Your chance to speak out about lens ratings
Take this survey to show us what you think about how ratings should work on lenses.
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What does the Motion Picture Association say about ratings?
G Ratings for Movies Means...
R Ratings for Movies Means...
What are your definitions of G and R ratings?
Everyone has a different definition of G and R rated, and a lot of it has to do with personal experience. Religious beliefs, parenting status and style, and career choices affect what you want to see and what you want to be able to see.
So, pick a side or define both! Sound off on your definition of a G and R rating.
Define G and R rated lenses.
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byA G rated lens contains...
makingamark says:
G rated lens are lenses that contain material which you wouldn't mind a teacher printing out and distributing your pre-teen kids. In other words it's safe for all eyes - whether Squidoo members or not - and responsibly handled.
Plus the only adverts which can be seen on G rated lenses MUST be G rated too - otherwise the rating system is a complete nonsense.
Kids view Squidoo lenses without being logged in. Filters that operate for Squidoo members only can be completely irrelevant to them.
There are far too many G rated lenses at the moment which are nothing of the sort - and nothing seems to happen to them!
Posted June 30, 2009
tirial says:
I think a modified splash screen in front of R-rated lenses would be a good idea. Just one that asks age, and possibly ties in with a service like net nanny so R-rated lenses can be blocked by service users without blocking access to the rest of squidoo.
Posted June 30, 2009
Chadrew says:
If you add a PG rating without any kind of warning screens, all lenses with "borderline" content - such as content that you do not want your 6 year old kid to see, but are perfectly safe for a 14 year old teenager to read - would be put in the PG rating. This would make G lenses actually cleaner and more family-friendly since you would be giving lensmasters an alternative: choose PG rating for more mature topics, and do NOT be penalized by any kinds of splash screens blocking your traffic.
There's a built-in filter on Squidoo that allows you to view G-rated lenses only, so concerned parents would still be able to use the filter and let their kids browse. Plus like I said, the G rated lenses would actually become safer for everyone!
Posted June 26, 2009
Chadrew says:
This is just my opinion but I believe a G rated lens should be allowed to contain: mild swearing, content as found in most PG movies (including very minor nudity like bikini shots) or minor violence (like cartoon violence), as well as topics such as crime and war. All of that is NOT allowed in G rated lenses right now.
An alternative would be strictly limiting G rating to only "100% safe" topics - but then we need another rating for such topics, such as the PG rating that you have mentioned.
Posted June 26, 2009
An R rated lens contains...
prosperity66 says:
I can't believe parents let their kids that are less than 6 (and even less than 10) alone on the Internet!
Posted July 22, 2009
The_Health_Lady says:
The rating should be a bit different than how the motion picture rating are. For example: I always thought that most Walt Disney movies should be R rated since they depict a violent death of one of the main characters. (think about this you'll realize it's true) Yet if someone wants to have a lens on lets say Bambi , then it could be G rated if they didn't show the death. Show a picture of Momma getting blown away by the hunter then it's R rated.
So it's not necessarily what you lens discusses or talks about but how and in what context it is taken.
Posted July 02, 2009
makingamark says:
any text or image or product which you wouldn't want a teacher handing out to your pre-teens in class. The same goes for all adverts - would you let a teacher hand out gambling adverts to your pre-teens?
Posted July 02, 2009
CoolFoto says:
swearing and/or sex and/or nudity.
Posted June 30, 2009
Are you pulling for a PG rating?
A PG rating isn't in the plans at this time, but we know that a lot of lensmasters feel passionately about it. What are your thoughts?
I want to stop seeing that splash page.
If you're ok seeing R-rated lenses, you can skip the splash page by changing the Safe Browsing setting on the My Profile tab of your dashboard.
What other ideas do you have?
Onegreenguy wrote...
Life isn't just black or white there are shades of grey also. Isn't Squidoo about life and all its shapes and forms, just condensed onto lenses? I personally think a PG rating would round out the equation nicely. Sometimes "gosh" and "golly gee" just don't fit the scenario ya know...
Posted September 21, 2009
Pukeko wrote...
I think rating and appropriateness is extremely subjective. The issue needs to be clearly defined rules and an opportunity to both dispute your rating and change your content if you don't like the rating. Here in New Zealand we often hire American made movies which say on the printed label some form of "not suitable/recommended for persons under 15/16/18 years of age" yet they have a New Zealand PG rated sticked and a "family" sticker in the corner. (I have one in my hand now).
Posted August 20, 2009
boshemia wrote...
I'm going to second thefluffanutta. As a parent it is my responsibility to monitor the information that my children see on the internet, and while Squidoo may be trying to be responsible about what children have access to - most sites are not. If I'm not doing my job, then that really isn't your fault is it?
I think limiting all Squidoo pages to a PG rating would be a great idea...
"A PG-rated motion picture should be investigated by parents before they let their younger children attend. The PG rating indicates, in the view of the Rating Board, that parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children, and parents should make that decision.
The more mature themes in some PG-rated motion pictures may call for parental guidance. There may be some profanity and some depictions of violence or brief nudity. But these elements are not deemed so intense as to require that parents be strongly cautioned beyond the suggestion of parental guidance."
Posted August 07, 2009
DAnnieB wrote...
We need a PG rating -- having to rate a page that is PG "R" is stopping a lot of people from seeing it -- because a lot of people simply won't sign up just to follow a link from someone else's page.
That stops a lot of people from (in order of importance I think) realizing how great Squidoo is, from reading great lenses and - if we have to get crass - from buying things.
I think you are shooting yourselves in the foot by NOT having a PG rating!
Posted July 23, 2009
prosperity66 wrote...
I would vote for a PG rating as I think that you should look at the facts, reality and statistics.
Rating doesn't make sense in my opinion as violence, sex, drug remain what they are to the eyes of a child with or without an adult. However, they're entire part of our lives and need a strong educational background. I mean what's the purpose of rating G, R or X if parents allow their children to look at those lenses (or movies, or TV series, etc.)? If no education, rating doesn't make sense. Tip: turn the parental control of your browser ON.
For instance, protecting children from the death of Bambi's mother and encourage them ten years later to go hunting with their father is in my opinion non sense and hypocrisis. Sex, drug and violence must be removed from kids' eyes for as long as they don't prevent them from the sense or reality and there's no hypocrisy.
Frustration and ignorance lead into criminality.
Posted July 22, 2009
by SquidooKimberly
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