Word Nerd Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 For those whose kids use Togetherville, what do you think of the recent changes to how they verify parents (i.e., Facebook verification and email confirmation are no longer sufficient)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 I'm having a hard time with the pages. I can't even figure out what is going on. I love how they give you less than 2 days to take care of the issue. I have company coming in a few hours so I don't have time to mess around trying to figure out Togetherville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Is this like a facebook for kids? What are the changes they want to make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Is this like a facebook for kids? What are the changes they want to make? Yes, it's a social network for kids who aren't old enough for Facebook, and kids' accounts are linked to a parent's FB account. The first link in my OP has a short video that explains it pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Well I finally got the page to load. It looks like they want to verify the parents account using a credit card number. I am totally opposed to that. I don't want to give them my credit card number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 I'm having a hard time with the pages. I can't even figure out what is going on. I love how they give you less than 2 days to take care of the issue. I have company coming in a few hours so I don't have time to mess around trying to figure out Togetherville. I questioned it initially, but after reading the COPPA page here, it seems legitimate request. (See numbers 32 and 33 in particular.) I assume the site is going out of Beta soon. It does really bug me that they locked the kids' accounts right away and are requiring an immediate response from parents with no warning that there were even changes coming, especially since we already went through a multi-step process to even set up accounts for our kids in the first place. My kids really like the site and use it regularly, so I'll probably go ahead and let them continue on Togetherville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Well I finally got the page to load. It looks like they want to verify the parents account using a credit card number. I am totally opposed to that. I don't want to give them my credit card number. :( I don't have a cc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Well I finally got the page to load. It looks like they want to verify the parents account using a credit card number. I am totally opposed to that. I don't want to give them my credit card number. If you don't want to provide a CC number, there's a form you can print out and sign, then fax, mail or scan/email back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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