FaithyDash wrote: -snip-
Now I’ll be careful about this next one. The rules on about personal information, like age, birthdate, full names, etc. Nowdays people are getting more comfortable and want to make friends outside of CS and online games, so they’ll automatically ask for ages, names, their birthday (to send gifts etc) but yet we can’t link to any sites (Carrd for example) that have a DNI list, or with information that people should know even during the most simplistic conversations. A lot of people ask me for information for a clarification and everything, but being unable to do that made things difficult. I had my carrd linked to my profile description once but a mod (won’t disclose name/username) told me I had to remove it because I had a DNI list (which is very vital these days, I didn’t put names, just basic things I don’t want to associate with, nothing bad. Besides blacklisting is weird in the circumstances of games, personal opinion though), a ao3 account that has ‘smut works’ on it (but I feel like what I do on my own time outside of the site shouldn’t be mentioned, it’s quite unfair in that regard) and my instagram having my last name in it. Correct me if wrong, but lying about your name or even your age is quite an offence and I’d rather people know my real name then call me by my usernames (though at this point, for the games, I don’t mind ofc), but I digress. I feel like we shouldn’t have to hide our true selves and what makes us uncomfy on CS, like I mentioned, when meeting new people nowdays (from my experiences) people will always ask for your age at the very least.
People can disagree (like I said before) and I’m fine with that, but I just feel that we as the players should at least have a bit more freedom to express ourselves, I understand with the kids and everything, but maybe if you’re gonna have a game with both minors and adults sharing it, least make spaces to divide the two away from each other.
That’s all I have to say, but what do you guys think?
I have to strongly disagree while hopefully reading your post right. For as long as I've been able to use the internet, it has ALWAYS been the most important rule to never give out your real name, age, or any personal info really... It is not a matter of "hiding our true selves" but more practicing online safety. I have been on plenty of kid-based games and websites when I was little and there were plenty of adults with bad intentions trying to get this exact info out of you...
Plus, even if only like, adults on here were allowed to share that info, it makes kids feel more comfortable sharing it elsewhere which is obviously dangerous. It's better to not allow it at all.
(also, I see now that this post was replied to already while I was typing! I agree with ghostmaker!)
