Charge to set up an account. Something nominal like a dollar but which requires a credit card or PayPal version of credit card payment. Small increase in revenue for you and also a way of determining who is old enough to own a credit card or not.
Allow teens to read the adult site but also let them have their own version of it that they can sign up to for free and post anything they want. I don't see why teens should be denied the chance to use this website. For them, they get something for free that adults have to pay for (hopefully, this is seen as a win because winning seems very important to teens. And Charlie Sheen). For over eighteens, they get an area that suits them and that teens can progress into (for the one-off deal of spending a buck when they are old enough).
Maybe you can also make it so that anyone on the over-18 site can read the teen site but not stick their beak in. If the teens aren't allowed to comment on the adult site, it's only fair if the opposite applies. No adults commenting on teen stories and making teens seem stupid.
- A teens only site sounds a bit like the blind leading the blind. At least the ones that sneak in here can get advice from their elders.
- Charging sounds promising to me, but I fear it would destroy the energy of the site and drastically reduce the amount of posts and comments. In the long run it might work out (ala metafilter) but it would be quite risky.
- Perhaps you can write up to 1 post and 10 comments for free but you would have to pay to do more than that? Something of that sort. That could def. cut down on poor behavior a lot.
Anyone else notice this about the teens on this site?
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Charge to set up an account. Something nominal like a dollar but which requires a credit card or PayPal version of credit card payment. Small increase in revenue for you and also a way of determining who is old enough to own a credit card or not.
Allow teens to read the adult site but also let them have their own version of it that they can sign up to for free and post anything they want. I don't see why teens should be denied the chance to use this website. For them, they get something for free that adults have to pay for (hopefully, this is seen as a win because winning seems very important to teens. And Charlie Sheen). For over eighteens, they get an area that suits them and that teens can progress into (for the one-off deal of spending a buck when they are old enough).
Maybe you can also make it so that anyone on the over-18 site can read the teen site but not stick their beak in. If the teens aren't allowed to comment on the adult site, it's only fair if the opposite applies. No adults commenting on teen stories and making teens seem stupid.
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Thanks for the thoughts.
- A teens only site sounds a bit like the blind leading the blind. At least the ones that sneak in here can get advice from their elders.
- Charging sounds promising to me, but I fear it would destroy the energy of the site and drastically reduce the amount of posts and comments. In the long run it might work out (ala metafilter) but it would be quite risky.
- Perhaps you can write up to 1 post and 10 comments for free but you would have to pay to do more than that? Something of that sort. That could def. cut down on poor behavior a lot.
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How about we display the poster's age next to their title and username?
Eg. IIN I like steak? (Age: 15)
Account (Age: 15)
Hey, I like steak too!