Age Verification/NSFW Content
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Jasper Raine
I'm going to get straight to the point on this one. On a platform like VRChat, NSFW stuff
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going to happen, no matter what the terms says and no matter what is/isn't allowed. People are going to do this no matter what you do and in fact it already does happen... all the time. I feel the best solution to the problem is some sort of age verification as well as usage of the NSFW tags in the SDK for avatars and worlds.The use of the age verification system would let users set their birth date or just their age and would automatically filter out content with any NSFW tags along with the option to hide birth dates and ages either from everyone or people that aren't friends or both. The report system would be a way to get around issues with this as well as users showing proof with ID so that false reports do not occur. Plus with this system, legally the situations players find themselves in would fall upon the players themselves rather than VRChat, especially if you make a disclaimer specifying this in the terms. As it currently stands, potentially the legal issues fall on VRChat for not enforcing the terms enough to filter out NSFW content and this would resolve the issue entirely. It's only a matter of time before something happens in-game and VRChat gets sued. I'm no lawyer, but it doesn't take one to know stuff like this happens.
As for NSFW Content Filters, this would also solve the issue for adults that do not want to see certain NSFW content. Again, making it legally their responsibility rather than VRChat's responsibility. Making use of the check boxes in the SDK would make it much easier for this filter to work.
There's honestly no good reason for this to not already be a feature in VRChat beyond lack of time as I know it does take time to implement something like this and some effort on the team's part, but this would solve a lot of potential future issues and I'd rather not see this platform in the same position as the Titanic, thinking everything is going great and then one thing happens and it's all over.
Edit: I'd like to also add at this point that most VRChat users, or at least from what I've seen, actually don't care if NSFW stuff is in VRChat. Most people generally have a "keep it in the bedroom" sort of mentality where they're fine with it if it's not in their face. I've in fact seen many NSFW avatars in public worlds as well as NSFW discussions and other content in public worlds and people just don't care because the users, avatars, and worlds stay in VRChat without being reported or anything. There is literally no way around NSFW content and this is the only solution that makes sense: Just allow it and use content filters and age verification.
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demonsandy
i think vrchat should boost their age requirement to atleast 16+ because i think that with alot of the content and topics on vrchat it would make since to boost the age from 13 to 16+ for the main content and as for nsfw content we should add policies and filters that protect underage users so they cant see or access the nsfw content unless they are age verified 18+ or add a policy allowing age verified users to use nsfw content in age verified instances or private instances so that people who are in 18+ verified worlds can feel free to host nsfw content in their respected age restricted worlds i think this would be the better way to go because persons at the age of 13 are very impressionable and shouldnt beable to use vrchat so boosting the base content to 16+ and boosting the nsfw content to 18+ and adding security measures to make sure under age users dont have access to the nsfw content would be the best way to improve vrchat as a whole
EPA 608
Ok I'm gonna stop you right there. Maybe instead of trying to find women in game because you are so unloveable irl maybe you should instead think about the little kids that you have most likely exposed to pornographic content. The real problem here is you. You're a freak. The game was never meant to be sexualized. It was meant for people to be able to talk and connect to each other online. But then people like you came in with their NSFW avatars and started making things weird by having e-sex and being lewd in worlds with little kids around. Everyone should stop making NSFW avatars and there should be no other updates until that problem has been dealt with.
RF_GAMER
O problema começa quando é divulgado que o vrchat é um jogo com classificação etária "LIVRE", algo que é ridículo, o vrchat tem q ser marcado como um jogo para adultos, a comunidade inteira do vrchat a grande maioria é adulto ou no máximo adolescente barbado lá beirando 16-17 anos, mas se ta aqui é porque quer e não por inocência, se um pai deixa o filho dele jogar vrchat é porque é um baita de um irresponsável, se deu celular na mão de uma criança TRATE DE CUIDAR e gerenciar o celular dele, se tu deu um computador na mão de uma criança trate de gerenciar o dispositivo se um pai bota o filho no mundo e deixa ele fazer o q quer na frente do PC isso não tem q ser problema nosso, vrchat tem é q deixar claro pra steam que ele é um jogo voltado para adultos n faz sentido crianças entrarem num ambiente de "interação" como o vrchat e n faz sentido a imagem que a equipe do VRC tenta passar de um produto que é basicamente movido pela própria comunidade q é composta de ADULTOS
淫神 Nafryti
RF_GAMER "Free" isn't an age rating, there are plenty of Free to play Adult games on Steam for example.
VRChat is a 13+ game, making it Rated T for Teen, but is often used for NSFW means even among those 17 and under. A method for locking down the NSFW content would be to Age Gate PC content. Basically make the game Quest Mode (extremely limited content) for anyone 17- and unlock PC Mode (Fully Featured) for those 18+. That could jeopardize their Teen rating though, as the game would technically be rated for Everyone at that point, depending on the population of Fully Featured users it could even be considered a Mature game.
But due to basic human ingenuity, content restricting only creates an opportunity for someone to get around it. This would bring creative workarounds for those in the limited feature set to accomplish what they really want from the game.
UlfTheHusky
Or you could just not use nsfw avatars in worlds where there might be minors
EPA 608
UlfTheHusky exactly
SaphiGoat
3rd party is involved.
I see dataprotection problems
淫神 Nafryti
SaphiGoat I wrote a whole bunch more than 2500 characters apparently, and... only now do I see how old this comment is... ugh, just gonna delete the majority of it and say this:
People agree to and accept data mining every day, even when subscribing to a cellular service, or buying a tablet, etc. Everything is always listening, curating ads, crunching keywords, taking hardware census data, even taking hardware sensor data too. These are things we all blindly agree to when installing apps and programs, and then later whine and complain about it happening.
Honestly, it's getting old, your data is probably more secure in their hands than in yours anyways. Get over it.
SaphiGoat
淫神 Nafryti no my data is more secure in my hands, I decide where and what I share.
淫神 Nafryti
SaphiGoat have you ever Googled yourself? There's a lot on your screen name, but good for you being part of the select few who police their Internet presence, too bad you treated a generalized statement as if I were speaking only about you.
Arty~
For those who haven’t seen, this was recently announced in a YouTube video update:
ivankazuya
I would like to see this feature added. For the sake of keeping minors safe.
sinsandrocks18
Please consider adding this, i'm getting real tired of seeing minors running around in public instances bare naked.
Casxapinkgoblin
Absolutely! Me and my freinds have been saying this for a very long time. It just makes sense in a game like VRchat, we're so suprised that it hasn't ever came about.
G․O․D
Would like it to use another service for verification but do really want this.
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