Dear Google Marketing (Re: Your kids policy)

Re:Dear Google Marketing (Re: Your kids policy) by Kylekramer on Sunday September 18, 2011 @02:14PM (#3010848)

Stuff like "obtain verifiable parental consent" is so unfeasible and tangled for any web service with any significant amount of users it is tantamount to prohibiting under 13.

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Re:Dear Google Marketing (Re: Your kids policy) by X-Istence on Sunday September 18, 2011 @02:56PM (#3010956)

I ran an online web forum in the United States and had the COPPA stuff, had an online fax service where parents could fax signatures. Many kids instead just lied about their age to participate, in the years that I ran the online forum only 2 people ever sent in forms.

Recently I sold the website and the new owner moved it to Europe.

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Re:Dear Google Marketing (Re: Your kids policy) by cynest on Sunday September 18, 2011 @02:33PM (#3010894)

It ends up promoting kids lying about their birthdates on a regular basis. There's actually no incentive to tell the truth.

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Re:Dear Google Marketing (Re: Your kids policy) by antihero on Sunday September 18, 2011 @08:13PM (#3011678)

"Lie about your age or get screwed anyway."

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Re:Dear Google Marketing (Re: Your kids policy) by cynest on Monday September 19, 2011 @02:51PM (#3014771)

This also applies to the over-18ers. It's excess effort to put in a real dob.

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