• Is it age appropriate?

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 13.

• Is it any good?

  1.0

• Common Sense says

  Mean-spirited Facebook app encourages bad behavior.

Why We Rated This for Ages 13 and Under

The good stuff

• Educational value:

  Not an issue.

What to watch out for

• Online interaction:

  Kids learn they can badmouth friends with apparent impunity. A few use Bathroom Wall for other purposes, such as role playing or posting short fiction, but the latter are mostly sex stories.
• User-created content:

  Most of the posts are negative.
• Messages:

  Ugly gossip, graphic sex talk, and outright putdowns -- "I hate Courtney" -- rule the day. Not every post is nasty; a few kids step up to defend peers being dragged through the mud. But positive interactions are the exception. 
• Violence:

  Nothing overt, although the nature of the community fosters some shocking posts, such as one that suggests a female virgin could solve her problem with a pair of scissors.
• Sex:

  Sex references are rampant, with some teens posting short stories whose plots revolve around budding sexual relationships, some with teachers.
• Language:

  S--t, bitch, f--k and worse. Kids easily trick the profanity filter by inserting a period into the offending word. In the Bathroom Wall chatroom, some of the handles users give themselves could be the names of porn stars.
• Consumerism:

  Most pages have text ads for products ranging from vacation destinations to face cream. The Wall itself sports obnoxious IQ test ads that masquerade as email notifications. When clicked some say, "One of your buddies thinks you're stupid."
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Not an issue.

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