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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 17; suggested age 17.

  • Is it any good?

    0.0

  • Common Sense says

    Scary live video site ignores basic safety rules.

Why We Rated This not for kids

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    An appropriate educational purpose for this site would be as an example of how to break nearly every established Internet child safety rule.
 

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Some teens and adults use this site for social video, photo, and chat sharing. But the most popularly viewed Stickam videos are rude and meaningless at best; pornographic and dangerous at worst.

  • Violence:

    Photos of people with guns -- real and imagined -- pointed at their own heads. Violent personal tags like "Suicide."

  • Sex:

    Sexually explicit words like "f--k," "hooker," "horny," "whore," "slut," and more. Users can post their sexual preference in their personal tag. Photos of young users in suggestive clothes and poses are common. Videos, photos, and live video streams from everywhere, including bathrooms and bedrooms. Chat users have warned site administrators about sexual predatory behavior by adult users of this site.

  • Language:

    Even the more tame users include casual use of words like "f--k," "bitch," "ass," etc.

  • Consumerism:

    This site does not accept ads and is free to users.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Drugs and alcohol are commonplace. Examples of video titles: "OMG I'm Drunk," "We Fly HIGH," "Ian Passed Out." Photos show underage drinking.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Stickam

Parents need to know that the scariest part of this site is the members' unfiltered, live video chats using Web cameras that broadcast their lives, often from their bedrooms. There's no filter of what is aired and no 30-second delay. This site is also a minefield of somewhat pornographic content (suggestive photos), predatory behavior (users asking others to take off their clothes), violent images (guns, knives, blood), and anti-social messages about everything kids shouldn't do on the Internet. Users ages 14 (you can fake this) and up (including lots of adults) post their photo, age, hometown, and even sexual preference on their profile page. That info, coupled with live video from users' homes, makes this one potentially creepy place to be. And, according to The New York Times, the site doesn't always remove bad content or ban members who exhibit inappropriate behavior, especially toward minors, when it's reported. Kids will also waste a lot of time as they watch the live streams and wait for the person on the other end to do something exciting.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about why posting photos, personal information, and especially live video of yourself in your bedroom online to people you don't know is dangerous. What's the appeal of opening yourself (and your racy photos) up to others online? Even if there are a couple of safety features on a site -- such as banning an individual from viewing your video player or reporting abuse -- why shouldn't teens rely on a site administrator to keep them safe?
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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    rebecca13
    Lives in West Virginia
    I rate this title on for age 16 and give it 5.0

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    Lives in Arizona
    I rate this title on for age 16 and give it 3.0

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  3. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    SDKid
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it 3.0

    well...

    Stickam is a strange site. If you are under 18 you shouldn't go on it unless you're really mature. It's possible to stay safe on this site if you don't aren't stupid and know who to talk to and who not to talk to. Fakes are really easy to spot out, and it's easy to ban someone. It's not a horrible site, you just have to know who to talk to and who not to talk to.

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    SDKid
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it 3.0

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    Stickam is a strange site. If you are under 18 you shouldn't go on it unless you're really mature. It's possible to stay safe on this site if you don't aren't stupid and know who to talk to and who not to talk to. Fakes are really easy to spot out, and it's easy to ban someone. It's not a horrible site, you just have to know who to talk to and who not to talk to.

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  5. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    VERONNICAbabby
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 0.0

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