Tuesday, April 6, 2010

13 year olds on Home

So waaaaaaay back in December a friend of ours promised to show the world what it was like to look through the eyes of a 13 year old girl on her first day on Home. Well, he lagged for months and finally sent the pictures in. What he saw actually surprised me.... and disgusted me. These were the rules he went by:
  1. No starting conversations, only speaking to people who speak to Amanda first.
  2. No talking about sex or sexually related topics. Kids should be protected from such.
  3. Mark down observations of sex, violence & inappropriate conversations for a young kid.

Say hello to "AmandaSmith1997." She is a 13 year old girl, and this is her first day on Home.

First off, why is an account set to a kid being hit with advertisements for violent movies? This was the first ad seen upon entering Central Plaza.

Another gory & violent movie advert.

Another

Then Amanda met this guy. "Chargerpride77"

He continuosly tried to get "Amanda" to follow him.

He kept attempting to get "her" to go to his apartment

Amanda came up to talk to a couple she found in the mall. The female went nuts & screamed and threatened poor Amanda.

This was one guys reply to Amanda's age

This was a random conversation in central plaza. Unregulated for kids obviously.

Turns out this guy didn't care that Amanda was 13.

Just another random observation by a 13 year old girl. Why is "shit" censored and "shat" is not?

Here's the usual groin sniffing trolls in the mall. Where would the home experience be without them?
Well, more inappropriate conversations for a child to hear.

There were a few heros who wouldn't talk to Amanda. Kudos to acewest16.

Although he did insult her and (assumed) called her a bitch.

Two guys got into a tug of war match over which one was Amanda's boyfriend. Amanda didn't talk to nor request any type of relationship. These were two strangers walking up to her in Central Plaza.

Lincoln wanted Amanda to stop talking to other guys

I hope you do find a white girl, but is this something you announce to a 13 year old?

Awesome, a BDSM conversation just feet away

If you're older then 13 this is a laughable threat. But this could be really frightening to a young kid.

What about our friend Chargerpride77? Yeah. He messaged. A lot. And most were like this:

Epic.

So bottom line? Home is not safe, nor an appropriate place for young kids. Home needs to be redone as a 18+ platform for social gaming. How is it that we can capture so many instances of MODs harassing people for using bad words, (That no one can see) however they cannot protect a 13 year old girl hanging out in the areas with the most traffic? Especially being harassed by sexual predators, insulted, blasted with violent movie ads, and even had guys "claim ownership" of her. 13+ huh? Time to reconsider.

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