MandyW
Member
Good day,
In an effort to make the internet a safer place for our children, I am writing this post.
one of the paradoxes I came cross in this room is the contradiction between the apparent room rules and conducts on ground. Of course, it says beautifully in the rule "13 to 17 year olds should stick to chatting to their age group, 18+ users should stick to chatting to 18+ users"! That's commendable gratifying to hear. but is that the reality of the situation in there? absolutely not! and here is why: you can easily come across profiles for 35+ year old women have 13 year old, 14 year old girls on their friends list! naturally there was a private messaging between the two that led to that "friendship" which is a blatant breach for that rule. in addition to that, you can easily come across profiles of women that shamelessly says "Happy to chat with all ages"! and vice versa, you can find profiles of 13, 14-year-old girls that announce," Happy to talk to all ages" or even taking it further "prefer mature women"! and we all know what's that mean!
what I am suggesting here is an additional rule that declares: "18+ year old should befriend only 18+ year old. 13+ year old only allowed to befriend 13 - 17 year old. Of course, I can hear the booing from those "women", some of them are here in this forum. I am not sure who legislates the rules for the room, the Chat master or the room admin, but if you genuinely sincere about making the room a safer place for our children you should adopt this rule no question asked, no exceptions. it is a simple, straightforward and in line with the previous rule that's quoted above.
Thanks for taking the time to read.
AmandaWT
In an effort to make the internet a safer place for our children, I am writing this post.
one of the paradoxes I came cross in this room is the contradiction between the apparent room rules and conducts on ground. Of course, it says beautifully in the rule "13 to 17 year olds should stick to chatting to their age group, 18+ users should stick to chatting to 18+ users"! That's commendable gratifying to hear. but is that the reality of the situation in there? absolutely not! and here is why: you can easily come across profiles for 35+ year old women have 13 year old, 14 year old girls on their friends list! naturally there was a private messaging between the two that led to that "friendship" which is a blatant breach for that rule. in addition to that, you can easily come across profiles of women that shamelessly says "Happy to chat with all ages"! and vice versa, you can find profiles of 13, 14-year-old girls that announce," Happy to talk to all ages" or even taking it further "prefer mature women"! and we all know what's that mean!
what I am suggesting here is an additional rule that declares: "18+ year old should befriend only 18+ year old. 13+ year old only allowed to befriend 13 - 17 year old. Of course, I can hear the booing from those "women", some of them are here in this forum. I am not sure who legislates the rules for the room, the Chat master or the room admin, but if you genuinely sincere about making the room a safer place for our children you should adopt this rule no question asked, no exceptions. it is a simple, straightforward and in line with the previous rule that's quoted above.
Thanks for taking the time to read.
AmandaWT