Is there an age minimum on this forum?

[GouramisAreSuperior]

Is there an age minimum on this forum? Just a quick question I want to know because I'm under 18 and don't want to be kicked out involuntarily.

 

[AcornTheBetta]

Is there an age minimum on this forum? Just a quick question I want to know because I'm under 18 and don't want to be kicked out involuntarily.

I believe the minimum age is 13.

 

[FishGirl115]

Don't think so... Mike Coradee Lucy

 

[Coradee]

Acorn is correct, per Coppa law members must be minimum 13

 

[Mike]

13 is the minimum age. ALL websites should be complying with coppa laws but many forums don't care. We do though and follow this law:
https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/rul...ings/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule

 

[Coradee]

Mike said it better than me

 

[Ssnaaiil]

I didn’t realize there was an age limit. Luckily I’m 23. Haha

 

[GouramisAreSuperior]

Oh well if its 13 then I'm good lol im 15

(Technically Im 14 and 10 months but its close enough)

 

[JB92668]

it would be better if the age for forums was 16 as i feel 13 is to young

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

it would be better if the age for forums was 16 as i feel 13 is to young

Why are you trying to kick me out?

 

[Bettamay]

Good thing I’m thirteen....

 

[AcornTheBetta]

Lol same. 13 yo army!

 

[JB92668]

Why are you trying to kick me out?

i am not trying to get u kicked out i just feel 13 is to young to be on a forum aged 15 and up words is ok cause young ones can find some times there could be bad things said on a forum but this forum is safe for young people thats all i was trying to say

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

i am not trying to get u kicked out i just feel 13 is to young to be on a forum aged 15 and up words is ok cause young ones can find some times there could be bad things said on a forum but this forum is safe for young people thats all i was trying to say

Yeah, I get that. Some stuff, at least before it is deleted I wouldn't want my 13 year old self looking at.

 

[FishGirl115]

it would be better if the age for forums was 16 as i feel 13 is to young

Except that like me and my friends, us 13-15yr oldz really enjoy this forum and besides that, a lot of us out would still keeping bettas and goldfish in bowls and everything if we didn't find this place. I don't know where I'd be if I didn't join here to figure out what was wrong with my betta (unheated, unfiltered, 1 gallon bowl...). Now my bettas are in 10 gallon tanks and y'all have successfully given me MTS... Lol.

 

[smee82]

The age limit is not by choice but by law so its not something mike can change.

 

[JB92668]

cool i understand that

 

[A201]

I wonder if there is a maximum age limit for forum membership. Should I worry? Lol.

 

[JB92668]

no i dont think there is so u will be fine

 

[smee82]

I wonder if there is a maximum age limit for forum membership. Should I worry? Lol.

Probably when your kids are grown up and have their own accounts here it might be time to stop.

 

[Rockymountainstream]

All that being said, welcome

 

[GouramisAreSuperior]

I wonder if there is a maximum age limit for forum membership. Should I worry? Lol.

yeah the maximum is petrified tree

It's great that fishlore follows these rules, you dont want the same thing happening here as it happened to yt

 

[NBettas83]

Except that like me and my friends, us 13-15yr oldz really enjoy this forum and besides that, a lot of us out would still keeping bettas and goldfish in bowls and everything if we didn't find this place. I don't know where I'd be if I didn't join here to figure out what was wrong with my betta (unheated, unfiltered, 1 gallon bowl...). Now my bettas are in 10 gallon tanks and y'all have successfully given me MTS... Lol.

i literally just got MTS, except of the snail kind.

 

[ProudPapa]

Probably when your kids are grown up and have their own accounts here it might be time to stop.

I have a grandson who will be eligible in 10 years. Does that mean I should leave?

 

[Unknown9182]

Multi Snail syndrome?

 

[AcornTheBetta]

Multi Snail syndrome?

Malasian Trumpet Snail

 

[FishGirl115]

i literally just got MTS, except of the snail kind.

Haha. I meant multiple tank syndrome Yours doesn't sound as fun

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

i literally just got MTS, except of the snail kind.

I think we can file a lawsuit, they gave us a mental condition.

 

[NBettas83]

I think we can file a lawsuit, they gave us a mental condition.

Wat

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

Wat

They gave us multiple tank syndrome. I believe that is a crime to set up a website just to give people this disease.

 

[NBettas83]

They gave us multiple tank syndrome. I believe that is a crime to set up a website just to give people this disease.

K den

 

[smee82]

Na grandkids are safe its when your iwn kids join the forum to spy in you, you need to be worried.

 

[Demonskid]

This thread reminds me of when some kids on a forum told people older than 20 to get off 'their' interwebs, that the internet was for kids only

 

[NBettas83]

This thread reminds me of when some kids on a forum told people older than 20 to get off 'their' interwebs, that the internet was for kids only

Wow.
That must have been a controversial thread.

 

[Demonskid]

Wow.
That must have been a controversial thread.

I didn't stay long to see where it'd end up. Had me rolling my eyes and shaking my head though.

 

[NBettas83]

I didn't stay long to see where it'd end up. Had me rolling my eyes and shaking my head though.

I would've done the same.

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

Anyone who calls it the interwebs can't be younger than 20. lol

 

[Demonskid]

Anyone who calls it the interwebs can't be younger than 20. lol

You'd be surprised. I know people, ages 25-50, that use that term.

 

[StarGirl]

Anyone who calls it the interwebs can't be younger than 20. lol

I have never heard of interwebs.....and I remember the beginning of online.

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

You'd be surprised. I know people, ages 25-50, that use that term.

That's the point. lol

 

[Demonskid]

That's the point. lol

Ah yea, I miss read that. Sorry.
I read it as 'not seeing people older than 20 using that term.' I need new glasses apparently.

 

[phnx314]

There are definitely some things on the internet that 13yo shouldn’t be seeing but I think this forum is very helpful to people of all ages and it is of course family friendly so I don’t see anything wrong with teenagers being on the forum (including me)

 

[BettasAreSuperior]

After reading this thread I didn't know they were so many teens like me in this forum. (I am 13.) Nice to know I'm not alone.

*Virtual hugs to all the teens out there*

 

[Kribensis27]

Is there an option to change the age in my account? As I was creating it, my sister put my birth year as 1999 as a joke and I forgot to change it. Now it says I’m 21 even though I’ll be 14 tomorrow. It just feels weird saying that I’m almost a decade older than I am.

 

[ProudPapa]

Is there an option to change the age in my account? As I was creating it, my sister put my birth year as 1999 as a joke and I forgot to change it. Now it says I’m 21 even though I’ll be 14 tomorrow. It just feels weird saying that I’m almost a decade older than I am.

I checked on mine, and it looks like you'll need to contact one of the administrators. Normally I'd say to send one of them a private message, but it doesn't look like you've been here long enough to send messages. I'll tag a couple of them. Mike Coradee

 

[Coradee]

Hi, only Mike can change that, drop him a message with the correct date

 

[Kribensis27]

Thank you

I checked on mine, and it looks like you'll need to contact one of the administrators. Normally I'd say to send one of them a private message, but it doesn't look like you've been here long enough to send messages. I'll tag a couple of them. Mike Coradee

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Thank you! This is very helpful.

Hi, only Mike can change that, drop him a message with the correct date

Thanks, I’ll try.

 

[Lucy]

I'm amazed how many people make a mistake on their birth year.
Ooops, I'm not X years old, I'm Y years old. Like those birth years are so close on the drop down menu.

 

[ProudPapa]

Hi, only Mike can change that, drop him a message with the correct date

Kribensis27 is a new member. Can she (or he) send him a new message?

 

[Lucy]

Kribensis27 is a new member. Can she (or he) send him a new message?

They can leave a message on his profile