky this world is full of evil people and with the internet they can have access to you right in your bedroom where you should feel the most safe. I don’t know you at all but I do care about you. Don’t try to grow up too fast. I mean it. Just be 15. Let the adults police this place.
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I'm going to bump @Pinky's question back to you. You responded to it, but didn't actually address her question and I'm genuinely curious to see your answer.
Pinky said:
So, it’s ok to moderate adult content in kids chat, but not ok to moderate adult content in mixed adult/kid chat? This is what I don’t understand with this opinion some have.
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I dont understand why this is even a thread.. oh because shes 15? And what? At the end of the day @Pinky is more mature than most adults ive seen on these forums being 15 shoudnt be a factor yea i know theres rules about having an undersge age mod BUT if @Samwise didnt think she wouldnt of been a good fit he wouldnt of hired her so well done on putting his trust in her i for one think pinky will be a great mod in Gen chat she knows the room and knows the people so Congrats Pinky on your new role 😃
 
I really don’t get this condescending argument that Pinky is too young to mod, as if perverts have morals and avoid sending anything to minors. This is chat, it’s unavoidable that we’re all going to see **** we shouldn’t be seeing. Her mod badge isn’t going to change that.

The girl wants to mod, let her mod. Good on Samwise for giving her an opportunity. It’s the least she deserves after the **** she’s been through.

Oh and mark my words, in a few years, Pinky is probably going to be CM. So I’d be nice to her now before it comes back to bite you.
 
As an underage admin and as someone who's modded chat rooms since I was 14, I'll chime in with this.

Maturity level is what matters. And from what I've seen, @Pinky is one of the most mature people in the entire forums. She can decide if she feels overwhelmed by this task for herself.

About the adult content, unfortunately that's going to be seen regardless of whether one's staff or not. So how does having the ability to remove it somehow make it worse?

If you argue that more adult content will be funneled to a mod, then I assure you any Kids Chat user has unfortunately been exposed to more perverts and adult content than General Chat has in its entirety. Should only adults be allowed to moderate any room, including Kids Chat? That's a separate issue, but as is, there's absolutely nothing wrong with a mature, underaged person moderating (and sometimes babysitting) an all ages chatroom.

Best of luck to you, @Pinky.
 
Welp, like I already said. If y’all would be ok with your 15 year old daughter being exposed to the adult world of pornography and pedophilia that goes around around here especially in the more adult rooms such as General Chat then that would be on your conscious. But I’d be damned if it’d be on mine. I know I’ll sleep good at night knowing I would not allow my 15 year old daughter to be on the front line in an adult war on creeps and pedophiles. Period! ✋
 
DarthErica said:
Welp, like I already said. If y’all would be ok with your 15 year old daughter being exposed to the adult world of pornography and pedophilia that goes around around here especially in the more adult rooms such as General Chat then that would be on your conscious. But I’d be damned if it’d be on mine. I know I’ll sleep good at night knowing I would not allow my 15 year old daughter to be on the front line in an adult war on creeps and pedophiles. Period! ✋
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While I get you’re coming from a good place, everything you’re saying is coming across as very patronising and condescending towards Pinky. You’re saying its worse for her to mod the room where she can REMOVE adult content, and instead should focus on being a user where, if she happens to be online when a mod isn’t, she’ll be more exposed to this same content?

Also I’d be curious to know what your suggestion for Kids Chat would be. Do we install adult mods there? How to we vet them to ensure they’re safe to mod a Kids room?

At the end of the day, Pinky is able to make her own decisions on whether she wants to mod. I’m sure Samwise didn’t decide to mod her on a whim. I’ll end again by saying that I totally get where you’re coming from, but you haven’t said how modding exposes her more to this content than if she’s just a user.
 
There’s bad people in all positions of power and influence, from politicians, priests, teachers, police officers, doctors, lawyers and even (God. don’t I know it), parents. If the world were a perfect place, we wouldn’t need authority. We’d all just mesh together and get along.

The world is imperfect, and because I can’t be a doctor just yet, I am doing my best to make a difference by helping keep a room full of some good people clean for those younger than me.

This is all I’ll say on this matter now.

@Apollo @Chopper please close.
 
Pinky said:
There’s bad people in all positions of power and influence, from politicians, priests, teachers, police officers, doctors, lawyers and even (God. don’t I know it), parents. If the world were a perfect place, we wouldn’t need authority. We’d all just mesh together and get along.

The world is imperfect, and because I can’t be a doctor just yet, I am doing my best to make a difference by helping keep a room full of some good people clean for those younger than me.

This is all I’ll say on this matter now.

@Apollo @Chopper please close.
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Way to upset everyone by tagging Chopper 🙁
 
Pinky said:
There’s bad people in all positions of power and influence, from politicians, priests, teachers, police officers, doctors, lawyers and even (God. don’t I know it), parents. If the world were a perfect place, we wouldn’t need authority. We’d all just mesh together and get along.

The world is imperfect, and because I can’t be a doctor just yet, I am doing my best to make a difference by helping keep a room full of some good people clean for those younger than me.

This is all I’ll say on this matter now.

@Apollo @Chopper please close.
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@Ness_eb @Samwise
 
DarthErica said:
Welp, like I already said. If y’all would be ok with your 15 year old daughter being exposed to the adult world of pornography and pedophilia that goes around around here especially in the more adult rooms such as General Chat then that would be on your conscious. But I’d be damned if it’d be on mine. I know I’ll sleep good at night knowing I would not allow my 15 year old daughter to be on the front line in an adult war on creeps and pedophiles. Period! ✋
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the worst she is exposed to are pedophiles on general chat…

something she was already exposed to as a regular user on general in fact she was already a victim when she was & that user is banned, something she was also exposed to as a mod on kidchat…

there is genuinely nothing on general chat that she didn’t already deal with in kids chat, this isnt singles we’re talking about…
 
It's too early for this crap and I haven't had enough coffee yet. @Pinky isn't being exposed to anything she hasn't already been exposed to just by being a moderator. Obviously she can handle it because she's been a moderator for a long time. So what's the big deal? I always assumed when she turned 18 and could no longer mod for Kids chat that @Samwise would swoop in and steal her before one of the other admins did. Why let good help go to waste??
 
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