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Re:Hello, I’m Mr. Null. My Name Makes Me Invisible to Computers by nl on Monday September 05, 2016 @08:44AM (#12429872)
Are you a parent? Speaking as one, it doesn't work like that.

One parent sees a dick pic/swearing in a game, they ban the game, tell all their friends and then someone puts it in a school FB group, which is then shared around the country.

(Yes, Runescape was before much of this. That just made it slower, but the same process happens)

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Re:Hello, I’m Mr. Null. My Name Makes Me Invisible to Computers by derefr on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @12:26AM (#12440970)
The best thing here, I think, would be to create an informational pamphlet kids could print out and give to their parents, showing examples of dick pics and swearing in literally every game imaginable, with the message of "this is just what 12-year-olds do to other 12-year-olds when given microphones and the ability to upload pictures; there is no way to stop this. Even if you ban them from games altogether, other 12-year-olds are just going to swear and draw graffiti dicks in places your child can see at school. Just give up already."
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