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Some activists on the teen grid are protesting at the lack of access to PG areas on the main grid. On the 6th of May a march has been organised to raise awareness on the issue.
Like any proposal to increase interaction between children / teens and adults, there are some significant benefits a ... Continue reading »
Like any proposal to increase interaction between children / teens and adults, there are some significant benefits a ... Continue reading »
2 years ago
The problem of grooming has been brought up countless many times since the idea was first proposed.
Here's an excerpt from an E-mail:
"As a small, yet fun test, I created a 'PG and Profanity' filter for local
chat. The filter would pick up certain words when they were said, such as
profane words, or sexually explicit words. Within just a few days, my
filter had picked up hundreds of violations, and with each, spewed out a
simple 'Don't use profanity' or 'You are in a PG-sim. Don't use sexually
explicit themes', et cetera.
My point being that the Teen Grid is far from 'dandy'. In fact, I believe
Teens are at a much higher risk on the Teen Grid then if the teens were
able to venture to the Main Grid.
An adult, a pedophile - for the sake of arguments, lets make this person a
male. This adult decides he wants to 'attack some teens', so he makes a
Teen Grid account. Fact - Teens are more likely to have open contact with
their peers. The adult would be most quickly accepted as 'part of the
group' under a Teen alias then had the adult tried to same thing on the
Main Grid if teens were present there. The teens would most likely
instantly report a 'freaky old guy hitting on' them then 'a possibly cute
boy from So-Cal'.
While it may seem Teens will be at a higher risk on the Main Grid, it is
in fact the opposite. Teens don't have any walls up, they're vulnerable on
the Teen Grid; Teens are still at a stage where they may trust their peers
pretty easily."
Thanks,
Alex Harbinger
[http://www.alexharbinger.com for the full Proposal]