Quote Originally Posted by Awha View Post

Not going to lie that largely sounds like fearmongering, the reality is if SE makes a choice that I feel negatively impacts me personally I will just go find another game to play. I do think SE also knows this is why they do not crack down on mods or such behavior. If it is in closed doors then out of sight out of mind. Though I will say responsibility of the adult ends at asking ones age, and asking for consent. I do not feel they are responsible to go any further. and going any further would start lending itself into expecting the community to enforce rules and standards that if the powers at be wanted to be enforced they would have done so themselves.
Fearmongering? SE said as much. If you don't like it, that's just too bad.

Asking for someone's age is not a check on minors. It does nothing. SE doesn't have rules on ERP, because ERP itself is against TOS, so what crackdown do you expect them to do? An adult's responsibility goes far beyond "Welp... I asked their age, so not my problem if I damage a minor psychologically!"

When people don't care, even if they have no intention themselves of grooming, it leaves the door wide open for grooming. People that refer to themselves as MAPS love to integrate themselves into different things, so they can have protectors.