| As a concerned adult who has been
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| | scared me out very quickly. I can
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| involved in online chat for almost six
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| | understand from what I saw, why there is
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| years, I was pleased to see the article
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| | now a problem regarding chat rooms for
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| regarding the closure of privately owned
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| | children/teenagers. I don't see how
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| rooms on Yahoo. My concerns for children
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| | closing those rooms down will achieve
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| and teenagers online have grown over the
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| | much unless Yahoo are going to instigate
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| past years as I have come into contact
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| | hosts into each and every room on Yahoo
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| with people online that I, as a parent,
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| | and run the server with strict rules and
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| would never have wanted my children to be
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| | guidelines. A room without hosts is a
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| around, even just on the Internet.The
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| | room that can be taken over by unsavoury
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| anonymity of the medium is the biggest
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| | people and who will police it?Whilst I am
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| cause for concern. This is a whole new
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| | not an advocate of heavy handed, control
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| world, growing everyday, whereby people
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| | freak hosts, I believe if the owners of
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| can meet and chat without ever having eye
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| | chat servers paid people who had
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| contact, or the advantage of reading body
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| | qualifications to host rooms, on the
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| language. I heard recently a figure of
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| | proviso they follow the guidelines set
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| 350 million people entering one
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| | down by the server, then things would
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| particular chat server each month. This
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| | improve. No one wants to go online and
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| is astounding to someone who lives in a
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| | enter a chat room run by a control freak
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| country like Australia where there is
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| | host, but there is a feeling of safety if
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| such a small population compared to the
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| | there is a host in a room. I personally
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| big wide world out there. The fact that
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| | believe all owners of chat servers should
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| you can chat without anyone seeing who
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| | be forced to ensure that every chat room
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| you are, also opens a huge window of
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| | in their server is monitored 24x7, or is
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| opportunity for those that get a 'high'
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| | only allowed to be open during the hours
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| out of manipulating the minds and
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| | there is a host to monitor the room.I now
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| emotions of the naive and vulnerable of
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| | chat on a new server in Australia and
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| our society. And the naive and
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| | this server has no rules really, just
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| vulnerable probably make up a large
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| | guidelines for safe and decent chat.
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| proportion of those online, because of
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| | There are no swear filters like there are
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| the anonymity factor, because of the lack
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| | in the other Australian server, which is
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| of eye contact, and the lack of body
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| | perhaps a mistake as it now opens the
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| language. These people find it hard to
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| | door for unsavoury and unnecessary foul
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| interact in their real lives, and yet
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| | language and abuse in those chat rooms.
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| online, they come out of themselves
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| | Anyone can open a room and own it, and my
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| because no one is there to make fun of
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| | friend and I now have four rooms. I have
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| them or deride them. All they need do is
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| | my own room secretslieschat where I
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| hit the X up in the corner and they can
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| | advertise my website and my book, two
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| move on from perhaps someone who is
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| | things I couldn't do on the other server
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| verbally abusing them in a room, to a
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| | as it was considered I was indulging in
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| safer room.The problem I have with chat
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| | free advertising, and we have the
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| rooms is that in spite of a room being
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| | Peers50, Peers60 and Peers60+. We took
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| labelled 'teenage' or a Peers age room,
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| | those rooms over from the owners of the
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| anyone can go into those rooms and do
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| | server in an effort to get back some
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| whatever they like in private. I
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| | decent chat rooms where people will like
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| advocate everyone naming the nick in
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| | to chat. It's early days yet with few
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| public that comes into a room and starts
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| | visitors, but we have opped ourselves in
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| to click on other nicks for private
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| | the rooms and plan to monitor them to try
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| conversations. And yet, if you do that
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| | our best to ensure that there is fairness
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| where I used to chat, you are warned and
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| | and decency in the rooms.I applaud the
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| often kicked out of the room, or you are
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| | efforts of Yahoo. It is good to read
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| told to take your problems private. I am
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| | that people who can make a difference are
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| strongly in favour of networking to weed
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| | now working to do just that. You only
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| out the sleazes from chat, and yet again,
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| | have to surf around the Net using a few
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| this is frowned on. It doesn't take much
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| | keywords and you will find many websites
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| nouce to work out that someone who comes
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| | dedicated to safety online, to weed out
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| into a room only to priv people, comes in
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| | the unsavoury users, to handle issues of
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| with a motive other than pleasant chat
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| | abuse, harassment and stalking by using
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| with those already in the room. These
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| | legal options. No matter how many people
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| people should be outlawed.The Australian
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| | like to bury their heads in the sand,
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| server I spent my time with quite
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| | those that care and are aware know the
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| recently changed their rules regarding
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| | truth. We have to protect the young
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| room ownership. They opened the chat
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| | because those of us, who have been around
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| scene up so that anyone can now own a
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| | the Internet for a while, know that there
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| room, whereas for the first five years or
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| | are things happening online that even
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| so I chatted in there, you had to apply
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| | adults need to be protected from. If we
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| to open a room and it had to be run on
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| | don't teach the young the right way to
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| Telstra rules. Chat is dying on that
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| | act online, the rules for safety for
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| server since they changed the rules;
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| | themselves and their families, then chat
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| people have moved out of the main rooms
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| | will end up destroying itself as a place
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| into small isolated rooms and the whole
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| | for enjoyment and companionship for the
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| concept of chat has changed. This is a
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| | lonely. All of us who chat learn
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| shame as chat can be wonderful for many
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| | everyday from those we come in contact
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| people who don't look below the surface
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| | with, and the people online can have
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| and see what is beneath that isn't so
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| | important rules of life and wisdom they
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| good. It can be, and is, a lifeline for
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| | can share.In my own small way I am trying
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| many and the demise of the quality of
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| | to make a difference too, and will
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| chat is sad. People are wary of entering
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| | continue to do so. Long live chat.I am
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| a room where only one of two others can
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| | an Australian writer, living in Sydney.
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| be seen as often the impression is there
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| | My first book has been released in the
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| is something wrong with the room or the
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| | USA titled 'Secrets, Lies & Chat' and is
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| two people are having a private meeting.
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| | the story of my personal experiences from
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| As in most things, humans like to be
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| | an addiction over a three-year period, to
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| around groups where they feel a degree of
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| | chat online and online dating. I wrote
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| safety and belonging.Whilst Yahoo is
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| | the book with the hope that others would
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| doing the right thing in only having
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| | read it and learn from my mistakes. My
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| rooms open that they monitor, I must say
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| | passion is children online, and the very
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| here that I have only ever visited Yahoo
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| | real dangers I know exist on the Internet
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| a couple of times, and the language and
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| | that they will undoubtedly, at some time,
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| abuse I saw in the rooms I visited,
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| | be exposed to.
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