RP shout ads are obstructive to chat and gameplay

[Jojoya]

It's already a well known fact that there's tons of groomers etc in XIV, in the venue scene confirmed many times over from people who are on that scene, or used to be. FFXIV is not intended for adults, its intended for people aged 13+. You want to talk about advertising, ok. These venues straight up advertise prostitution, publicly, in shout chat. They server hop, and city hop, shouting the same thing with a macro. That would be the equivalent of a brothel advertisement interrupting the 6 o'clock news, not the signs on the side of the road that say "girls girls girls". So your comparison for advertisements and party finders is way off. The venues themselves and their activities don't bother me at all , idc what people do in their private spaces etc. But advertising smut in public places where there are children is not acceptable. There's no defending it. Does fox kids have random prostitution commercials during the commerical breaks? Or the news? Or literally anywhere? No, because common sense.

If they're openly advertising explicit "smut", then please report it. Not sure where you're hanging out that you see such things all the time but I can only recall seeing something that blatant once (and immediately reported it).

Most of the time they're using vague language without any explicit or specific references. Will an adult understand what they mean? Usually. Will a child understand? Not unless their parent has already allowed them access to explicit content, in which case seeing it in game isn't going to cause them anymore harm than has already been done to the child.

Groomers are a different subject. Are there groomers in game? Sure, they're in just about every online space. That's why parents should take more interest in their children's online activities.

Are there "tons" of groomers in game? Give me a break. One is two too many but its not the massive number you claim.

Trying to connect venue PF listings to the groomers that exist is a massive stretch. If you were a child, which of the following two PF listings would you be more likely to respond to?

"XXX-CLUB Ladies Night tonight. Find that special someone for a private dance. Siren/Goblet/wYYpZZ See you there!", or

"just started game and looking for new friends will you play with me?"

It's not the venue ads that you should be suspicious about. It's the innocuous looking ones in normal language that are dangerous.

This is a baseless accusation. The things I speak of are based on fact and real incidents. Nice try though

Then give us links to these "tons" of fact and real incidents.

Again, not denying that there are some problems out there but you're exaggerating the extent greatly. One incident is one too many but it's also nothing that will be stopped by restricting what others are allowed to do.