I HATE WHYVILLE FOREVER!IT IS SO MAKING ME MAD THAT I CAN ONLY SAY ''HELLO'' AND ''HOW ARE YOU'' THATS ALL!AND ONE TIME,I WENT INTO A ROOM AND THIS BOY,LIKE,PUT HIS AVATAR ONTO MY BODY AND COVERED IT!HE WAS GOIN UP AND DOWN TO COVER MY AVATAR!HE WAS DRUNK AND STUPID!
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Not age appropriate for kids under 10, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12. -
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Common Sense says
Social site with good edu value needs supervision.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 12 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Whyville.net
Parents need to know that this site is a popular virtual community created for kids (mostly girls) ages 8 to 15, although it may not be appropriate for the younger side of that wide span. The main concern is that although the site uses a language filter and city workers review the chat log and warrant "duct tape sentences" to offenders, the chat is not monitored 24/7. But kids must take a instructive chat license test that teaches online safety features. Numerous safety measures built into the site help protect kids from online predators.
Read our full review by Dana Villamagna
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title off for age 4 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
WHYVILLE SUCKS
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- My highlights are:
- Educational
I originally started using whyville in 2007. Of course with my short memory span I forgot about it in a few months. Again in 2008 when one of my friends recommended it to the class, I signed up again because my previous account had expired. I kind of freaked out because I couldn't type my own name before the permission slip was sent in. So pretty much all I did was try to make money. The salary ledger games can be very tricky, which is excellent because it really helped me learn in a fun way. Anywho, in the chat rooms it can get really sexual. I know I've been involved as a joke. But you will be punished for everything that you do. And you will be banned after being taped or fined 10 times. The graphics are great. Many people hate the whole head and shoulders thing, but you can pretty much even have a full torso if you know how to work the pick your nose. Overall it's a great combination between learning and networking. :D
- I rate this title on for age 6 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
I go on this site :]
Whyville isn't much fun since its a VERY old website since it was made for educational values and made in 1999 (i think) This website is very safe on its filters. ( I would know) Its mostly aimed for people 8-15 so you would the point. If you say people say a lot of things in chat then your at the wrong time and wrong place to be. The sun roof is full of people who are like over 15 and yea. Sadly at my school they talk some of those things too, (we call them chavs) To be on the safe side of whyville stay in those places like south beach, north beach, well you get the picture. When you see tall avatars and sometimes crazy hair or mouths that you usually would never wear on your avatar then stay away from those chat rooms.
- I rate this title off for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Safety is an issue
- User content isn't age appropriate
- My highlights are:
- Educational
I love Whyville and still go on it. But it has gotten so pathetic with new kids and they always come up with terms like Licks, Blows, etc.. Sexual words... The kids also find ways to get pass the filters and end up figthing. I would not allow a child under the age of 13 to come on this site has innaproaite teenagers which curse, and think there the cools ones in Whyville. Another thing is kids take advantage and threaten people on the chatting rooms which is a big cyber bully. These lazy City Workers needs to wake up and bring the old whyville back. Message to City Worker your ignorants, stupid, and idiots for not doing such a goodjob. Somebody get new workers that actually handle a child website.
- I rate this title off for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Safety is an issue
- User content isn't age appropriate
Inappropiate website
I used to log into Whyville and it used to be a cool site, but now it's just nasty. The kids just run around pretending to have sex, talking about sex, cussing, pretending to get drunk, talking about drinking and drugs, typing out lyrics to nasty songs, pretending to rape other random kids, giving out personal information, and more. I've even seen guys on there asking girls nasty questions and the girls would respond with answers. When I reported kids for nasty behavior the staff always told me they weren't doing anything wrong and that it wasn't bad. They don't do anything about the nasty behavior anymore. They just basically let everyone run around on there doing whatever they want now. I stopped logging in because every time I went into a chat-room I would see kids acting and talking disgusting and I always got attacked by guys asking me inappropiate questions and trying to "rape" me. They say this site is educational and appropiate for young children, but it's really nasty and kids don't need to see the stuff some of these kids do and say. They say they have chat filters so kids can't talk nasty, but they just word the words in a certain way so it gets past the filters and they don't do a thing about it. I've even seen kids with nasty usernames. When you first go to their site and see the log in page, make your account, take the chat test and all that it looks like a clean,fun site, but once you go into the chatrooms you learn differently. This used to be a clean site that was fun and cool, but now it isn't. :(
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| 75% | of parents say it has language their kids can't use |
| 50% | of parents feel user generated content is iffy |
| 50% | of parents feel the site is not safe |
| 50% | of parents don't think the messages are positive |
| 50% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
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