Well, I came to a grave discovery right now. I thought SHINE was cool, all the advice, all the talented writers and a cool place to hang....that is until I realized there is absolutely NO censorship!!!
I am a wife, writer AND mom! This truly sucks, that I have contributed to a place that allows such explicit talk about sex without any censorship or age verification! I am no prude by far, I am also all for freedom of speech, but when my 12 year old son or 17 year old daughter can read about how to have a "O" or where the "G" is...I have an issue with that!
I only found this out, because I wanted to write an advice column blog for relationships. I was hoping that it would be monitored and either approved or moved. NOPE! write whatever you want, because shine will not monitor, read or evaluate ANYTHING! Want a home-made porn site? DO IT HERE could be the title!
I know we as women, really need a place where we can express, talk, complain and even fantasize about our lives, but at the expense of under age kids? our kids?
Am I being too hard on Yahoo possibly? I don't think so. I emailed Shine about spam comments left on my other blogs, the kind that take you to some silly singles/soft porn websites. I wanted them removed immediately. No such luck! I love this blog site as well, really I do, but there needs to be a way to keep these posts out of the reach of kids.
My 10 year old son received an email from Yahoo Advertisements directing him over here to shine...that is how I actually logged on. My 10 year old? He could click on "Love & Sex" tab and get an ear and eyeful! I am hoping that this blog gets the attention of Moderators at Shine. I have much to offer in blogging and opinions here, but I am worried about the content being so visible to youngsters.