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Comment by SirMaster

3 months ago

We age gate the movie theater, so why is age gating a website or app any worse?

What age is appropriate for the Safari app? What age is appropriate for PlannedParenthood.com? Reddit.com?

A movie is a distinct piece of content. A website and an app can be a container for lots of different content.

  • Nobody is trying to age restrict the safari app (like a movie theater), but I don't see why websites or parts of websites can't be restricted like individual movies are as they are given a rating by an authority.

    But other apps entirely like dating apps? or only fans? can probably be entirely restricted to some age.

  • This isn't even a hard question. The movie theater is open but movies that are rated R are not. In this case, Reddit.com is a movie theater, subreddits are movies. The website might be open, but not every subreddit is. This is in fact how Reddit already operates, age verification is just a joke right now.

Have you given any movie theaters a permanent and persistent copy of your ID lately? Your phone number? Make them a list of anything and everything you've read about lately?

  • What is the fight over? It semes like some people are fighting over age restriction at all, and others are fighting over the specific exchange of age proof mechanisms.

    • Can we have the former without the latter? My own fight is squarely with the latter.

      I think I'm beginning to realize, however, that the onus should be on both sides of the issue to find a reasonable common ground.