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Gaia's new sister site is up. It is flooded over with porn, there are no age restrictions to signing up, it is funded with our money here from Gaia Online, it is of course fully tied to Gaia Online through their fully Gaia Online staff, Gaia Online forums and Gaia Online NPCs everywhere.

I decided to check out their site because I was checking to see what type of site it was, because I had my suspicions it might be porn-related. When I noticed I could just go on and look, no form of blocking whatsoever, I thought, maybe it's only as people had said before, that it was just aimed for more mature audiences/ conversations/ etc. I let my guard down.

Then I saw their forum pages.

The porn in and of itself wasn't bad enough. It is unrestricted, unchecked, no limitations that I can detect, and I don't even care if there were limitations in their ToS. It's still completely wrong. One person even posted an animated gif (real video, not pixel/ paint/ whatever) of a violent rape against what looked to be a teenage girl.

The name of the website itself is even a reference to violent rape scenes in anime. It is being used as a pun, as a joke.

That is it. I want nothing more to do with Gaia Interactive, because that site is an open picture of what they believe is permissible, what they like, what they even think is FUNNY!

I am going to message all my friends and exchange contact information as quickly as I can, and wrap up a few loose ends, say goodbye in all my guilds, and I am done. I'm sorry that it has to end in this way, I'm sorry it is so abrupt.

My prayer request? That God deals with and removes these issues swiftly.

I'm going to miss seeing your posts, I believe you to be a very insightful and Godly woman. I certainly cannot blame you for leaving, however.

I know I myself will be staying, if only because there are still people here that I like and can't bear to part from yet. I get a lot out of this guild and the other Christian guild I am in. I also have role play partners and friends that I'm fairly attached to.

Even if Gaia hadn't become money-crazy, however, I would cease all support to their site. I cannot condone their other site. I haven't even visited it, the name of the site was so offensive I didn't even want it in my browser history. Google keeps track of that kind of stuff and makes profiles of on people based on the things they type and the pages they visit. They then use those profiles to better advertise things to them. So do not want the advertisement that might come up with that site. ._.

I haven't had any faith in this site in quite awhile, sadly. A move like this doesn't really surprise me, though it does tick me off. Especially to learn that there don't seem to be any measures involved to make sure people under the age of eighteen don't sign up for this site and that there don't seem to be any kind of regulations on it at all. I know when they talked about having an 18+ part of Gaia years ago, they were talking about having it be a paid thing because you have to be at least 18 to have a bank account/credit card. Or something like that.

Thank you very much for all the wonderful things you posted here, you've been an inspiration to many, I think. God bless you, and take care! :3

Okay. As of today I will no longer continue in discussions in any of my guilds. I will instead be starting and continuing such discussions on my new website, http://brothersandsistersinjesus.freeforums.org/. Please feel free to join, as I am in need of new members to have discussions with.

Thank you for the short amount of time I have spent in these discussions with you all, and please don't be shy about joining my new place. 3nodding Love and God's blessings to all of you.

~Kitti.