#COPPA sucks

[henryxemilyforever]

Hey hey! Ho ho! The COPPA system has to go!

[ratfc]

Why the fuck is the italian super cup in saudi arabia???????????

[ellielol]

the funniest part about using Neopets in 2024 is that, even though the userbase is almost entirely 30-somethings, because their userbase in the heyday was all children they still need to comply with COPPA. most websites comply with COPPA by just not allowing anyone under 13. this is why if you claim to be under that age, most sites will just flat out ban you if they notice it even if it was very obviously a joke. companies requires a ton of special precautions in handling the data of young users, and most just don't care enough to do it. however, since neopets very much did (and still does, technically) allow children under the age of 13 to play, they have to play ball with COPPA. that means that even though i would wager the number of children playing neopets is near 0, the entire website still has to, like, not mention any social media site on-site. this is despite the Neopets Team holding monthly livestreams on YouTube, posting on /r/Neopets, and taking part in the official /r/Neopts Discord server. there is also still a filter on what you can type in the Neoboards, so you get 40 year olds talking about how their marriage sucks in censored euphamisms. it's great.

[thecoolersolver]

if someone hasnt answered your questions yet, kosa is the kids online safety act which sounds awesome but it sucks. the main issues that people have with it is the age verification and forcing suppression of certain topics onto websites if youre a minor. first about the age verification, itll require you to input your government id to verify your age so bye bye to being anonymous. idk if this has been changed in the most recent draft though.

and the suppression of topics is suppressing talk about things the government thinks is dangerous towards minors, like lgbtq people apparently. it doesnt state that explicitly in the bill, but we all know that thats what its gonna be used for if it passes, especially in states where theyre already suppressing talk about lgbtq topics in schools. aside from that obvious problem i dont think having a bunch of old people decide what we can talk about is a good idea

thats the main problems, major lgbtq organizations backed down cuz they changed the wording of the bill but it does basically the same thing. this is gonna be like a worse coppa if it passes :/

heres some more info and stuff on other bills like it:

https://www.badinternetbills.com

ohg fuck

well damn

[mod-python]

List pets are list pets for a reason. "Special releases" only come out once a year, and are omgsr from the beginning. Not many people get them, and people go nuts for them. They are literally way way more rare than any random ER, VR, or Rare pet. That's why they are omgsr. Heck, some of them even end up more valuable than other omgsr pets already on the site. Why? People like the design, and can afford to get them. If you can't, just say that and stop being mad that others have better stuff than you. Most everyone in here yelling about this issue, is either a person who uses the list, respects it, and understands it; or a person who has little to no value on their account, got scammed out of something valuable, or isn't able to grasp the logistics of the list. This is a majority of the people having this conversation. Yet, people keep bringing up how it's about kids and a kids game. I must say, CS, while originally a kids game; is majority adults now. We all found this game as kids, and still play. However, i don't know a single kid in todays time, that will spend much or any time on a game like this. They don't understand the coding we had to learn for sites like this. They don't understand the logistics of high value trading, due to not being into the game. They are 98% more likely to have tiktok or snapchat, than play this game. But mainly, They don't seek out games like this, the way we did as kids. Back when CS was created, this was a common type of game, and you could just randomly stumble on it. Now, there's no ads or talk about games like this, and they are very niche and not exactly going to count under "well known". That's just the reality/truth. There is a majority of adults on CS now, and many many of us have been begging the owners and the staff to realize this. Yes, kids do play. I know there's a few coppa's still floating around the site. But, they are fully a minority on CS, not the majority. List trading was made with adults in mind, because even when kids do play cs, they aren't exactly trading large, complex value pets. Most of the time, they can never even get one. That sucks, but they weren't the people being focused on when the OG list was made. Horror, didn't even really make a list. He compiled TRADE DATA. He made an outline of the OG list, and re-made it with sound trade evidence, and real data. THEN, he made a SECOND list, where he compiled DEMAND trade evidence. He then COMBINED them into an archive where users who want to trade high value pets, have a guideline on how to do so. Heck, He even tried to make it easy to understand, and detailed simply enough a kid could understand it, and learn. I started playing this game when I was 10, and if there had been a guide like horrors, I would have been much more comfortable with trading, and wanting to get high value pets. Instead, i quit like 8 separate times, and continually got treated like a brat who didn't know anything when I was genuinely trying my best. That is the system we need to work on. Teaching people how to use these guides, and show them ways to better interact with other traders, to get the pets they want. If we could do that, there wouldn't need to be a debate on if the list should be used, and instead be HOW the list is used.

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[mysteriesofmilo]

It's us against COPPA!

[half-blood-goods]

Me: 2020 is gonna be a good year!

Australian Fire, USA VS Iran and COPPA: Lol

[sithvampiremaster27]

COPPA blows!

What good is a channel if you can’t get feedback on your videos?

[tprminecraft]

FINALLY FOUND SOME MOOSHROOM PLAINS!!!

I had been out on BEEQUEST2019 but instead I found this other rare thing, so I guess beggars can’t be choosers.  I just hope I have enough rockets and elytra health to get home so I can nether tunnel back to this place.

Also, I think I’m going to start making videos again and just put a bunch of NOT FOR KIDS images all over them, maybe even a watermark or something.  Your shitty kids shouldn’t stop my goal of having google ad money buy all my liquor.

[thots-n-prayers-2137]

i hate youtube rn

i wanted to listen to a song from a pretty violent anime while looking for a video but i couldnt just let it be played on the bottom of the screen because fuck me

and thus ive downloaded some unofficial youtube app which sucks a bit too but it sucks DIFFERENTLY and more acceptably

[lucaslovesfanarts]

YouTube at it again with there bull crap like— Felidae is NOT a Kids Movie like wtf

[nickburbank579]

The Secret way to getting Youtube Comments back...

[twixlepanda]

So about the COPPA thing on YouTube

FTC, Don't. Okay. Just, stop. Y'all are doing more harm than good by doing this and punishing innocent content creators on YouTube. If parents stick their kids in front of an iPad instead of actually parenting them, it's not the government's job to parent them instead. Also, I don't think y'all understand YouTube enough to know your "made for kids" guidelines cover about 80% of videos unnecessarily. And the non-targetted ads will cut 60-90% of content creators revenue, causing many YouTubers to most likely lose their jobs. In fact a few YouTubers already stepped back from their channel because of the fear that if the step down later they'll be unemployed.

I know this a long post and no one will probably read this, but I felt the need to say something, because this could be catastrophic to many innocent people.

[treeanimations]

Hello! First Post! :3

[chitimouse]

WTF YouTube?

Soooo, here is a clip from the cartoon movie The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto, WHICH IS FOR ADULTS BY THE WAY marked as for kids, and I was like WTF YouTube? I mean, come on, in that clip Suzi X took out guns and shoot up the place and the clown even squeezed her boobs and ass. HOW THE ACTUAL FUCK CAN THAT EVER BE FOR KIDS? This shows how stupid COPPA really is and how fucked up YouTube has become. Like seriously? Since when an adult movie with guns, fighting, blood, boobs, asses, swearing and strippers and even a villain named Dr. Satan is FOR KIDS? JUST BECAUSE IT'S A CARTOON.

Seriously YouTube? #COPPALogic

[anactualrexy]

Do you also hate "made for kids" on YT?

I don't even want to go on this rant right now, but I will say I hate how I can't go on miniplayer with some videos. This is god damn sh*t here.