"I don't know too much about programming but can the system be made to automatically tag the person as adult, by the birth date they use when they sign up? And then add a blurb in the user info/bio that " user name" is an adult, of legal age or over 18, over 21 or something like that without having to reveal the user's entire BD?"
I'm thinking of something like the stamps/colours of different age badges at conventions might be helpful. What the age ranges would be would be another conversation, but even just having a little icon next to the username on their profile that's a different colour or picture might be handy. Then, it's fairly overlookable, but if you are a mod looking for proof of age, that'd be there. It could be automatically generated from the given date of birth from signup. As for what to do with Personas/sockpuppets, maybe have a line that so-and-so is a "spoke" from the hub account X, and then next to the hub account name, have that same age indication icon. That would depend more on how hubs and spokes end up handled. Another bit may be to have the age icon link to an FAQ about the icons, with what the colours indicated. (The icons could even have a small <18/>=18 on them.) I just don't want every user to go about with this tag hanging off them about their age. That's fine for a weekend, but is an awkward way to conduct life, and one of the joys and sorrows of the internet is that, if you are a mature 12 year old, people will treat you as a mature person. We've seen the problems that this causes, but it is one of the perks as well. katja
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