Comments on: Content ratings, age-verification and secret words http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/04/28/content-ratings-age-verification-and-secret-words/ Coverage of news, issues and events occurring in virtual worlds or those who create those worlds Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:03:25 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: K http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/04/28/content-ratings-age-verification-and-secret-words/comment-page-1/#comment-206783 K Sat, 09 May 2009 06:12:39 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2065#comment-206783 You know...if kids REALLY want in that bad...they'll find a way in. Also, kids shouldn't really be on the adult grid in the first place, there are plenty of little sites and virtual worlds for them, so the little turds shouldn't be making our lives any more difficult. You know…if kids REALLY want in that bad…they'll find a way in. Also, kids shouldn't really be on the adult grid in the first place, there are plenty of little sites and virtual worlds for them, so the little turds shouldn't be making our lives any more difficult.

]]> By: K http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/04/28/content-ratings-age-verification-and-secret-words/comment-page-1/#comment-206152 K Fri, 08 May 2009 15:12:39 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2065#comment-206152 You know...if kids REALLY want in that bad...they'll find a way in. Also, kids shouldn't really be on the adult grid in the first place, there are plenty of little sites and virtual worlds for them, so the little turds shouldn't be making our lives any more difficult. You know…if kids REALLY want in that bad…they'll find a way in. Also, kids shouldn't really be on the adult grid in the first place, there are plenty of little sites and virtual worlds for them, so the little turds shouldn't be making our lives any more difficult.

]]> By: TateruNino http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/04/28/content-ratings-age-verification-and-secret-words/comment-page-1/#comment-206114 TateruNino Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:37:29 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2065#comment-206114 I'm not sure it's possible. I've listened to many dozens of suggestions on how to perform age-verification, and in the end, most of them are either ineffective, or arduous or both. I can only think of one solution that improves substantively on success-rates, and it *is* somewhat more arduous than most folks would probably like. I'm not sure it's possible. I've listened to many dozens of suggestions on how to perform age-verification, and in the end, most of them are either ineffective, or arduous or both. I can only think of one solution that improves substantively on success-rates, and it *is* somewhat more arduous than most folks would probably like.

]]> By: emilly http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/04/28/content-ratings-age-verification-and-secret-words/comment-page-1/#comment-206113 emilly Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:17:45 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2065#comment-206113 I suppose it solves nothing to say 'But they should do it *better*'--in all fairness, after everything else that's happened in SL, maybe they truly don't know *how*.<br><br>But from the beginning, this has been a highly charged, highly contested issue, and they don't seem invested in making it *any* easier. I suppose it solves nothing to say 'But they should do it *better*'–in all fairness, after everything else that's happened in SL, maybe they truly don't know *how*.

But from the beginning, this has been a highly charged, highly contested issue, and they don't seem invested in making it *any* easier.

]]> By: TateruNino http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/04/28/content-ratings-age-verification-and-secret-words/comment-page-1/#comment-206112 TateruNino Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:11:34 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2065#comment-206112 By US FTC standards, a simple "Are you over 18? Yes/No" is a sufficient best-practice age-check system for porn-sites, etc. However, we know that this is insufficient. Beyond that, age-checking gets more arduous, but not really any more effective, unfortunately. By US FTC standards, a simple “Are you over 18? Yes/No” is a sufficient best-practice age-check system for porn-sites, etc. However, we know that this is insufficient. Beyond that, age-checking gets more arduous, but not really any more effective, unfortunately.

]]> By: Samantha Poindexter http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/04/28/content-ratings-age-verification-and-secret-words/comment-page-1/#comment-206109 Samantha Poindexter Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:04:02 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2065#comment-206109 Personally, no, I don't think it's a profitable model. But I think Mark Kingdon thinks it is. Maybe he's right. Personally, no, I don't think it's a profitable model. But I think Mark Kingdon thinks it is. Maybe he's right.

]]> By: emilly http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/04/28/content-ratings-age-verification-and-secret-words/comment-page-1/#comment-206108 emilly Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:50:16 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2065#comment-206108 So...Second Life wants to be the virtual Doubletree?<br><br>Really, now, is there money in that? Even hotels with conference rooms have to rent out to individuals on occasion... So…Second Life wants to be the virtual Doubletree?

Really, now, is there money in that? Even hotels with conference rooms have to rent out to individuals on occasion…

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