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Blog post version: hello.vrchat.com/blog/trust-s...

I appreciate the direction, but honestly the blog post kinda reads in a hand-wavey sort of way. Sure, better moderation tools are good, but it doesn't really establish a root problem and the systemic ways it can be solved.

First of all: I appreciate the transparency and the heads-up. I am age verified - and I approve of making the gaps lower. Question: The video mentions "Path to profitability" while also claiming "massive investments" - how good are plans such as the shop and VRC+ working out - do you feel on track?

As it's a private company, they can't difuse finantial data to the wild aside of what is public for investors. Most likely that means they have still new elements to improve but plan growth for the future.

Will there be an alternate way to successfully create my account rather than put in my, in slash code, /|-///-/-|\-\\ /-//-//-/|\-/|-/\/-/\/?

I'm unsure if there has ever been any other way to make an account on anything at all since 2007, even those "log in with google or apple" essentially still do the same thing just with a middleman.

so which VC investor has ties to persona? you're pushing this super hard all of a sudden and you're still refusing to make age verification free *today*.

Do you.. Understand how money works? It costs them for every verification. Did you even watch it all the way through? They want to make it free as soon as they can afford it.

nah they can afford it now. i understand there's multitudes of ways they can recoup the cost.

Long-term a lot of improvement of publics/improving safety (and making money!) comes down to good-quality worlds that can syphon people into activities. Game worlds, video-watching worlds, event worlds, and so on. Getting a curious teen playing good games keeps them from roaming weird instances.

Likewise good-quality and varied world experiences mean opportunities to grow the platform that isn't over-focussed on "letting adults be adults" (music events, social nights) or strategies that rely on catering to niche fandoms.

The solution isn't just trust and safety, or verification, or moderation, it's for VRC to be a diverse place where people can self-categorize easily. Recommendations are a smart focus, but you lot badly need to get Soba done at minimum to kickstart world creator interest again.

what does the age verification process look like? You only mention cost. I haven't logged in in a while and I don't know if this has already been implemented or demonstrated, so I'm unaware what it may require of us.

The verification is made with a partnered company called Persona, and they verify the data within usually government documents depending on where you are from. So all depends on your country of living, but there is quite some information about that on the wiki wiki.vrchat.com/wiki/Age_Ver...

thanks. I think this sucks.

STOP. USING. PERSONA. If you have to use a third party provider for age verification, at least use one that follows PbD principles. www.therage.co/persona-age-...

Even if Persona weren't fucking liars about their own privacy practices, storing data for 'only' seven days is not privacy by design. Use a provider that doesn't store the data after doing the verification check at all!