• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 15.

• Is it any good?

  2.0

• Common Sense says

  Social networking world isn't so squeaky clean.

Why We Rated This for Ages 15–18

The good stuff

• Educational value:

  Not an issue.

What to watch out for

• Online interaction:

  Users create an avatar to represent themselves in the Meez community. There's lots of user interaction on the site. There are both public rooms and personal rooms, as well as personal pages and bulletin boards delineated by category. Users can openly chat, post comments, manage friends lists, as well as send media (i.e. pictures, videos, and songs).
• User-created content:

  Users create an avatar and a personal page to represent themselves.
• Messages:

  Many of the backgrounds encourage drinking or feature scantily-clad women.
• Violence:

  A few backgrounds, such as "the crime scene," suggest violence, but don't show any details.
• Sex:

  The backgrounds -- featuring women in tiny outfits with bulbous bods -- and outfits, such as a tank dress that says "boobies!" are often sexually-charged.
• Language:

  The message board posts can contain anti-gay slurs, swearing, and angry messages. One example: "look you f--king bitch go suck a d--k u f--king ass ok do not write me back i will take my gun and shoot the f--k out you."
• Consumerism:

  Minimal ads. Users can buy "coinz" to buy things on the site.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Posted images can show people drinking. The avatars' backgrounds can be a party setting where avatars are drinking.

How safe is it?

• Personal privacy:

  The site is intended for people 13 and older so it is allowed to collect information on its users. Users are identified by their user name to other users, but you can limit how your name is displayed on outside sites using privacy settings. The site also sells accessories and retains the right to email registered users (although you can opt out of promotional emails). Because the chat is unrestricted and personal pages are anything-goes, kids could potentially reveal personal information.
• Parental controls:

  Not an issue.

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