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The live scammers targeting kids are pretty vile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYTPI57GLac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYTPI57GLac Seems like it's just

The live scammers targeting kids are pretty vile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYTPI57GLac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYTPI57GLac Seems like it's just a game of whack-a-mole, nothing is really being done to stop scammers from making new accounts and continuing their scams.

tty456 4mo ago
A lot of it is straight up sponsored by card makers too
- atakan_gurkan 4mo ago
  Can you back this claim up? I don't think they need to do this. After all, WotC was doing pretty well way before these videos became widespread.
andrepd 4mo ago
There are really only two businesses in the modern economy, fraud and gambling. Some are both.
- abrookewood 4mo ago
  Porn?
  - pjc50 4mo ago
    gambling (intermittent dopamine hit)
- globular-toast 4mo ago
  Don't forget addiction.
intended 4mo ago
This is the other side of the coin when it comes to the push for ID verification.
- vintermann 4mo ago
  Another way is to simply disallow certain ways to make money. It doesn't have to be complicated and it shouldn't be controversial.
walthamstow 4mo ago
The only defense is parenting. And no, I'm not one of those childless people who tells parents to parent better.
- DanielBryars 4mo ago
  Its not the only defence, important and necessary, but also I think educating children about these risks in school is important (my kids' school does okay at this), and government regulation and criminalising such activity is useful too.
- streetfighter64 4mo ago
  "Parenting" is a nebulous concept and at least to me, it also includes pushing for better laws for children. Nobody would think it's reasonable to allow stores to sell cigarettes to children and tell parents "if you don't like it, just don't let your kids smoke".
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  - walthamstow 4mo ago
    Nicotine is probably the worst example possible to argue that laws prevent children from using and becoming addicted to something.
    - paulryanrogers 4mo ago
      There's also heroine and fentanyl, both are regulated by the law.
      - walthamstow 4mo ago
        Heroin is illegal for people of all ages, and those laws don't work either.
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tty456 4mo ago

A lot of it is straight up sponsored by card makers too

atakan_gurkan 4mo ago
Can you back this claim up? I don't think they need to do this. After all, WotC was doing pretty well way before these videos became widespread.

andrepd 4mo ago

There are really only two businesses in the modern economy, fraud and gambling. Some are both.

abrookewood 4mo ago
Porn?
- pjc50 4mo ago
  gambling (intermittent dopamine hit)
globular-toast 4mo ago
Don't forget addiction.

intended 4mo ago

This is the other side of the coin when it comes to the push for ID verification.

vintermann 4mo ago
Another way is to simply disallow certain ways to make money. It doesn't have to be complicated and it shouldn't be controversial.

walthamstow 4mo ago

The only defense is parenting. And no, I'm not one of those childless people who tells parents to parent better.

DanielBryars 4mo ago
Its not the only defence, important and necessary, but also I think educating children about these risks in school is important (my kids' school does okay at this), and government regulation and criminalising such activity is useful too.
streetfighter64 4mo ago
"Parenting" is a nebulous concept and at least to me, it also includes pushing for better laws for children. Nobody would think it's reasonable to allow stores to sell cigarettes to children and tell parents "if you don't like it, just don't let your kids smoke".
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- walthamstow 4mo ago
  Nicotine is probably the worst example possible to argue that laws prevent children from using and becoming addicted to something.
  - paulryanrogers 4mo ago
    There's also heroine and fentanyl, both are regulated by the law.
    - walthamstow 4mo ago
      Heroin is illegal for people of all ages, and those laws don't work either.

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