Over 18 Chatroom with password access

[soundofmusic]

Of course, I have always been aware that there are great minds on the literary forum who are not so uncouth as to delve on the subject of the "Pros and Cons of Celibacy"; as a matter of fact, this was a special concession for them to avoid "dashing their foot against the rock of temptation...as I have often noticed their "accidental postings" in such places as "Paying for it, infidelity and Pros...
I've noticed some of the most admirable intellectuals, such as JBI, don't seem to need such assistance; I never see him in such company

Although it has been many years, I understand the points made by parents about children looking up such sights:
The forum that I took this idea from, had each person put down there birthdate, etc: When one put up their screen, it would only show the forums which they were allowed to post on. I don't know what type of software made this possible; but only if the youngsters lied, were they able to get into such chat rooms.

The monitors do an excellent job here. It truly is difficult to monitor a website. When Harry Potter first came out; my daughter and I went looking for related books and toys. We googled and ran into some really disgusting literature on what we thought was a teenage site.

[Mathor]

Of course, I have always been aware that there are great minds on the literary forum who are not so uncouth as to delve on the subject of the "Pros and Cons of Celibacy"; as a matter of fact, this was a special concession for them to avoid "dashing their foot against the rock of temptation...as I have often noticed their "accidental postings" in such places as "Paying for it, infidelity and Pros...
I've noticed some of the most admirable intellectuals, such as JBI, don't seem to need such assistance; I never see him in such company

Although it has been many years, I understand the points made by parents about children looking up such sights:
The forum that I took this idea from, had each person put down there birthdate, etc: When one put up their screen, it would only show the forums which they were allowed to post on. I don't know what type of software made this possible; but only if the youngsters lied, were they able to get into such chat rooms.

The monitors do an excellent job here. It truly is difficult to monitor a website. When Harry Potter first came out; my daughter and I went looking for related books and toys. We googled and ran into some really disgusting literature on what we thought was a teenage site.

But that's terrible censorship. How does one define what is suitable for a child, because we all mature at different levels. I know that at 14 or 15 it would not have been inappropriate for me to go into a thread like "Paying For It". I was not so naive that I did not know about such things. Making an 18 and above chatroom would infer that those who are 16 or 17 and understand these things, and whose parents let them view such content, are not mature enough to view such content. Things like this are the responsibility of the parent, not the moderators.

[gbrekken]

difficult task to replace parents with moderators, teachers, etc.

[billl]

Well, a lot of students check this site, apparently--anyhow, I imagine it's a "selling point" that Admin is interested in keeping on the table. I think there is room on the internet for places where the parents might be able to say, "That website is suitable," without having to check the nature or name of every thread.

Anyhow, I thought the issue was that a discussion about Infidelity or Celibacy can of course exist here, for example, but it doesn't have to turn into a dirty-jokes/sex-fantasy/playground thing. Even an non-serious discussion might be expected to remain within certain bounds, for the purpose of maintaining a certain suitability of content. (I, by the way, am a great fan of dirty jokes... However, I don't think of "LitNet" when I think of dirty jokes, etc. and I can understand the moderators' and Admin's position, is what I'm saying...)

An adults-only area might as well be another website, Why not? It looks like the groups feature here requires all groups to be "public" so that doesn't seem to be a way around the problem--so maybe Yahoo or something has sufficient features to set something up?

[OrphanPip]

I think the terms of use of the V-Bulletin software includes prohibitions against certain uses, such as promoting hate or pornography. I know this isn't what people are promoting. On another site that I frequented which had one of these features, the 18+ section was continuously bombarded with porn related spam.

I didn't think the penetrative sex thread was all that riske when it was locked. However, I can understand the desire of the admins to play it safe and keep the place clean and appropriate for all age groups. What qualifies as appropriate is debatable, but an 18+ section invites people to push boundaries of what is acceptable.

[soundofmusic]

This may be a segway; but what I find interesting is that many people who are offended by spontaneous conversations with sexual content; are promoting "classics" that would have been considered "smut" when written;or even now.

[papayahed]

I don't think anyone is saying they are offended by sexual content, more to the point like billl said it doesn't need to turn into sexual inuenndo and playground humor. There are things that I wouldn't say or talk about infront of my grandparents or young kids. To me that same decorum has always applied to litnet because the atmosphere of litnet - this just isn't the kind of place I could ever feel comfortable getting involved in talking about raunchy sexual humor or inuenndo. If I can't say it infront of everybody on the planet I'm not going to say it on litnet.

Now don't get me wrong I don't have a problem with raunchy sexual humor, I will gladly tell you my favorite dirty joke and I have on other forums that are geared towards adults.

Interesting idea though, thinking about the forums I visit they all have different personalities - I wonder if there are studies about forums? Anyways I belong to ~ three forums that I visit regularly - Litnet is like the overachieving oldest child. Forum #2 is like the bratty teenage daughter always talking about hair and makeup. Forum #3 is like the wild child that smokes and drinks and is always in detention.

[Haunted]

I'm just wondering if Litnet monitors or even takes action toward behaviors that might suggest ephebophilia?

[OrphanPip]

I'm just wondering if Litnet monitors or even takes action toward behaviors that might suggest ephebophilia?

Uh, have you witnessed any behavior of this type anyway?

[Haunted]

Uh, have you witnessed any behavior of this type anyway?

Have you?

[Scheherazade]

A special section for 18+ is, at the moment, neither practical nor desirable and is unlikely to be created in near future - as it was outlined in my earlier post.

I would like to thank everyone who have taken the time to read and respond in this thread.