Thanks for information.

I hang out at IMVU a lot. I can say it's the best online hub I've ever been to. I know most people lie about their age and all but what the hell, people lie about themselves in the internet all the time. IMVU isn't just about cyber sex. I actually met a lot of really nice people whom I've had really great conversation with.

I have been on IMVU since 07 and ya it has its issues. From jail bait kids who lie about there age and get AP. To the Daddy Domination where ppl act as the "parent" and another acts as a child for cyber sex. Then again you always have your wierdos in any social environment. There is one annoyance I have to throw out there and it is this. IMVU gave adults AP so we could have a little and I do mean little adult freedom. It has gotten to the point where people can "stalk" you on there by reporting you and get you blocked for nothing. They say they review all the complaints personally but I highly doubt that. I mad it a point to dress my avatar in GA only clothing (GA is the label of general population) and my account was reported 2 times in a 2hr time period. I had nothing offencive in my intrests section of my avatar profile card which too was deleted. I have since then been blocked from IMVU for a week because once again I was reported. My question is this. When is it right for adults to be bullied by people now and it is ok? Where is the adults rights in all this? Also since when do parents stop being held responsable for there children. Oh and lastly IMVU is nothing like Second Life. There is no realistic sex actions like on Second Life.

it's an adult game, of course...

my personal opinion of imvu im an imvu adult gamer me and my friends have many rooms they all are 25+ i personally dont think its a game for kid's

The fact is I have myself helped some kids get out of bad situations, some are EVEN their PARENTS. So it is the parents but then also it is the kids, wanting to be curious, the REAL problem is the adults on that site, we are RESPONSIBLE for how we deal with children any and ALL adults who interact with children in a negative and dangerous way that violates federal laws should be held accountable.

It is the same as real life, if they hire a pervert for a babysitter and you going to blame the parents or the babysitter? seriously use common sense!

I have been dealing with a known harasser, stalker, abuser and pedophile for over 2 years now hundreds if not thousands of reports have been done on this guy he stalks us through email, through imvu messages comes into rooms, he goes as far as to black mail young girls into having cyber sex and then trying to meet them in rl. One such girl just the other day told me of a story how this man forced his avi on her and she told him to leave her alone he began to harass her, luckily she had enough sense to call the police and the police even got involved IMVU did NOTHING!!!!! They are just as responsible for protecting this predator and should be held as accountable for his actions as he is! That is my thought! and any evidence you need to help you on this you got it just ask me

IT'S LIKE I SAID YOU SNOBS IF YOU DON'T LIKE IMVU DON'T COME ON TO MAKE THE ONES THAT ENJOY IMVU MISERABLE . I'M SICK OF SNOBS COMING ON SOMETHING LIKE IMVU AND TURN IT TO A DEBATE. GET A LIFE YOU SNOBS I HAVE ONE SO WHY DON'T YOU SNOBS GET ONE!!!

" I was talking about SL, are you saying that they didn't do that? or that only IMVU didn't? "

That IMVU didn't do this.

" I always assumed that 'age play' was short hand in sl for child avi cyber sex.. "

Many people do. Ageplay is simply a form of role-play. It may or may not include sexuality, but it's safer to assume that it doesn't than to lump all ageplayers into one group based on the motives of some. For more on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageplay

" Now, as it's always been, it's up to parents, not governments or corporations to keep our kids safe. "

I've addressed this time and time again in various forms throughout this thread and others. This is my latest post regarding that topic. As Second Life begins merging TeenGrid with the MainGrid I'm predicting that we're going to see more and more of the same issues that IMVU has had since it opened its doors to the children -- Only its going to be a lot worse. Why? Because Second Life has far more adult content than anything IMVU allows.

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This may be a difficult concept to grasp, but it's really easy when you remember this:

" The lack of responsibility of parents does not alleviate the responsibility of the company. "

" Now, keeping that in mind... Parents *should* monitor their children. Parents *should* take steps to keep their own children safe. Parents *should* do the right thing at all times -- despite the fact that majority of people wouldn't know the right thing if it punched them in the nose. In IMVU's case the issue is *not* the irresponsibility of the parents who do not do these things. At most that merely creates smaller issues.

The larger issues with IMVU is its marketing strategies, it's ineffective monitoring of users who may be or are reported as being under the age of 13 as required by their own TOS, and their irresponsibility due to the moderation of their own product catalog. Worse yet, the ignorant and uniformed legal advice they follow that stipulates that they do not have to legally monitor the content on their servers.

IMVU isn't a playground for pedophiles any more than any other system on the Internet is. There are worse, and better places of course, but lets not muddy up the issues by addressing the " could " be issues. Let's certainly not distract from important issues by playing with straw men. IMVU has a lot of issues that it fails to take control of and eliminate. The company has proven itself unethical, irresponsible, and reprehensible -- not because of parental irresponsibility but their own.

http://www.blogsafety.com/topic/Parenting-Online-Kids/Imvu-And-Virtual/1200000449&#msg1200015692
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