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Nibin
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what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage?
#7709725 - 12/03/07 06:03 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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There are a few members I have seen around, especially at the cultivation forums that have names like
blabla90 someone91 (invented names).
When I see these names I myself instantly think it is their birth dates and that these people are underage.
I'm not trying to tell tales or get people banned but I do believe in the over 18 rule, especially as it protects the site from prosecution.
Should people with this kind of usernames be reported for further investigation or something?
I think they probably deserve it for being so dumb as to put their birthyear on their username.
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Re: what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage? [Re: Nibin]
#7709766 - 12/03/07 06:51 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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To be honest I've wondered the same thing when I see someone with 9x in their username.
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Re: what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage? [Re: Individual]
#7709772 - 12/03/07 06:55 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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report anyone w/ this highly suspicious handle to the shroomery investigative agency, we will get the truth
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Re: what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage? [Re: johnm214]
#7709834 - 12/03/07 07:43 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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maaaaybe we're just gettin greedy with our shroomage information lol
ive never done shrooms underage knowing that my mind wasnt ready. i hope there arent young kids trippin. are there? im curious now.
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Seuss
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Re: what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage? [Re: galadar]
#7714084 - 12/04/07 06:33 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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If somebody verifies that they are underage, then they get banned until they turn eighteen. We do our best to keep minors off the site, but the nature of the internet makes it difficult to do a job that belongs to a child's parents. Having a number in a user name is not verification of age. For example, John93 could be somebody that is a follower of Thelema rather than somebody that was born in 1993.
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Re: what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage? [Re: Seuss]
#7714443 - 12/04/07 09:17 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think a better indicator is the teenage heartthrob sob stories we get in the pub. Some of these kids are pretty damn blatant about it.
Stuff like “my girl friend got grounded” ect…
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/7711377/an/0/page/0
If that’s not enough proof you might as well get rid of the age requirement all together. Because the only way the mods are willing to take any action is if the user comes out and blatantly admits his/her age. Rarely do we get someone dumb enough to say it. There needs to be some other way.
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Seuss
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Re: what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage? [Re: Mojo]
#7714653 - 12/04/07 10:17 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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> There needs to be some other way.
There is. It is called parenting. We do as much as we can to ensure our members are not minors. We voluntarily have tags on all of our pages that allow blocking software to identify our site as adult only. We ask for a birth date upon registration and deny access to minors. If anybody admits to being a minor, they get banned. What more would you have us do? Require a signed and notarized affidavit along with a embossed copy of a birth certificate? Even that can be faked.
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Re: what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage? [Re: Seuss]
#7715016 - 12/04/07 11:46 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Seuss said: For example, John93 could be somebody that is a follower of Thelema rather than somebody that was born in 1993.
This is a good enough reason to ban too, probably.
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Re: what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage? [Re: johnm214]
#7722641 - 12/06/07 12:09 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Wait, what the fuck is all that 93 shit. Every time I see that I just scratch my head.
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Re: what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage? [Re: Kamin]
#7722712 - 12/06/07 12:28 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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93 (ninety-three) is the natural number following 92 and preceding 94.
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Re: what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage? [Re: TurntableJunky]
#7723104 - 12/06/07 05:02 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
TurntableJunky said: 93 (ninety-three) is the natural number following 92 and preceding 94.

I am soo glad I read that while I was drunk and not tripping! I'd be begging for air about now!
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Seuss
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Re: what happens with people who put their birth date in their Username and are underage? [Re: johnm214]
#7723202 - 12/06/07 06:09 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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>> For example, John93 could be somebody that is a follower of Thelema > This is a good enough reason to ban too, probably.
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