Daniel Voyager made a survey if the Teen Grid should be merged with the main one. While I was typing the comment I got the idea how to organize it all in the case that grids finally get connected.
It takes a bit more levels of the content beside actual PG and mature. We all know that dancing poles and occasional f*** word are not the same as the extreme bondage and/or "fountains of blood" violence.
Then, it would take Lindens to make an option in the client to disallow access to areas with certain, parent chosen, rating. It would also affect search results. That should be password protected. It's nothing new, there are content filters for the Web already.
Nice thing about it would be to have several categories to choose from, not just levels like for the movies. It is a huge mistake to mix sex and violence and to assume that if one is blocked the other one should be as well. One should be able to block violence but to allow some erotic content. Or vice versa. Whatever you feel is right.
Good thing about this is that responsibility of what children are experiencing in second life is back to those whose responsibility it really is – their parents. Other one is that it is not only teen protection but also a nice filter for the adults who don't want to run into content they are not feeling good about.
So, what do you think?
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