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Most Parents Concerned Kids Could Encounter Predators Online

'Eight in ten parents (77 percent) with children between the ages of 12 and 17, inclusive, are concerned that their child could encounter sexual predators online.'

Those are the findings of this article I spotted on Marketing Charts. You can view more stats on the survey carried out by Ipsos Reid.

It's a concern not just for users but for those of us who are creating websites for children. The internet's a great place - a fantastic resource for discovery and learning. And a great platform for creating positive communities. We know kids love communicating with each other. The challenge is to make this as safe as possible.

At WebbliWorld, our safe comments system is up and running.  Kids can choose from lists of pre-written phrases which allow them to talk to one another about a whole range of topics, music, books, sport, how they feel, what they like. If we can keep it fresh and introduce new topics, it's a great way to build communities without putting kids in danger. 

What kids are saying about WebbliWorld

WebbliWorld already has users from Hong Kong, Australia, The States, France, Germany, Holland, Mexico, Singapore, to name a few....

This is what the kids are saying about WebbliWorld:

I think this website is soooooo cute!!! i l-o-v-e it!!!

Hey you guys should make houses for the webblis and a webbli town so we could interact better.

Hi! I'm very new to WebbliWorld and I think it's a really pretty place. where everyone can be what they want through their webbli avatar :)

I Love EVERYTHING about WebbliWorld!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A hobbies section should be in it so that people can show their hobbies.

this is great but to make it even better you should have a webbli shopping scenter so that you could buy stuff. you should also be able to feed your webbli and earn webbles when playing games

You should let us make webblipets for your webbli.

i think that rating other webblis makes you learn kindness in real life. This is a very good thing to learn.

i really like webliworld its really great and you can play really good games i've rated lots of weblies and i've got loads of webbles

how do I spend my webbles?

As you can see, we've had some great feedback and plenty of suggestions to keep us on our toes!

        

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Moderation on WebbliWorld

Thanks for your post, Sharon. You're absolutely right, of course, even young kids know a surprising amount of colourful language! We have put various processes in place to try to ensure that WebbliWorld doesn't publish innappropriate content from users. The first is that users have to supply an authentic email address when they register. We then send them an activation code which they need to click on before their Webbli/WebbliStak can be seen by other users. This is intended to dissuade malicious users as they tend not to supply a real email address and it means we can identify anyone who keeps trying to add offensive content. The second is that all content added to the site is moderated. We have a system in place that flags up each new posting to the site which we can then moderate. So, every time someone creates a Webbli or edits their WebbliStak, we're alerted and can then delete anything innappropriate. No system is 100% perfect, but we are committed to doing the very best we can to keep the site free of unsuitable content. We also have a list of banned words in place but, again, kids often find ways round this, which is why we have our moderation system in place. It would be great to have access to your banned words list, too. Thanks for the offer! If you could send it to me at justine@webbliworld.com that would be really helpful.  We appreciate all postings and suggestions here on our blog - your interest will help us build a really positive, fun and exciting for kids across the globe.