Dating Services
Dearest Friends,
The Intelligent Neopians Guild was offering FREE dating service to everyone. Without any kind of pressure to join the guild. This service was Wildly Successful and appriciated by all. Where else can you browse for your appropriate b/f g/f?
Alas, we have received orders to remove all dating materials from our website (or else our accounts are deleted)
Here are some of the wonderful conversations I've had with a member of Neopets Support Team detailing their demands. ENJOY!!!!
lunachikgk
I received a warning message after posting on a Neo-chat. The nature
of my message was dating services.
I was informed that any form
of dating through the site was inappropriate, and to consult the
terms of service, which I have.
The only claus that dating services would come under is this one:
(By the way, this means that you can't sell ads, barter for stuff,
offer your services, or otherwise earn money, NeoPets' Items, or
NeoPoints either on web pages that contain our pictures and other
Materials, or by using our pictures or other
Materials, such as
by offering to make NeoPets banners or backgrounds for others.)
However, I am not SELLING my services. I am posting ads FOR FREE
and under NO OBLIGATIONS- neither I nor my account profits from
this. The site is Third party -for which the TOS does have a claus
about, but my site is NON-Commercial and therefore not applicable.
Many people post dating services requested, as well as offered.
Many people solicite for guilds (also in exchange for newbie packs,
and gifts) which would come under your TOS as unacceptable.
I would just like to know how my activities are against Neo-regulations.
If you can *justify* or Clarify your TOS where I can fully understand
how I am counter to your TOS I will cease and desist.
I just want
an explination. I have never posted foul language. I have never
posted sexual content. And I have never profitted off of the Neopets
site.
Please make me understand why I am being warned against something
not covered in your TOS.
I'm not looking for an arguement nor am
I looking to create tension.
I just want to know what I am doing wrong and why.
Thanks in advance for your support,
username: lunachikgk
cobb wrote:
>Hi,
Simply put, this is a family site and dating services are NOT allowed
weather you post things for free or not. There are mostly children
on this site.
I hope you can appreciate this.
>If you have any other questions, don't forget to include the entire
text of this e-mail with your username clearly at the top. This
will help me better address your situation.
>Cobb Still
>cobb@support.neopets.com
Ok, I getcha, but what I find misleading is in the Neopets Chat Rules:
Rule number one is;
Posting any offensive or sexual messages, including while role-playing
as your pets. Asking for mates as in friends is ok, talking about mating is not!
There isn't any sexual content, I agree you're a family site, I
wouldn't propose to, but if chat rules permits the asking for mates
(dating does not necessarily equate sex or anything remotly associated
with sex.)
why does that exclude the service?
Where does neopets stand on my "matchmaker" services in meeting friends?
lunachikgk
The word "mates" is British slang for "friends".
The people who created the site are British.
A Matchmaker service is a dating service (obviously) - and considering
the fact that this is primarily a childrens site, it cannot be allowed.
There are just way to many possibilities of abuse there.
Cobb Still
