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There's a handful of communities on LJ I'd like to join (almost all DMC, actually - - no other fandom I've been in has been so damned obsessive about hiding their pr0n), but haven't, simply because they require you to be over eighteen, with a year of birth listed in your profile. And I'm not comfortable doing that, even now that I am over eighteen, and it took me a while to figure out why.

I think it's a carry-over from my earlier days in fandom, particularly with X. I was fourteen when I first started getting into the X fandom, which skews a lot more towards early to mid-twenties. And I never told anyone my age unless they outright asked, because I didn't want to be seen as the young kid in the fandom. And I still don't. Yeah, I'm eighteen now, but I still hang with people a lot older than me, and I don't want to be judged by how old I am, I want to be judged by who I am as a person.

Which I guess means no DMC pr0n for me >.>

Date: 2006-08-02 11:52 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] ext_8317 (from dreamwidth.org)
I feel the same. LJ was talking about putting your birthyear in your profile to accurately show ages, but... bah. I started off lying about my age online, and so accurately saying it anywhere still makes me uncomfortable in that "but I don't want them to know I'm just a kid!" sort of way.

Date: 2006-08-03 12:14 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org
Ugh, I really hope that doesn't happen. I never outright lied about my (other than on websites that had the little 'Are you 18+? Yes/No' splash page), but I definately tried to avoid it - luckily 'how old are you?' doesn't seem to come up that often in conversations, especially as I apparently come off as a lot older than I actually am - used to occasionally get asked if I was a teacher/student teacher at my middle school o.0

Date: 2006-08-03 03:26 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] ext_81920 (from dreamwidth.org)
Some communities and moderators will let you in with an e-mailed age statement if you're not comfortable with a year of birth listed in your profile (since some people, especially outside of North America, have very real concerns about identity theft using their date of birth-- this is something that came up with British LJ users during the whole "list your year of birth to make our stats more accurate!" debacle). Not all of them, by any means, but sometimes it's worth a try to ask.

Date: 2006-08-03 03:44 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org
I know right off at least one of them requires it be listed, no other option - there was actually a post from the mod saying that people who took their birthdate out of their profile after they were accepted had to put it back in or be cut :\ Will ask about the other ones, though, thanks.

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