Pictures of yourself on the forum

[Mathew]

The Fansite Way says..

Fansites CAN:
- Post fun, friendly Habbo news with your own analysis.
- Hold competitions and parties in Habbo.
- Allow all Habbos to join in without discrimination.
- Discuss non-offensive Habbo gossip on forums.
- Create fun, non-offensive alterations.
- Offer help for new and old Habbos.
- Hold events for your readers.
- Allow your visitors to post a photo of themselves that's appropriate and does not contain personal information.
- Offset your hosting costs with advertising banners or ad words.
- Use publically accessible images created and owned by Sulake Corporation Oy responsibly and within the restrictions of the Fansite Way and Terms & Conditions of Habbo Hotel.

[marriott0.01]

I find no issues with this, as long as you make it CLEAR to users the risks, then it's down to them if they want to post a picture of themselves or not.

[Firehorse]

I support the idea for some type of restrictions. Many people post pictures of themselves with intent to show just the forum community which they get accustomed to and do not take into account that absolutely anybody on the internet can see it.

[immense]

The fansite way clarifies that fansites are allowed to let users to show pictures. Sulake would not care if Habbox stopped it. I like to know who I'm talking to so it's fine as it is but I can see where Richie is coming from. We've had weirdos before, I'm sure you all remember lee lol

[-:Undertaker:-]

If i'm quite honest a paedophile is never going to tell me whether he has/doesnt have my picture so if I was to be worried about that, I should be worried about all the terrible and awful things that could happen in the world when the chances are that they wont. The majority of people on here have Facebook, Bebo, MySpace and so on and so on so I really doubt its a problem. If I was a paedophile i'd use Facebook rather than HabboxForum due to the fact it has much more err 'open' pictures.

I see no problem with people using personal picture, why not anyway because they can already;
- post location.
- post picture of their house(?).
- post link to their Facebook.
- post information on profiles.
- post their personal picture on the forum.

[Richie]

I find no issues with this, as long as you make it CLEAR to users the risks, then it's down to them if they want to post a picture of themselves or not.

Yeah but lets be honest with all due respect they are children, they are still learning right from wrong and haven't a clue.

[22andy2231]

Yeah i think it would be a better idea, to have post a picture as a thread which you have to be signed in to view.

agreed. . . because funny how you aint aloud to post the picture as your avatar. bt you can post it in a forum were any1 can see. . . aka pedos,

[marriott0.01]

Yeah but lets be honest with all due respect they are children, they are still learning right from wrong and haven't a clue.

Richie, people aren't completely stupid when they;re children nowadays. So I don't see the problem of getting them to know the implications. It's their choice, no one elses. They have the freedom to do things, they sign up to the forum tick the t&c's. So it's essentially the same thing, it's saying 'I understand the conditions by posting this picture.'

[Catzsy]

Richie, people aren't completely stupid when they;re children nowadays. So I don't see the problem of getting them to know the implications. It's their choice, no one elses. They have the freedom to do things, they sign up to the forum tick the t&c's. So it's essentially the same thing, it's saying 'I understand the conditions by posting this picture.'

Thats fair enough but there is also the duty of protection of children/young people at a vulnerable age. Facebook have tightened up their privacy security because of it. As far as the Papoy thread goes well it was really made at the demand of the members. If somebody gets any improper advances because of it either by way of post or pm/vm then it's best to report it. It is also best not to give your email address and msn out, where you live, where you go to school etc without a lot of consideration too.

[Barmi]

A paedophile viewing a picture is fine. Grooming is where things are worrying. People are free to think whatever they want, but as soon as unsavoury thoughts manifest themselves in dangerous actions, that's where the cause for concern should come in.

As far as I understand, a lot of grooming is towards anonymous targets anyway, so a picture doesn't really matter either way. The important thing is that any uncomfortable behaviour gets picked up on and reported.

Edit: It's also worth pointing out that grooming is rarely done on Internet forums. Most is done on chat services and instant messengers... hence why I get uneasy when email addresses are made freely available without so much as an afterthought. (When they are posted there is a degree of searchable permanence.)