Opening The Doors to Trouble…
16 year olds in Second Life? And without breaking the rules.
What the f**k?
There are already enough minors on the main grid without making it acceptable for 16 year olds to be on the grid and within the ToS.
Now let me add, I honestly believe that these younger SL-ers have a great potential creative value to add to the platform. I’ve maintained for a long time that teen players should have a way to sell their items to the main grid, potentially through XStreet. But it’s not a safe environment for people of this age.
And bullshit with the whole “well they won’t have access to adult regions,” business, You only have to look around the PG regions to see that not all adult material is restricted to Zindra. There’s just no logic in opening the door to this hazard.
SL is full of some amazing creatives and some great artistic and educational opportunity. But as much as we love our virtual world, we all know it’s also home to some more sinister characters.
Would I want my 16 year old in SL? No frikkin’ way. No more than I would want them in a nightclub or bar in real life.
Categories: Second Life
Tracy Sparrowtree
Yeah well after having the joyful experience of being stalked by multiply alt’s of the same person. I certainly would not suggest the free access of younger people that may not have the wisdom to protect themselves even a little bit. For all the wonderful people in sl there are definately some perverted ones as well and I’m sure we can all imagine which ones will be overjoyed at the entrance of children in sl.