I recently read a story on this site, which I haven't done in ages, because of its title that looked explicit.
(Because I'm a mod, not because I wanted to get off)
It did leave me wondering: Is this actually allowed, even with a warning?
I'm of the opinion that this site should be suitable for 13 year olds and above. While no longer a teen site specifically, this is still a site where teens are very much welcome.
I was going to make a similar thread, but you beat me too it.
I think that it's acceptable to have a fetish support site that allows under 18/16s, but once you start having stories about people cumming and stuff... it seems risky.
I think there's a wider issue of things here being not so under 18/16 friendly, like threads in the mature thread forum going for the 'mature' in the other sense...
It's weird really, talking about sex and sexual stuff is perfectly fine, but sexual stories are basically porn. I have no idea what country's laws this site is affected by, but I reckon it's one that would disapprove.
Well my point is that some people have misused the mature topics forum. The idea is that people are meant to be mature: argue about serious topics sensibly, talk about sensitive issues with tact, and debate controversial topics without falling into name calling and stupidity.:bunny:The rub here is if you have a category of "mature topics" but any member of any age has access to it, there are great risks in allowing unregulated material. Not all the adult topic material is being generated and written by adults (+18-years.)
My opinion is that a mature topics forum should be restricted to age 18+.
I think that would encourage underage members to lie, or sign up again as older, to see the 18+.I suggest you create a forum/usergroup especially for 18+ members of adisc, and have subforums like Mature Chat, picture threads, and mature stories.
We are expressing freedom speech and of the press here. If a 13 year old reads something pornographic, then so be it. He/she made the choice to read it (Buyer beware). I am sorry, I am just not for the censorship of writtings, it has proved to be a huge cause for major problems in history.
I could not go onto TV and start waving my dick around.
Makes you kind of wonder where we should (have) drawthe line. I'm sorry, but it is embarrassing to read these distasteful threads knowing that most of the suggestions and posts are coming from the imagination of 13 - 15 year olds "Fapping Fantasies".
If the intent is to allow for stories and role plays that are of an adult or explicit nature then their should be definitive guidelines/ground-rules and age restriction, if necessary. Otherwise just don't allow it (Porn or explicit sexual material).