I'm curious, given the newest set of circumstances, what people think about how to proceed. I've been considering putting all the adult fic on
lostcityfound under lock, but I'm wondering if maybe this should extend beyond just LCF. So, a poll:
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Proof of age would need to be required - not implicitly agreed to, but it needn't be overly bureaucratic. Something as simple as how Yahoo Groups does it, where you check that you are over 18 and then you can see the forum, would likely work. Minimum age has to be 18, the age of majority in most of the US, although you may want to look into that, because if any states say it's 21 in terms of sex-related acts, you may want to be more restrictive and say 21.
I think it should be NC-17 or above, but thing is, some authors put what I consider NC-17 content in a story and consider it R, so that's why I said both: R and NC-17, depending on content.
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Something as simple as how Yahoo Groups does it, where you check that you are over 18 and then you can see the forum, would likely work.
That's not actually proof of age, though, it's a way to put the responsibility on the user and meet requirements for reasonable protection. If you say "You can only join this/see this if you are over 18. If you are over 18 click the link" that doesn't require proof of age that gets verified by anyone.
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Weird, the above post went up as anon. That was me. I wasn't trying to be anon. Weird. Sorry. Hi!
Proof of age would be burdensome, and would place the liability on you. I'm not loving that.
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If the membership were moderated, though, the mods could examine the profile pages of applicants and if anyone was so thick as to list their DOB as being after 1990, for example, making them under 18, then the application could be refused.
This is all theoretical at this point anyway.
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Though, that being said, we had to decide in stargate_ren what to do about Laura and Carson's wedding night, whether it would be "spelled out" or not and one of the reasons we didn't go there was because Laura's 16 in that AU.
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These entries both included drawings of minors engaged in sexual activity and are in violation of our policies. It is our policy to remove such content when it is reported to us; due to the severity of the violation, individuals who post such content risk permanent suspension
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Anyways, though I said 18, since it seems to be the standard age at which you can purchase porn, I think the age thing would be better dealt with by making a person confirm they are old enough to read said fic by the laws of the area they live in.
I don't think demanding proof of age is a good idea - too much liability at your end.
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My feeling has always been to try to keep the maintainer's job as easy as we can, so as to facilitate fannish forums like these.
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