OK, this might seem like a random rant, but it seems very common these days.
I'm noticing that most users here (as well as in youtube and other sites) are pretending to be older when they're really not.
for example: a new user asks me if he or she can be a part of a flash project. Most of the time when this happens, I check their user pages just to see who they are, what they've made, what are their favorite flashes, and finally they say that they're over 18. However, I later find a random quote of the same user saying: "actually I'm 11, LOL".
This annoys me sometimes...
I understand that the internet is full of underage noobs these days and that boys will be boys, but I prefer to meet honest people (preferably 16 or older) who at least know something about flash or audio programs.
When I talked about this topic on youtube (in a bulletin), the 2 main answers here were:
1. I did it to watch/ upload adult videos.
2. I did it to keep away from pedophiles/ stalkers/ bullies.
in conclusion I realized that the whole thing is a double edged sword:
If you tell the truth--you gain friends, yet possibly get stalked/bullied by unknown users.
If you fake your age--you lose bullies/stalkers, yet lose somebody's trust by looking more like a noob.
Normally I encourage most of you guys to be honest and all, even though it's hard to do that when danger lurks almost everywhere these days.
But when it comes to Newgrounds, is it really necessary to pretend to be older? If you don't trust NG, you shouldn't be here in the first place...but that's just me.
Xradical
Well that ypur opinion, i am not blaming this, but some people try to beware against WEIRD PLEOPLE out of them, because if you take for explamte, some guy is 11, and a WEIRD adult is going to say that also is 11, yeah, they meet and someone is stolen, that is to give bad reputation to the internet, and tthat kind of things, but just my opinio
- Jonathan (Xradical)