Goonhub
10-05-2024, 07:48 PM
I've thought about this a while.
The onus of this sort of thing ultimately falls upon the parent to prevent a child from engaging with content they do not like. It is upon the producer of content to ensure their content is used in the manner they wished it to be used, in a way that they feel is appropriate.
Ultimately if a child plays an upsetting game, the parent needed to prevent the child from doing so, rather than the game needed to be unreachable to the child.
Under BYOND's ToS, which is the only ToS that technically matters here
2. CONDUCT
User content uploaded to or displayed on the website can be filtered or removed at the discretion of the BYOND staff. Items that warrant such action include, but are not limited to:
Goons conduct rules, which are part of the agreement you agree to to entering into it from beyond byond, state a pretty detailed and concise list of the rules. (I do feel our wiki rules, which are our officially listed rules, could use a bit of possible cleanup on language since sometimes I feel some things come across mean spirited and I don't PERSONALLY know if this is the message that we presently are trying to project)
In the case of an underage individual joining the game, they should read the rules. If their parent has specific set of rules or guidelines to their childs behavior: there is a list that gives reasonable expectations.
Arguing that it should be higher or lower age cap are, as kinda stated, somewhat of a 'placing a sticker on the door' thing. the rules are clearly listed. I don't feel anything that is available to the game is 'hidden' or a 'trap' to endanger kids.
The five nights at freddys game have an age rating of 12. They feature murder, false imprisonment, torture, decapitation and a variety of other horrid topics. I don't think the 'we must consider' thing is so much of a good faith argument as it is we need to ensure that our intentions, expectations, and what occurs, is clear, transparent, and visible, to people that would be interested to know.
I think we do that.
The onus of this sort of thing ultimately falls upon the parent to prevent a child from engaging with content they do not like. It is upon the producer of content to ensure their content is used in the manner they wished it to be used, in a way that they feel is appropriate.
Ultimately if a child plays an upsetting game, the parent needed to prevent the child from doing so, rather than the game needed to be unreachable to the child.
Under BYOND's ToS, which is the only ToS that technically matters here
2. CONDUCT
User content uploaded to or displayed on the website can be filtered or removed at the discretion of the BYOND staff. Items that warrant such action include, but are not limited to:
- pornographic, racist, or otherwise vulgar content;
- content that is intended to incite or attack a particular user or group;
- content that causes a significant use of bandwidth for purposes that don't benefit the BYOND community in some manner acceptable to the BYOND Staff;
- content that breaks any laws or contracts.
Goons conduct rules, which are part of the agreement you agree to to entering into it from beyond byond, state a pretty detailed and concise list of the rules. (I do feel our wiki rules, which are our officially listed rules, could use a bit of possible cleanup on language since sometimes I feel some things come across mean spirited and I don't PERSONALLY know if this is the message that we presently are trying to project)
In the case of an underage individual joining the game, they should read the rules. If their parent has specific set of rules or guidelines to their childs behavior: there is a list that gives reasonable expectations.
Arguing that it should be higher or lower age cap are, as kinda stated, somewhat of a 'placing a sticker on the door' thing. the rules are clearly listed. I don't feel anything that is available to the game is 'hidden' or a 'trap' to endanger kids.
The five nights at freddys game have an age rating of 12. They feature murder, false imprisonment, torture, decapitation and a variety of other horrid topics. I don't think the 'we must consider' thing is so much of a good faith argument as it is we need to ensure that our intentions, expectations, and what occurs, is clear, transparent, and visible, to people that would be interested to know.
I think we do that.