Getting to play with my kid

[YukioKobayashi]

Game is ok as long as you don’t interact with anyone on more than a superficial “hey, go, ready, bye” level.

WOW has weird people but at least it’s ‘gameplay people’ so from my personal experience the worst you get is somebody telling you to die from cancer cause you didn’t heal him while he got hammered by 5 people in PvP but hey, at least they’re upfront and genuine but FFXIV has the actually dangerous people.

Are we now denying that ERP's are advertising their cringe ERP stuff public and in a loop? No matter what you do ingame you get confronted with it on a daily basis. MSQ, browising the Party Finder or just chatting with friends in limsa. You cant unsee it. FF14 is by far not a safe place for children even though its advertised as a 13+ game in most countries.
Someone telling your kid to "get cancer" in wow is by far not as bad as some h*rny cringelord cybergrooming your child.

[Jojoya]

Are we now denying that ERP's are advertising their cringe ERP stuff public and in a loop? No matter what you do ingame you get confronted with it on a daily basis. MSQ, browising the Party Finder or just chatting with friends in limsa. You cant unsee it. FF14 is by far not a safe place for children even though its advertised as a 13+ game in most countries.
Someone telling your kid to "get cancer" in wow is by far not as bad as some h*rny cringelord cybergrooming your child.

It's been a long time since I've seen shout spam that's explicit. PF listings can push it on occasion but it's still rare for them to say something explicit. Usually it's innuendo so players can infer what's meant.

So here are the things to consider:

What preteen would want to look at PF in the first place? PF is a goal-oriented tool and preteens rarely play in a goal-oriented fashion.

Even should the preteen choose to look at PF, how many are going to understand the innuendo in some of those listings? If they understand it, they've already been exposed in other places.

Finally in the OP's case the intent is for their child to play with them, not to play independently.

It's up to a parent to decide if their child is mature enough to play and if they will need supervision or can play independently. There are also the parental controls to enable as needed.

Trying to shelter a child from exposure to life's realities doesn't protect the child in the long run. Educating them about the danger and teaching them how to react so they stay safe is far more effective.

[Miohazuki]

Are we now denying that ERP's are advertising their cringe ERP stuff public and in a loop? No matter what you do ingame you get confronted with it on a daily basis. MSQ, browising the Party Finder or just chatting with friends in limsa. You cant unsee it. FF14 is by far not a safe place for children even though its advertised as a 13+ game in most countries.
Someone telling your kid to "get cancer" in wow is by far not as bad as some h*rny cringelord cybergrooming your child.

Nothing to do with thread at hand .take your trolling elsewhere