Yep, that's what happens when you get creepy sexual predators on your website, you report them to the FBI and help them with any investigation they decide to do. It's one of the unfortunate realities of running a site that allows smut: creeps will show up and they have to be dealt with harshly.Wow, you guys have worked with the FBI? Jesus christ.
I managed to get most of it cleared up fortunately, it was still kind of a horrorshow for a while. I'm not much on Skype anymore anyway.... gots. I am so sorry that happened to you. I had a situation withy an underager as well, but it didn't get as hrribly far as what you describe. What you are speaking of is kind of a fear of mine.
Good info and important.
It is important and imperative that prospective teen members who are even THINKING about trying to circumvent the age ban understand why doing so to smut with an adult member is a very bad idea. It's not just that you might be the victim of a creep if you do, it's not just that most sane adults find it really gross and creepy, and it's not just that it violates site-wide rules. It's a matter of safety and protection for adults, too, because if we don't know you're underage and end up writing the sexy with you, we could get in trouble. Not just on Iwaku. Actual, legal trouble which could mean things like losing our jobs, being shunned by family and friends, or possibly jail time, all because the person they RPed with was too scared or ashamed to tell us their age, or pretended they were older under the misconception that "adults do more intense smut".
Think this cannot happen to an adult? It happened to me in a smutty Skype group I ran once. I took all the precautions I could - I made sure members were overage, I checked their Skype profiles, and I pushed people out if they slipped through the cracks. All it took was one person, one, who turned out to be 13 telling me they were 21, and they didn't have their birthday on the profile so I couldn't check. I made the mistake of believing them, then this person decided to run a very intense, dark smut story involving knifeplay, rape, blood, and death, to the point it disturbed many people in the group. I asked them to please not do that because it was making others uncomfortable, and they got angry enough about it that they told all the other non-RP groups we were both part of that I ran this (private, by invite only). Then people informed me this person was underage, which I of course had no idea. Then the person told people I was a pedophile, rapist, etc. for running the group, and they were believed even when I explained the situation and the rules of the Skype chat. I had to deal with the fact that someone I trusted lied to me and now was spreading rumors about me, and I lost a LOT of online friends for no good reason, all because of one person who I had no idea was not an adult being angry with me. Nothing ever came of it legally (and it would have likely been thrown out of court anyway), but the emotional and social damage was done. Even now I am scared to tell this story out of the fear someone will think I'm a creep when I'm not, and even now I'm scared I might get banned from Iwaku or at least investigated by staff over telling this story even though I know that's an unfounded fear.
Please, adult members, learn from my past pain. Always be suspicious online. Teen members, please also learn from this - lying is not worth it. It could get an innocent member banned or worse, not to mention you'll lose your account. I was a teen once, I know how extremely emotions can flare, I understand - but the danger you are putting someone else in is just not worth it.
Good info and important.
It is important and imperative that prospective teen members who are even THINKING about trying to circumvent the age ban understand why doing so to smut with an adult member is a very bad idea. It's not just that you might be the victim of a creep if you do, it's not just that most sane adults find it really gross and creepy, and it's not just that it violates site-wide rules. It's a matter of safety and protection for adults, too, because if we don't know you're underage and end up writing the sexy with you, we could get in trouble. Not just on Iwaku. Actual, legal trouble which could mean things like losing our jobs, being shunned by family and friends, or possibly jail time, all because the person they RPed with was too scared or ashamed to tell us their age, or pretended they were older under the misconception that "adults do more intense smut".
Think this cannot happen to an adult? It happened to me in a smutty Skype group I ran once. I took all the precautions I could - I made sure members were overage, I checked their Skype profiles, and I pushed people out if they slipped through the cracks. All it took was one person, one, who turned out to be 13 telling me they were 21, and they didn't have their birthday on the profile so I couldn't check. I made the mistake of believing them, then this person decided to run a very intense, dark smut story involving knifeplay, rape, blood, and death, to the point it disturbed many people in the group. I asked them to please not do that because it was making others uncomfortable, and they got angry enough about it that they told all the other non-RP groups we were both part of that I ran this (private, by invite only). Then people informed me this person was underage, which I of course had no idea. Then the person told people I was a pedophile, rapist, etc. for running the group, and they were believed even when I explained the situation and the rules of the Skype chat. I had to deal with the fact that someone I trusted lied to me and now was spreading rumors about me, and I lost a LOT of online friends for no good reason, all because of one person who I had no idea was not an adult being angry with me. Nothing ever came of it legally (and it would have likely been thrown out of court anyway), but the emotional and social damage was done. Even now I am scared to tell this story out of the fear someone will think I'm a creep when I'm not, and even now I'm scared I might get banned from Iwaku or at least investigated by staff over telling this story even though I know that's an unfounded fear.
Please, adult members, learn from my past pain. Always be suspicious online. Teen members, please also learn from this - lying is not worth it. It could get an innocent member banned or worse, not to mention you'll lose your account. I was a teen once, I know how extremely emotions can flare, I understand - but the danger you are putting someone else in is just not worth it.
If you did not know, we do not hold you accountable! We only ban people who knowingly engage in or solicit sexual RP across age lines.Thank GOD for this public Service Announcement. I see someone got banned. At first I thought that Person typed that as a Joke, and then I realised ... they really ARE banned!
I sure am glad I am honest about my Age ... I actually have white Whiskers in my Beard, Moustache, Sideburns, and Hair, and I am only thirty-seven! I used to have a bad Lifestyle of carousing Karaoke Bars ... I did everything out there but Drugs!
This Place is WHOLESOME compared to some of the Bars I have been in. Thank GOD for these Rules.
I have a Question ... what if an underage Teen solicits ME for a sexy, steamy R.P.G., and they lied about their Age, and I agree, but I later find out they are underage ... do I get banned?
It is almost like I better not do ANYTHING sexy with ANYBODY to be safe! @__@;;;
So, if I even SUSPECT foul Play, I contact an Administrator or Moderator or my Mentor? If so, I will do just that ... I plan on keeping my big, fat, hairless, semi-white Ass here.If you did not know, we do not hold you accountable! We only ban people who knowingly engage in or solicit sexual RP across age lines.
We only ban people who knowingly engage in or solicit sexual RP across age lines.
Yeah, reporting even just a suspicion never hurts. The best method for handling that is to use this form!So, if I even SUSPECT foul Play, I contact an Administrator or Moderator or my Mentor? If so, I will do just that ... I plan on keeping my big, fat, hairless, semi-white Ass here.
Thanks so much! ^____^Yeah, reporting even just a suspicion never hurts. The best method for handling that is to use this form!
(Disclaimer that my only knowledge on the topic is from asking staff about this stuff, and stuff I was taught while in school. I could be wrong here, someone correct me if that's the case).I have read somewhere that no matter in wich country you are, the laws of the US still apply,
wich is a good thing itself, i grew tired of the "b-but, it's fictionnal",
i saw some who used the RP stuff as an excuse to do non-respectable stuffs, i'm glad that a community still care for their users, it's rare.