If we really wanted that sort of stuff on the forums then at the very least we'd need to dedicate a space to it.
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If we really wanted that sort of stuff on the forums then at the very least we'd need to dedicate a space to it.
Is is actually quite common for forums (which do not cover political subjects) to ban political discussion. The reason is that there are tons of people (on all sides) who are very passionate about their views and will respond with a very negative tone if you disagree with them.
Adding a strict age border to a forum like this is kind of silly. Do you really expect everyone to honestly tell their age especially after seeing a rule like that?
But people lying takes the responsibility off the people who run the forum; they shouldn't be responsible because a <12 year old wants to join a forum starts getting himself in danger by sharing extra info or something else - not saying that admins and mods don't care, they surely do, why would they put an age limit if they didn't care?
This is a COPPA issue more than anything. It's not just a matter of thinking kids under 13 aren't mature enough to be on these forums (spoiler: they're not), there's legal issues with knowingly allowing underage children to participate in this community. This isn't a new rule either, kids under 13 haven't been allowed on these forums since at least the phpBB days - it's just more prominent in the rules list now.Didn't ever say that they don't care, I don't get why do they tie the problem of getting themselves in danger exclusively to those being of a lower age. As if there is not enough of older ignorant people who can get themselves in danger the same way.
It's not just a matter of thinking kids under 13 aren't mature enough to be on these forums (spoiler: they're not), there's legal issues with knowingly allowing underage children to participate in this community. This isn't a new rule either, kids under 13 haven't been allowed on these forums since at least the phpBB days - it's just more prominent in the rules list now.
Didn't ever say that they don't care, I don't get why do they tie the problem of getting themselves in danger exclusively to those being of a lower age. As if there is not enough of older ignorant people who can get themselves in danger the same way.
And once again someone discriminates the underage people implying all of them stupid and immature (spoiler: that's not true).
With that out of the way, if that really is the case, I can understand it, since this forum is USA based, and, therefore, must abide by the US laws. Quite logical. Thanks for clarifying.
Tell that to the government, mostly in every country you are required to be older than 13 to create an account in most social media. Not ignorance related, but if you want to compare a 9 year old with a 20 in regards of responsibility, then you are completely out of your mind - people of lower age are just not mature enough to handle problems, and they can get themselves in problems (there are exceptions, but tell me how many of them do you know) and that's only 1 reason out of the bunch there are.
I wasn't implying that you said mods didn't care, I mentioned it because my thread might get bad interpreted.
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It's obviously the case, every page that allows you to create an account, is obligated to make it over 13. We aren't saying they are dumb, stop putting words in our mouths, immaturity doesn't mean dumb, they haven't lived enough time, they are innocent and don't understand many things about the live and can get themselves in danger.
I apologise if I put words in your mouths you didn't imply: I didn't mean to, was simply confused between the meanings of immaturity and stupidity.
And I can guess that this magical number of 13 is just the average age at which people are considered responsible and mature..? What about 12?
Also, I agree that a responsible 9 year old is something tremendously unusual, but what I want to say is that those rules don't account for irresponsible adults|teens, which happen to exist, too...
Once again, please forgive me if I'm bad at wording my thoughts, I don't mean any ill intent, just wishing to clear up the situation for myself.
If someone draws stuff onto my artwork without then distributing it as theirs, big deal?
And besides, a screenshot of say, an edit of a map? How'd that in any way hurt anyone? Really?
It's not just a matter of thinking kids under 13 aren't mature enough to be on these forums (spoiler: they're not)
Yeah, I'm gonna ask you to keep these rude opinions to yourself, kays. Don't make sweeping prejudiced judgments on anyone's maturity. People grow up at all different rates and in different areas, and the 13 or younger individual who is completely capable of handling themselves in a community of adults is not an anomaly. They do not deserve disrespect, you see!
We don't even like the fact that we have to lock out the mature 13yos that exist here. But that's the age limit the law sets (and we understand why), so we have to abide by that.
And this is a good thing. If this forum is a safe place for people it would be good.I might add it's already happening.
The fact some users were banned for doing so, may be related to it being done.
He hasn't been here since June 2021 my dude! Quite a bit late, eh?Why was Icarus banned?
No offense, but I really don't care if I'm late.He hasn't been here since June 2021 my dude! Quite a bit late, eh?
There's better places to ask than an old thread about rule changes.No offense, but I really don't care if I'm late.