My point is that if they are under 13, then FR isn't the place for them, both for FR's sake (as it is a legal thing for them) and for BP's sake (as they could be more likely to get into the 'wrong' group, IE some of the people that have had salt about them, and simply not knowing better)
Yes, they have to learn somewhere, but FR isn't the place for that, nor is the internet itself.
It is that mainstream gaming community that makes me say they *do not need* to be where they can be exposed to that. I am a long time gamer, and I *hate* parts of the online gaming community and how normalized certain things are, and any pushback against it tends to be framed as people being 'prudes' or 'against fun' because they don't like certain actions or having slurs being tossed at them.
However, I also agree that if they are really young, since the community can't do anything but report and try to intimate that they seem to be too young to be online, probably shouldn't have more about them posted.
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anonrerising2024-10-08 11:48 am
Re: bananapoo and friends
(Anonymous) 2024-10-27 02:54 am (UTC)(link)My point is that if they are under 13, then FR isn't the place for them, both for FR's sake (as it is a legal thing for them) and for BP's sake (as they could be more likely to get into the 'wrong' group, IE some of the people that have had salt about them, and simply not knowing better)
Yes, they have to learn somewhere, but FR isn't the place for that, nor is the internet itself.
It is that mainstream gaming community that makes me say they *do not need* to be where they can be exposed to that. I am a long time gamer, and I *hate* parts of the online gaming community and how normalized certain things are, and any pushback against it tends to be framed as people being 'prudes' or 'against fun' because they don't like certain actions or having slurs being tossed at them.
However, I also agree that if they are really young, since the community can't do anything but report and try to intimate that they seem to be too young to be online, probably shouldn't have more about them posted.