User blog comment:Aj732/PROTEST/@comment-12521892-20150809001912/@comment-1038387-20150809153741

Hilarious. Also, if you have to declare you've won something, you usually haven't.


 * "You adults contributing (who decide to contribute here instead of going to work/college) underestimate people under 13 years of age."

I went to Uni, thank you very much. Jobs... lalala. Times are tricky for my field. Also, we don't do the underestimating - the people who passed this law did.


 * "The adults who chose the contribute here instead of going to work or college know (and fear) that these people are useful and intelligent, not babies that will freely give away personal information."

We adults who may or may not fall in the categories you've described HAVE NO SAY IN THE MATTER.


 * "People under 13 will help make Wikia more fun and creative. They won't make it self-destruct!"

That's not, at all, the point of COPPA, as explained ad nauseam.


 * "Adults, I'd gladly argue if you disagree. I hate that you underestimate people under 13 years of age."

You're barking up the wrong windmill. Not the point of COPPA.


 * "It's discrimination if you're reporting friendly users who share their age."

No it's not, it's pointing out a Terms of Use violation to staff. As for ageism in general, there are many age restrictions, and at 13, this is probably one of the lower.


 * "You're not allowing users to be creative and use their time for education."

Uhm... wat? They're perfectly allowed to be creative. They're just not allowed to create an account on Wikia.


 * "FYI, I'm 13 right now, and I just successfully defended my side of this debate."

Nope. You've assailed some windmills and strawmen, and declared yourself victor.

To further ad nauseam stress this: MATURITY OF UNDER 13s IS IRRELEVANT. Wikia is not allowed to knowingly store information of under 13 year olds. End of. Don't like the law? Complain to politicians. Complaining about it here isn't going to change anything.

Complaining to politicians is probably not going to change anything either.