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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
LOL That doesn't make any sense. The site is still the same regardless of how ownership is set up.
You are obviously a far right wing conservative when it comes to internet issues and "protecting kids online", so it's odd that you would work in porn.
This isn't five year olds that we are talking about here. You can not take preventative measures that will actually work when some of the users are 15, 16 or 17. At that age it comes down to how they were raised since they have the ability to circumvent pretty much any obstacle the online services put in their way.
The one and only thing that is sure to work is to take the drastic preventative measure in shutting these type of services down. That's just not going to happen. Online video chat is going to be huge and a wonderful technology for society to use. PARENTS will have to deal with that in a way other than calling for the suppression of technology.
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I'm a far right wing conservative?
Now that's something I've actually never heard before.
Maybe you misunderstood my post. I said that it doesn't matter what other companies the site owner might have (like a company selling both children's toys and adult toys), as long as they don't mix them (eg, selling the adult toys in the children's toystore).
Completely unrelated:
Stickam is a bad thing, though. Teens should not be encouraged in having video chats with strangers, simply because video chat with strangers generally speaking is about a single thing. If you really don't understand, spend some hours on 4chan and 7chan, and you'll see (might be forced to erase your hard drive afterwards, though).
Yes, parents will have to deal with this. And the only reasonable way for them to deal with this is to make sure their children aren't using Stickam. Sites like Stickam could decide to target a somewhat older audience, though.
This simple equation should make it clear why Stickam and teens don't mix well:
social networking = interaction with lots of strangers
webcams = being watched
social networking + webcams = being watched by lots of strangers