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everyone does it on runescape too, honestly i dont think ur going to get in trouble or anything, just dont go around advertising it.

Thanks. I'm hoping if I do feel quite uncomfortable, I'll tell my dad. He'll then understand why I lied too, because I'd say something like:
"Well my sister(I'd replace this with her name) told me about it, she saw it on advertisments and people in our school play it. I was looking for a new site to go on, so I signed up. I really wanted to join, so I faked ages. I don't go to the innapropiate parts. If I do, it wouldn't be too bad, the older grades at my school probably would say the same stuff!" Thanks. 

just take a chill pill, or is it a chill strip? nevermind, just look at this pic.

steppenwulf wrote:

Your welcome. 

that was ur 666th post. LOL

Anyways, they won't find out, trust me. Just don't go to every site possible saying that you lied about it.

Yeah, the 13+ law was actually meant to protect kids like yourself from innapropiate sites and/or potential stalkers. These sites only use these aggreements because of 1) Its the law, they have to have them, and 2) it gives their lawyers a great way not to get sued. They don't care too much as long as nothing bad happens too you.

Penguinsrock wrote:

Thanks, please close the topic

You can remeve this topic your self, just delete the first post 

Prometheus wrote:

Nothing's gonna happen, I lie on the internet all the time
But why even join Gaia? It sucks and also, I'm pretty sure it was created by aliens

which ones, the aliens that wish to rule us or the ones who love to party?

Just lie about your age. They just make you say that because if you get stalked and murdered it's not their problem.

The cops have far more important things to worry about than you lying about your age on an online game, trust me.

coolstuff wrote:

Okay, I don't know what GAIA is, but the reason they're making sure that you're over 13 is because they're not legally allowed to collect email adresses or any personal information whatsoever from anyone UNDER 13. So nobody's going to get in trouble for saying you're over 13 if you're not because they did their duty (the government believes that they, to the best of their ability, have found out that you're under 13) and they can't arrest you because you didn't actually do anything wrong. Understand? (I wasn't very clear, but hey  )

pfft....alot of KID sites collect your email from you. I don't share personal info either.

I used to strongly dislike sites age policies, as they were based on the CEOP Act Rules (or whatever they're called). I wasn't affected by this (different country, no law) and in fact couldn't care less. I always got away with it.

It's fine    I made an account on Yola sitebuilder which is 13+ but I didn't know at the time and well anyway it's been that way since last year and nothing's happened to ME

Honestly, the "age rule" is pretty useless. I've seen a lot of forums drop it and start using a maturity rule. If you act like an idiot or everything you write is basically spam, that's when they'll ban you. I'd like to see more websites use that instead.

Last edited by hmnwilson (2009-12-10 23:30:59)