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All member reviews for SmallWorlds

Kid, 13 years old
July 6, 2010
 
It's not that inappropriate....
You know what? If you're actually smart, you can lie to people! LIE to pedos! I live in New York City and I ALWAYS tell people my name is Erikka Monez, I'm from San Diego, California and I'm 19 yrs old. I even made a fake myspace for god sakes! If there are people harassing or using sexual behavior or something else inappropriate, there is and option to report them to the SmallWorlds Moderators and they will get banned for an amount of time due to the severity of the situation. If you can handle some swearing, and the whole boyfriend girlfriend thing, you can play SmallWorlds.

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Parent of 14 year old
March 18, 2009
 
SmallWorlds NOT for Kids
Who are we kidding? If you want a safe web site for your child to play games on, go to Disney. Smallworlds is not a safe website for children of any age. I've been on the website with more than one avatar and if I am not being bombarded by some 14 year old asking if I want to be their girlfriend of boyfriend (depending on what avatar I'm playing) someone else walks in the room with an Avatar whose name is Sexy Panther. SmallWorlds moderators are usually 14 year olds in my experience and are not all that helpful. Their response to being harassed by anyone is to block them and or lock your room. There are many adults on SmallWorlds, most of the people I've run across are between the ages of 17-45. I won't allow my 12 year old play this game and I wouldn't allow him to play it if he was 15 years old unless I was sitting right next to him. Some rooms might not allow the use of swear words or any other type of inappropriate language but there is NO sensorship of email whatsoever. I've repeatedly asked Smallworlds to make a over 18 portion and an under 18 portion but I am sure they won't. I've even come across men posing as teens trying to pick up young girls, reported them and seen them banned for a day or two, but nothing prevents them from creating another Avatar or 10. This site scares me in regards to SmallWorlds attitude about harassment especially when it comes to sexual harassment. There is no way to prove or disprove your age on SmallWorlds and until they come out with a way to enfore AGE proof and be able to recognize it on the avatar itself, my child won't play. For the person who wrote the clothes are sexless, I've seen avatars that look like whores or worse with mid-driff tops and mini-skirts and more make up than a clown. I've seen avatars that look better than people, who cares if they aren't anatomical...ask anyone on there and they'll tell you that there are some sexy avatars on SmallWorlds. This place IS NOT suitable for CHILDREN or UNSUPERVISED.

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Kid, 12 years old
June 15, 2010
 
i love Smallworlds. In fact I play this with my daughter she is safe she can handle the language and she walks away.

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Adult
July 25, 2011
 
To address parental concerns
I am an avid user of this game. Honestly, I think it's just fine for most teens to use. I do not agree with parents that say this site is not safe for any teen to use. If that is the case then they should be banning their child from all internet and cell phone privliges! The internet and most other technology has made things that you would normally want to keep from children readily available. I have been playing this game for a little over 1 year now and I think it's great! They have wonderful missions that teach users how to avoid scammers and teach how to report someone that is harrassing them. If the child/teen decides not to use these methods of protection then that is their choice. There are also many missions with positive, educational, and even moral issues addressed. So aside from the ocasional bad apple (in my experience, for anyone who is being lude or harrasing, usually there are many regular members who will come to help a person in need of help to get a moderator or help them block that user. Most people in the game are pleasant and want to keep the game that way.) the game is a wonderful outlet for children ages 13 and older. I think it is a great way to help children deal with real world situations as you are dealing with people from around the world. So as long as you take measures to protect yourself (as you would need to do on ANY social website) this can be a great game for anyone!

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Kid, 12 years old
May 21, 2011
 
Its awesome for 10 year olds and up

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Teen, 17 years old
July 8, 2011
 
Trust Your Kids
I think this website is safe for your children if your kids dont get in the wrong situation... This site is safe for your children if you think you can trust your kids. Most places on Smallworlds ban you from using sexual type words and/or swear words.

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Kid, 9 years old
March 16, 2011
 
GREAT GAME
As long as you know what you are doing then it is fine. Very fun game!

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Parent of 10 year old
March 3, 2011
 
a good way to meet other people and be cool

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Adult
April 21, 2010
 
WOOT!
Smallworlds has an age requirement, 11 and 12 do not meet that requirement. If you don't have enough maturity at that age to respect rules..........any rules well it's no wonder why kids are ruining the reputation of the game. I'm an adult player and I've played for a year and I have never witnessed an adult that I know of approach a younger player for indecent online activity. But who can really say with certainty what the age of any player is?. None of us can. I have seen avatars who say they are 14 approach others and not care how old they are. But I've never seen one say "hey I'm 25, I don't care if you are 11 I just want to have some fun with ya". Smallworlds is a creative game, where players create spaces and missions to earn virtual currency and until last Summer when school let out, there was not a strip club, dating/adoption spaces, makeout rooms or kissing booths until these younger players discovered it. And those that behave this way are reported to a moderation team and warned withing minutes or banned entirely from playing the game. I've reported hundreds for cyber sexing in Smallworlds created public spaces and it's always teens/tweens doing it. As far as any online activity for younger people, it is the responsibility of the parent to insure their child is playing safely. It is the responsibility of the developers to insure they obey the Terms of Service and Smallworlds does this swiftly. In the past year, there have been four upgrades to make this game more easy to understand, chat filters are updated, report functions upgraded and new features are being added constantly to keep your interest in the game. Why? because they listen, the developers and staff interact with players and listen to wants and concerns. I've yet to find this anywhere else in the virtual worlds.

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Teen, 15 years old
May 22, 2011
 
Perfect for age 13 and up
Fun to play sometimes people may fight or looking for trouble on smallworlds buy using spells, or freeze gun on others

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Adult
April 11, 2011
 

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Parent of 12 year old
May 1, 2011
 
good for 12 years and up
my daughter plays it. it seems very edcucational but on the other hand there sre some bad words that people say that i have seen. so i suggest for people 12 and up. its a fun game but it can also influence the kids and can put out some personal information

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Teen, 17 years old
July 18, 2010
 
Kids are alright if they are raised right! .
Too tell you the truth ; I dont think aqe matters . It matters how mature the kid is . Your already expreiced enough in this world drama and stuff and they know whats going on. Im hearing that a big problem is about the "Age" & "where you live" Well, dont friqqinq tell them that then. Lay back. Why must we tell them everything they ask ? Some chilren are stupid enough to tell people every things & some dont . Dont judqe . You dont know every child in this world & thats never going to change. No , im not saying safty isnt importent . Because it is. Im just saying some kids are smart enough to know how to be safe. DONT LIEE EATHIRR ; if you 10 & you say your 19 then your going to be in some big doodiee . ; Your gonna have more problems . Your not going to understand anything your friends are talking about . Just simply say . "I dont give out my personal information! " LMAO ; thats it . Som kids shouldnt say Curses that they do but THATS THE WAY YOU RAISED YOUR CHiLD. its not smallworlds fault . Just act yourself ; and keep it safe. Another thing is having your child having sex . Yes,thats a problem but again if your kid is SMART then they would SAY" EWWWW NOOO!!!" or somthing like that! . Not that hard . i HOPE this hellpeed . I love you all <3 Enjoy Smallworlds everyone<3 !

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Teen, 14 years old
January 4, 2010
 
love this game
i play this game i think its fun sometimes i get addicted cuz its soo fun ...But then theres ppl who say"Your hott" and what like.......its stupid how can they say a vurtual avatar is hott? ....Psh People need to show respect...i dont go around saying" Your hott" Ect. ...........Some kids need to be safe .......U KIDS OUT THERE WHOS READING THIS .................BECAREFULL OUT THERE

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Kid, 11 years old
July 31, 2010
 
Good for Tweens, Teens, And Adults
I love small worlds, I am fine with the fact that there is dating, marring but for parents lets just say your kids 'll find out on they're own and you don't have to tell em oh and for people who like this game try second life! AWESOME!

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Kid, 12 years old
April 25, 2011
 
It isn't the most safe site, but you can't give the greatest, personal information.

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Kid, 13 years old
April 16, 2011
 
GOOD GAME
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD GAME FOR KIDS

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Teen, 14 years old
July 9, 2010
 

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Kid, 13 years old
June 14, 2011
 
Awesome but sometimes really annoying !
I love this website but it really bugs me when people say wanna go out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Smallworlds rocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Adult
January 23, 2011
 
Small worlds.. on Trading economy
Smallworlds is a 3D world yes more used as a game than a technology, however I attempted to build a real educational facility there, smallworlds can be used as a technology that is nowadays available for free to use.. the VIP system is awesome it CAN be earned if a person well enough understand economy, Since it's humans who trade and play the game, pretty much the economy and socialistic layer in the game are ( real ) not fake... Scams are alot.. One thing I noticed is my idea of the trade system WAS eventually applied as a Trade Post. this sucked up the game, the idea was to allow trading features in the IN-Game Menu where people can trade without re-loading entire spaces.. The trade post is now so crowded that every merchant in SW ( over 2000 at the same time ) are trying to use the trade post and fail.. eventually instances don't help either...

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