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Should LG adopt an age restriction, or at least an age limited section?
Yes, the immaturity and impatience makes the forum difficult/frustrating to navigate
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No, I enjoy the negativity.
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Perhaps, or at least an independent section that requires age verification.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:21 pm    Post subject: LG Age Restriction

Curious what you guys think.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:23 pm    Post subject:

I think you post too much
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:26 pm    Post subject: Re: LG Age Restriction

Sedale Thief wrote:
Curious what you guys think.


I'm completely with you, man.

I have a reaaally weird feeling a lot of the Kobe fanatics are 14 year old pre-pubescent kids looking for an argument when someone has something negative to say about Kobe, even if that person is a bigger Kobe fan than him..

An age restriction is useless, however. There's no way to fully implement, nor is it really fair. It's an online forum, and it's not like it's X-Rated over here, everyone should be able to voice their opinions.

I just wish people would stop looking to fight with one another, and stop the silly threads pointing individual blame on EVERY player, EVERY game, EVERY time. It's really getting old, FAST.

It seems Laker boards are the only ones like that.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:27 pm    Post subject:

We need an IQ restriction.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:28 pm    Post subject:

i think we should have a spam restriction for threads like this. if you cant post something worthwhile, then dont post at all.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:28 pm    Post subject:

BTW, can you tell us the positives?
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:29 pm    Post subject:

Trey wrote:
BTW, can you tell us the positives?


maturity comes with age. the threads lately have been mostly childish and immature. an age restriction probably eliminates some of that immature element. you'd probably see a cut-down on a lot of the reactionary thinking and complainging without analysis.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:36 pm    Post subject:

There are plenty of adults that act idiotic, so I doubt it makes a difference. Just listen to some sports radio and tell me restricting the sites to adults would make a difference. The only benefit to some might be dropping the swear filter and allowing R rated image posts, but I personally don't find that to be a positive for a message board.

The reality is that LG is one of the highest volume, if not highest volume Lakers site around. The good part of that is that you get to hear an extremely wide variety of opinion, and almost any Lakers news will find it's way here within minutes. The bad part is that the high volume comes with a high volume of idiots and trouble makers. The idiots and trouble makers tend to stick out, so it may seem like the site is overwhelmed by them at times. Just learn to gloss over idiotic posts and not let yourself get suckered into a shouting match.

The alternative to this is a highly controlled board where Mods simply decide what can happen and what can't happen with an iron fist. While more stable, it also tends to turn into an insular boy's club where one arbitrary way of behavior is allowed regardless of logic. There are enough boards out there with varying atmospheres, that just about anyone can find a small board that fits their personal tastes.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:38 pm    Post subject:

Also... is it even possible to restrict the site by age? How hard is it for some kid to click the "yes" button on the age confirmation. All you'll be doing is blocking honest kids, or kids on age restricted computers.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:03 pm    Post subject: Re: LG Age Restriction

It can be annoying when a lot of kids post here, but I wouldn't support an age restriction because of that.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:10 am    Post subject:

D's Advocate wrote:
There are plenty of adults that act idiotic, so I doubt it makes a difference.


Good point
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:02 pm    Post subject:

You have idiotic 40 year olds and smart and polite 15 year olds. Dont think it'd work.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:05 pm    Post subject:

24KaratGold wrote:
We need an IQ restriction.


We can have a basketball IQ test....
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:07 pm    Post subject: Re: LG Age Restriction

Sedale Thief wrote:
Curious what you guys think.


I think some of the teenagers who post on here are serious and thoughtful about what they post.

I think some of the people in their 20's and 30's are bullies and reactionaries who parrot catch phrases they hear on sports talk radio.

And some of the people in their 40's and 50's and beyond are more in love with the Lakers of their own youth than the Lakers of today.

Then again, I really don't know the actual ages of most of the people who post here. I've only met a few.

So I could be completely wrong about all of that.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:41 pm    Post subject:

Where do you draw the line/age restriction? 17? 19? 21? 23?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:36 pm    Post subject:

Perhaps a "playground" forum would help.

Restrictions won't happen folks. Discrimination on any account is pretty much out to the betterment of us all, imo, even when it annoys sometimes. :roll:

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:28 am    Post subject:

ocho wrote:
Trey wrote:
BTW, can you tell us the positives?


maturity comes with age. the threads lately have been mostly childish and immature. an age restriction probably eliminates some of that immature element. you'd probably see a cut-down on a lot of the reactionary thinking and complainging without analysis.


I would say maturity comes from life experiences. Some people are forced to grow up faster than others and some in fact never grow up.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:50 am    Post subject:

24KaratGold wrote:
We need an IQ restriction.


Yup. There have been young posters willing to learn who are respectful.

And there are older people who simply aren't.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:49 pm    Post subject:

Why not just add an ignore feature.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:06 am    Post subject:

Maybe LG can design a simple IQ test when people sign up for LG? That way, we can filter out the dumb-dumbs?

Oops....looks like I'll have to find a new Lakers' message board now.
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