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The goal for GossipReport.com is to be a fun place for people to write about others in an uncensored, open forum. That means you can discuss how good or bad the doctor who delivered your baby was or what you think about the new football coach in town or what color they should paint the church- honestly without fear of reprisal.

Many of our users are posting fun and poignant discussions about social issues and we have rules and tools designed to keep the discussions as positive as possible. But it is not our role to censor any of our users. We have built a framework with tools in place to protect the community and allow the community to police itself, just like in the non-cyber world.

When you let your kids play out in the yard, that doesn't mean you let them run all over town.

You enforce boundaries on your children when they play at home and we urge you to enforce those same boundaries while they are playing online. We don't want your young children on GossipReport.com and we have and are increasing the rules and tools in place every day to keep your kids off GossipReport.com. But all our tools will count for nothing if you don't get involved.

We can only do so much. When it comes to your children, we encourage your participation because at GossipReport.com we really don't want young children on our website.

Below we have listed some tools that you can use to better inform yourself of the ways to keep you and your child safer online and some tools to keep an eye on your child while online as well as some of the tools we have in place to keep GossipReport.com a better place to do what everybody does.



Want to Know What Your Child is Saying Online?

Here is a link to a dictionary of various internet terms and acronyms:

http://www.netlingo.com

Please check these sites for tips on internet safety:

http://www.getnetwise.org

http://www.ikeepsafe.org

http://www.wiredsafety.org

http://www.commonsense.com

http://www.ncmec.org

http://www.truste.org

http://www.blogsafety.org

http://www.onguardonline.gov

Online monitoring and filter software

http://www.bsafehome.com

http://www.netnanny.com

http://www.familyfellowship.com

Tools on GossipReport.com
  • Profanity Filter - automatically defaulted to "on"
  • Customizable viewing preference that only shows the kind of gossip you want to see
  • Rate this gossip feature - if gossip is rated "trashy" by enough users, it is deleted by the system
  • Rate the Mouth feature - users that are repeatedly rated as writing "trashy" or untrue gossip can be suspended or banned from the site
  • Automatic "Forgetting" - most gossip is forgotten in real life however on GossipReport.com, gossip has a lifespan and is then deleted from the system automatically
  • Users can delete gossip they regret writing
  • Alert GossipReport.com links allow any piece of gossip to be brought to the attention of the GossipReport.com team for review
  • Contact Us - we are always listening to ways to make GossipReport.com better

Gossip can be good!

Gossip Is Information by Another Name - New York Times (2/3/08)

Facts Prove No Match for Gossip, It Seems - New York Times (10/16/07)

Have You Heard? Gossip Turns Out to Serve a Purpose - New York Times (8/16/05)


 

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