I do have an opine though (imagine that). Dump this BBS idea like last night's Mexican food. It'll be nothing but trouble and you WILL get your arses handed to you by some overly litigious parents who think their fat little bag of sunshine has been dissed by some other bopper. Plus, you will never comb out all the predator fuchs that will visit the board. Third, if it takes off, monitoring it will become a full time job - and I think Z man is otherwise occupied.

'Yes your honor, my 13 year old daughter had a three month online trist with a 45 year old man that G9girl verified as a 14 year old girl".


Uhhh, no thanks.

I don't know. I think there are legal maneuvers to separate one's liability incurred by members of a BBS they have started. But I'm not certain.

I do know internet law is one of the more popular majors in U.S. law schools.

...Hmmm wonder why?

look...blatant lying is grounds for banning.

Let's meet at the gun show and discuss.

Agreed, but that doesn't make it a good idea. What I'm specifically worried about in this instance is the fact that Shaun's business will be sponsoring/operarting this BBS. If he were asking about doing the same thing on a personal/non business related front (like having a BBS about, say, collectible dolls) then I would not be worried. The problem here is that, as expressed by others on this thread, the "security measures" that would need to be encacted would stifle usage of the BBS, but not having such measures in place leaves you wide open for when one of these girls posts her personal info and is contacted by some sleaze. The liability to Shaun's business is what worries me...

I'm not worried. SmileWavy

This looks promising, from AdAge as part of an article on advertising on blogs:

Chaperones on children's sites
Children’s entertainment site Kaboose.com has taken an innovative approach to monitoring the 30 tween-age chat rooms it hosts on the Zeeks section of its site. Kaboose pays 150 to 200 parent chaperones to hover behind the scenes and read each message it is posted. No one posts unless they have registered first. Jonathan Graff, president of Kaboose, said the site has 150 advertisers and 95% of its revenue comes from Fortune 500 brands. They include Pillsbury Toaster Strudel and Cheetos but, not surprisingly, also include adult-directed ads like Expedia.com and Monster.com.

Monitoring “is costly, but it’s a key component of providing a robust kids’ experience online,” he said.