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Yeah #1 I can get behind but fwiw I think #2 isn't a real concern. In the past 20 years I've probably spent 8,000ish hours playing multiplayer games online, sin
by aerovistae 5y ago
Yeah #1 I can get behind but fwiw I think #2 isn't a real concern. In the past 20 years I've probably spent 8,000ish hours playing multiplayer games online, since I was about 11 or so, and never once in all that time had someone pull anything inappropriate. I do see plenty of foul language of course, but you get plenty of that from any direction you turn in the modern world anyway. And probably in the pre-modern world too.
Back then I also joined voice chat with a lot of adult guys who were 10-20 years older than me when I was a teenager, and still all of them were just totally normal dudes who had a long day at work and were trying to relax with some Halo or something at the end of the night. Conversation was always 100% normal.
Internet forums and social media outlets are probably worse in this respect, and especially for girls. That's where I hear most of the manipulation stories coming from, where some poor kid was tricked into sending illicit content that was then used against them, etc.
- yumraj 5y ago> fwiw I think #2 isn't a real concern Thanks, good to know.. I guess I can relax a bit if my kids ever ask about a specific online games and pester me a bit :) I do kind of agree with the rest of your comment also...