Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-45571174-20200917215136/@comment-45571174-20200919133448

Commuter wrote: 2.120.74.105 wrote: Fandom is better off without COPPA. I agree somewhat, but what about the kids who would then sign up, and then (for some only) cause havoc? (e.g. by whining a lot by spamming walls, vandalising in anger, etc.) Kids (usually) aren't very good at caring for themselves in communities full of older editors. (The kids might also waste time boasting about their liking of the community's topic, and possibly not properly edit.

To me, the main purpose of COPPA was to keep kids safe. The C stands for Children's ... etc.)

That's all I can think of now to put forward my reply.

Signing off,

Commuter (talk)  07:10, September 19, 2020 (UTC) I get what you mean, but not all kids are immature and stupid. Some might just want to help out the wiki.