Adult Concepts?
30 November 2007 21:58I've adjusted my settings so that I can see things. I have not set this journal for any artificial limitation. As others have pointed out, SixApart (LiveJournal's owner, alas) is using this as a marketing move - to its advertisers. It lets them say, "We're taking steps." It doesn't actually keep any eyes from seeing anything.
How so? It depends on an accurate date of birth being given to LiveJournal. Suppose little Petunia Pornseeker goes looking for something she shouldn't, what does she do? Either she creates a journal with a fake date of birth or logs out and reads the restricted entry after giving a verification page a false birth date. Effective system? Not at doing what it is claimed to be for. But it can keep the ad money flowing to SixApart.
As for "Adult Concepts" there are plenty of them, and precious few of them are harmful to anyone. If kids aren't exposed to reality, how will they learn? The problem is not adult concepts. The problem is juvenile administrators and advertisers.