I Have a Suggestion for Similar Worlds
When we get private messages, do you think it's for the best that they make it so 18+ users can't PM underage users? I just feel like a lot of creeps are going to start PMing them once it starts.
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xVellx · 36-40, M
I don't see much of a point to it, honestly. You could give minors an option in their settings to not take PMs from people over eighteen, maybe. Most teenagers are not stupid enough to be manipulated into harm by nefarious adults, and the ones that are do not magically wise up the moment they turn eighteen; this is just the arbitrary age at which we decide, "Well, if they can't handle it, it's their problem now."
I remember being a teenager well enough, and any time the adults told you they were doing something to "protect" you, it almost invariably meant, "This is something that most of you are perfectly capable of handling responsibly, but there are a couple of kids here who are dumb as posts, so we have to idiot-proof this to avoid the consequences of their inevitable fuck ups."
I've only seen a couple of these kinds of topics in this group (I assume there have been many), but one thing I have noticed is that young people have not turned up in them to actually describe their experiences in interacting with adults on this site. Might be worth actually canvassing their opinions before deciding things for them; this is something we as adults do not do nearly enough.
I remember being a teenager well enough, and any time the adults told you they were doing something to "protect" you, it almost invariably meant, "This is something that most of you are perfectly capable of handling responsibly, but there are a couple of kids here who are dumb as posts, so we have to idiot-proof this to avoid the consequences of their inevitable fuck ups."
I've only seen a couple of these kinds of topics in this group (I assume there have been many), but one thing I have noticed is that young people have not turned up in them to actually describe their experiences in interacting with adults on this site. Might be worth actually canvassing their opinions before deciding things for them; this is something we as adults do not do nearly enough.