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Noah Gabranth
2/10 near Recolle
Given that the developers of this application seem wholly uninterested in filtering children and inexperienced users out of their testing pool, I thought it would be prudent to go over some basic rules for navigating social media safely.

1) Never disclose personally identifying information online. Ordinarily this would include one's full name, but Retrospec has made that a moot point by displaying it at all times. Nevertheless, it is important that you keep other information such as your date of birth, home address, and passwords to your online accounts a private matter.

2) Never post anything that you wouldn't want someone to see. You might think you can just delete it, but once something's on the Internet, it's effectively there forever for anyone and everyone to see. Think carefully before you post.

3) If someone on the Internet wishes to meet with you offline, never go alone. Ensure that you have someone with you, preferably a parent or other trusted adult, and ensure that you'll be meeting in a public, well-lit area in open view. Better yet, don't go at all, as not everyone on the Internet is really who they say they are.

If anyone has any additional safety pointers, you're welcome to add them to this post.

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Yoon-sung Lee Most people should know this by now
Yoon-sung Lee But just so you know, this app doesn't need an internet connection to work
Yoon-sung Lee And the only people who can see it are those that are using it now
Yoon-sung Lee So it's less of a connection that spans over the world, but more of a connection that spans a small select group
Yoon-sung Lee A little like a group chat which, yes, some people might not be nice but the odds are not as high as it was if this connected to somewhere in China.

Noah Gabranth Yes, they were, and they continue to be just as effective today.
Noah Gabranth Provided one actually bothers to follow them.

[ thankfully gabranth isn't so uptight that he doesn't know a joke when he sees one — it is a joke, right — but that doesn't mean he finds it FUNNY ]

Noah Gabranth This is a serious matter and I would appreciate it if you took your glibness elsewhere.

Noah Gabranth Unbelievable.
Noah Gabranth Better to keep a running tally of how many laws this company is breaking. Might actually do us some good.

Noah Gabranth If even one person takes this advice to heart, then I will consider this post's purpose fulfilled.
Noah Gabranth Unfortunately if somebody's already made up their mind to act foolishly, then there's little I can do but deal with the consequences. Depending on just how foolish they want to be.

[ translation: if prompto wants to meet up with some axe murderer off retrospec-craigslist, then it only becomes gabranth's problem whenever the body turns up. thoughtful. ]

Noah Gabranth As was already noted by one of my colleagues, children as young as 10 have been observed using this application.
Noah Gabranth The network used by Retrospec may not be nearly so far-reaching as the entire Internet, but the rules I've outlined here apply universally, particularly to those so young they might not have yet received any education in online safety.

Hitori Togusa I'm getting a fast review course in information tech and privacy laws out of this whole experience. Distinguishing between which actions are breaking actual laws, and which ones are just shady and stupid is interesting.

May Sfondi shared a photo.
2/10 near The Mayship

look out kids, its the mods!!!!

Keigo Higashino Thanks, dad.

Noah Gabranth Very clever. You make that yourself?

Noah Gabranth Fair enough. I've yet to see anyone else acting like a responsible adult on this network.

Noah Gabranth Keep taking notes. We're going to need as much evidence as we can get if we're going to bring this case forward.

Keigo Higashino It's the internet! No one's respectable or an adult when they're behind a computer screen!

May Sfondi shared a photo.
2/10 near The Mayship

im an artist pay me

Noah Gabranth Nice try.

[ meanwhile, his internal monologue: what the fuck. Whjat the Fuc Is ]

Noah Gabranth A curious generalization you've made there.
Noah Gabranth I suspect we'd all be a bit better off if even a fraction of us acted more responsibly -- or respectably -- on the Internet.

May Sfondi um excuse me but you are forgetting the wise words of mah main g the great and wise yogurt
May Sfondi do or do not there is no try
May Sfondi unless ur a tryhard
May Sfondi ur not a tryhard are ya constable?

[ what

what do ANY of these words even mean. he just doesn't know ]

Noah Gabranth No.

Yoon-sung Lee And that means what?
Yoon-sung Lee It's the older generations that have a harder time understanding what to do in the age of the internet then the younger ones.
Yoon-sung Lee I understand what you're trying to do but there's more to worry about then perverts on a closed program's system.

May Sfondi this is so weird, you typed a buttfuckton of words just a few comments ago. something wrong? do i need to call the police? blink twice if yes!

Jack Dawes i will have you know that unsafe crack smoking is a v serious matter
Jack Dawes i cant believe youre not taking this seriously

[ Gabranth the only way to win is not to play. Don't do it, man. ]

Jack Dawes next youre going to tell me that the packs of feral dogs controlling our city streets at night arent a problem either

Ardyn Izunia I suppose dear Prompto has been consigned to his untimely demise before it's even happened.

[talking about Prompto like he can't even see this, what]

Ardyn Izunia Your concern is touching!

Keigo Higashino I'm not wrong, either, for the most part.
Keigo Higashino Try not to get your hopes up, dude.

Prompto Argentum i'm still here!
Prompto Argentum alive and well!

[he thinks he's been talked about kindly]

Prompto Argentum omg those rumours are real??

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May Sfondi shared a photo. 2/10 near The Mayship
look out kids, its the mods!!!!

May Sfondi shared a photo. 2/10 near The Mayship
im an artist pay me