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Emerald
YoFollower

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Registered: Apr 07, 2010
Posts: 1158

Sat Jun 21, 2014 4:36 pm
Hi Yoworlders,

I was wondering if I'm the only one who gets annoyed by the way the 'dating' part of events is used. There are a lot of posts wich are obviously fishy (like : '29 year old looking for teens', 'paying 200k to girls if you send me videochat'... ).

I like the fact there is a 'report'-button, and I do use it, but these events often stay up quite a while and I worry about what young kids might encounter.

I agree that deleting that section will maybe just move these events in to other parts, but I do feel the name 'dating' evokes it more.

So, am I too old for the internet and is this just inevitable, or what do you think about this?

Christina
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Registered: Jun 03, 2011
Posts: 923

Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:42 pm
I have seen events named send me nudes for coins. I reported it. That is just nasty. You just know underage kids are going to be the ones to send the nudes to some old dirty pervert.

Kay
YoFan

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Registered: Jun 15, 2013
Posts: 1820

Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:45 am
I think with kids playing it's inappropriate and unnecessary. I too see a LOT of really disgusting events and wish there was a way they could be filtered... I'm not sure how, but it's just gross. I think the entire events section needs an overhaul. It would be good to have categories like:

Buying/Selling
Trading
Tours
Parties & Events
Come & Chat

And maybe even have premade event titles with fill-in-the-blanks or something. I don't know. I know it's very limiting but it's sickening to see all the "smex" and "nudes" garbage.

ABC
YoNovice

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Registered: Mar 17, 2010
Posts: 43

Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:56 am
I second your point about the fact that these events will just move to a different section. The only way to remove such events would be to encourage players to report such behaviour. People will always find ways around filter systems. For instance, since the improved swear filters, I have seen "itch" replace the related swear word. By filtering such key words, you will just indirectly create replacement terms.

Do we need an overhaul on the events layout? In my opinion, no. This will not address the issue. The cure to the issue being discussed would be to reassure players that reporting works. How could this be achieved? By listing the number of people banned for various TOS infringements in the forums.

Kay
YoFan

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Posts: 1820

Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:04 am
I didn't mean to say that an overhaul would fix the issue. I just find most of the categories silly.

ABC
YoNovice

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Registered: Mar 17, 2010
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Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:12 am
I didn't mean to make it seem as if I didn't believe that trimming down the list of categories wouldn't hold any benefits, I just think that removing those categories may lead to other categories becoming increasingly cluttered. Maybe our collective minds could identify a solution to that issue

BrieButterfly
YoNovice

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Registered: Nov 19, 2009
Posts: 51

Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:50 pm
Ruby (185154778) wrote:I think with kids playing it's inappropriate and unnecessary. I too see a LOT of really disgusting events and wish there was a way they could be filtered... I'm not sure how, but it's just gross. I think the entire events section needs an overhaul. It would be good to have categories like:

Buying/Selling
Trading
Tours
Parties & Events
Come & Chat


And maybe even have premade event titles with fill-in-the-blanks or something. I don't know. I know it's very limiting but it's sickening to see all the "smex" and "nudes" garbage.


Those sound like much more relevant event categories for YoWorld. Even "Performance" isn't really used, except for people looking for a convenient place to make a meet up event for a trade. It seems to me like the categories you suggested would be much more useful.

Kay
YoFan

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Registered: Jun 15, 2013
Posts: 1820

Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:33 pm
BrieButterfly (136024195) wrote:
Those sound like much more relevant event categories for YoWorld. Even "Performance" isn't really used, except for people looking for a convenient place to make a meet up event for a trade. It seems to me like the categories you suggested would be much more useful.


Glad to find someone who agrees! Even Jobs is stupid... what jobs? LOL A few others that would be good would be Pageants/Contests, Seeking an Item, and Auctions.
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