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Theendoftheline wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:50 pm So I have a discord server right? Well I of course have 18 plus sections and of course legally and (to many users on discord morally) am required to not let anyone under 18 into NSFW sections. Well, you know what I find funny or what I notice now? Now legally I'm not sure exactly if I can condone what I'm about to say...but I always have people join, want in the nsfw sections and for me to give em this or that role and I look at their profile and it says they are under 18 I literally cannot allow minors into a NSFW chat knowing that they ae not legal adults.....

What I am getting at is, why does it seem almost NO minors now online lie about their age in their profile anymore? I mean some do their always will be some that do but most do not and then act surprised when I deny them a NSFW role...? I mean literally when I was a kid on the internet I always lied about my age in profiles etc to get away with being in places I'm not "supposed" to be in etc. It makes no sense. Like they just do that either 1. to signal to other people their age they they are in their age range and want to connect with, 2. if anything happens they can just say "nooo look at me I'm a minor and do not know any better or 3. to ward of "predators" or to let adults know they are a kid.

Now many would argue I should go further and ID people actually before they are allowed in nsfw spaces and to that I may be forced to at some point but in general I just miss a time when the internet was more free from these insane ID verification processes of modern internet. That said, young people today are confusing.

bnkywuv wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2026 7:53 am

Theendoftheline wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:50 pm So I have a discord server right? Well I of course have 18 plus sections and of course legally and (to many users on discord morally) am required to not let anyone under 18 into NSFW sections. Well, you know what I find funny or what I notice now? Now legally I'm not sure exactly if I can condone what I'm about to say...but I always have people join, want in the nsfw sections and for me to give em this or that role and I look at their profile and it says they are under 18 I literally cannot allow minors into a NSFW chat knowing that they ae not legal adults.....

What I am getting at is, why does it seem almost NO minors now online lie about their age in their profile anymore? I mean some do their always will be some that do but most do not and then act surprised when I deny them a NSFW role...? I mean literally when I was a kid on the internet I always lied about my age in profiles etc to get away with being in places I'm not "supposed" to be in etc. It makes no sense. Like they just do that either 1. to signal to other people their age they they are in their age range and want to connect with, 2. if anything happens they can just say "nooo look at me I'm a minor and do not know any better or 3. to ward of "predators" or to let adults know they are a kid.

Now many would argue I should go further and ID people actually before they are allowed in nsfw spaces and to that I may be forced to at some point but in general I just miss a time when the internet was more free from these insane ID verification processes of modern internet. That said, young people today are confusing.

It could be that they're becoming aware of the fact that they could have their lives ruined if they lie, and also strict parenting as well may condition them not to lie.