An over-18's section?

[mrs.chappie]

Ed, don't know if this can be done - but how about a section for the over-18's? I don't mean for posting any porno-type stuff, just perhaps adult jokes and banter that's not suitable for children.

Perhaps have a section where you have to click to declare that you are over 18 to access it - like you can find on t'internet now (ooooerrrr, not that I've visited a site like that, Ed, honest!!!! - it's just what I've been told!)

|:o)

[Ethel]

Nooooooooo - there are literally thousands of sites like that, if you want it.

That is what makes AB different.

[ummmm]

How about parents watch their children instead???

[Rosetta]

I agree with Ethel wholeheartedly.
There are too many people who would not recognise the boundaries and the site would inevitably deteriorate into full blown porn. You just have to look at some postings to see how easily this could happen

[terambulan]

It is now LAW that all adults have wifi laptops and up to 18s have desk-tops without internet access.

:)

Anyone found abusing this law will be fined �5k and equipment confiscated.

[Jugglering]

I also agree with Ethel and Rosetta... we had one user on here recently who posted several links to a particularly graphic *adult* film about sex in trees... That user is still a member of this site for some strange reason which is why I no longer even mention this place to friends, family and work colleagues as a useful information site.

[Lakitu]

Sex in a tree?? PMSL!!

[mrs.chappie]

Ethel, the site would still be the same - Q & A's. The reason I ask, is because yesterday I posted about a man's "dangly bits" - not offensive to me, but it did occur to me that, as some children visit this site, it could be considered an unsuitable thing to post.

It hasn't been banned, so I presume it is considered okay - but I would have been happier if it had been in a "grown-ups" section.

I don't for one minute suggest porn or near-the-knuckle stuff. Hope you know what I mean. Perhaps the expression "Grown-ups section" might be more appropriate.

[mrs.chappie]

Sorry folks - not deliberately ignoring yer - there was only Ethel's post here when I started typing!

[Rosetta]

Mrs Chappie how would that be enforced. Any under18 or even younger could so easily click on an over 18 buton. No one checks. No one checks age, ip address , anything at all really

[wonkon-wonk]

look chappie try as hard as you can there will be no pics of my genitals an AB OK?

[Ethel]

And there is nothing more enticing to a child than 'over 18s only'

I can see your reasoning, mrs.chappie, but I won't change my mind about it.

[Rosetta]

^^^^ thank God for that, or anyone elses for that matter!!!

[mrs.chappie]

If such a category was possible, I would hope that any porn would be banned pronto. Grown-up talk is not necessarily porn.

Don't know if it could be done though - hence the first line of my post - "Ed, don't know if this can be done".

|:o)

[Rosetta]

I go back to my original post though Mrs CHappie, there are potentially too many idiots that would be unable to recognise the boundaries

[gen2]

How would an 'Adult Section' square with AB declaring itself as "we're ChildSafe Advocates"?

[pinktwink]

hi mum

tahts a greatt beteewn over i8 sites you have visited and dangly bits i'm shocked !!!

[mrs.chappie]

Ethel, I'm not trying to change yer mind, lass, or anyone else's for that matter. Just wondering what y'all thought about the suggestion. |:o)

BTW, I wasn't thinking along the lines of the sex-chat lines, or anything sleazy! And if the kids want to see that sort of thing, sadly they have very easy access to it anyway - if the kids in my family are anything to go by. I know you can get some sort of blocks to stop them accessing iffy sites, but in practice, I wonder how many parents actually put them in place.

[mrs.chappie]

Howdy me little pink twinkler! Close yer ears lass - ya mum's talking naughty stuff!

[mrs.chappie]

gen2, replace the words "Adults Section" with "Grown-ups Section". "Adults Section" brings unsavoury thoughts to mind (ya know what I mean).

I personally feel Chatterbank , even as it is now, is suitable for adults only. I know there is a swear filter, but be honest, even when it works, folk can get round it. And there are plenty of double entendres, which I am guilty of as much as most, which IMO, are best not seen by children.

Another example is a post today, entitled "Is Legend getting his hole?" Now this isn't exactly porn, and we're grown-up enough to make light of it - but it's not really suitable for children to read, is it?

So I guess what I am really saying is - let's have Chatterbank for grown-ups only. But as I have said, I don't know if it could be done.