Eio Tuqiri

"this one has been posted before but I add it again just to make sure LL sees MANY adults are concerned about this. Will there be something in the profiles that tells me as an adult that I am talking to a kid?" I'm going to make my point again here, not for LL because, seems to me they've already made their decision and I don't know if they care what we have to say or not, but I make it for the SL adult community, to continue our conversation here; Mature, caring adults will find it helpful to know who the "kids" are so they may act appropriately, but abusers and predators will LOVE knowing which are the children!

"But I do agree with the identification of letting adults know that they are talking to a teen. This will prevent many potential headaches." I thought the same thing at first, my second thought was, "letting adults know that they are talking to a teen" will put a beacon on the head of teens for any abuser or predator to see. This is only one of many problems. There is no safe way to allow teens into an adult world.

I am also a concerned adult, and I hope SL does address our concerns. Here are mine. 1. I'd like to know if I'm communicating with someone who is underage. That brings up two problems - a. I'd like to see their age, but don't want my age shown. b.. If their age is shown, I'm sure there are those in SL (as there are pretty much anywhere) who would take advantage, abuse or otherwise choose to harm or exploit them, therefore it seems that for their safety, their age should not be shown. 2. I like the freedom of being in a place where children aren't allowed. SL has already cracked down on art that displays nudity, what is our creative world going to become when we are required to create and behave in a way that is acceptable for children? I would like for everyone to have the chance to experience Second Life, but my reaction at this time is that mixing underage people with adults may bring in more people, but as a consequence of those people being underage it may cause just as many to seek out a new world where adults can create and behave as they like without being concerned for how they will affect children. On first look, this doesn't seem to be such a good idea for the children or the adults. And I guess I can express my concerns all I want, doesn't seem to me it will have much affect since they're letting children in.