Answer by Christian for Underage but very valuable user on our site
How you write a ToS for a website depends on the legal situation where you live and host your website. California, for example, has a law which gives underage users the right to delete their posts. If...
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Your site, your rules, and also your enforcement of those rules, for example: just because you written in the EULA that you can kick people out for being underage does not mean you must On many...
View ArticleAnswer by R.. for Underage but very valuable user on our site
Unless the "underage" user has self-identified as underage, you have no proof of this user's age and no obligation to act on the claims of other malicious users who are trying to get a valuable user...
View ArticleAnswer by ColonelHedgehog for Underage but very valuable user on our site
I think it all boils down to your rules. I don't really think you should change the age limit because you have a valuable 14-year-old on your site. When I was 12, I got kicked off of a site because the...
View ArticleAnswer by Andy for Underage but very valuable user on our site
This started as a comment to Monica's answer, but grew to large. The rule exception that she mentions has worked out extremely well for my gaming community. We offer a "probationary" period for users...
View ArticleAnswer by Sri for Underage but very valuable user on our site
Or, you could add a clause to your ToS stating an exception could be made based on contribution and behavior of user, and this is decision rests solely with you.
View ArticleAnswer by Monica Cellio for Underage but very valuable user on our site
I agree with this answer but want to add some nuance. You presumably had a good reason to set an age limit, and you are worried about backlash from your users if you remove it. What is their concern?...
View ArticleAnswer by Jenny D for Underage but very valuable user on our site
Firstly, this is an issue where you have to do something. Allowing a user to stay when they are knowingly in breach of the ToS means that you are devaluing the ToS, and whenever someone else breaks it...
View ArticleAnswer by ProgramFOX for Underage but very valuable user on our site
Keep in mind that it's your site, after all. You don't want to lose him; and as you are the site owner, you can actually adjust your Terms of Service to change the age limit. Yes, there is a risk that...
View ArticleUnderage but very valuable user on our site
One of the users (let's call him Adam) of a site I own told me that there is an underage user (let's call him Brian) on our site; the Terms of Service say that you have to be 18 years old to use the...
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