Hey! I’m out here trying to give my opinion on zwift kids and what should be enabled etc.
First off, the chat being disabled is a terrible feature. The parents/guardians should have a option to enable the chat for their child if they want, that’s my opinion.
Second off, everything else is fine. I personally think everything else is beyond amazing. Just the chat feature. Thanks for reading!
The chat also should be enabled for people under 13, this would be a good addon. (OPTIONAL FROM PARENTS) As for some kids like to be able to chat. (AGAIN THE PARENTS WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE TO ENABLE THIS FROM THEIR ACCOUNT)
Yeah, probably but wouldn’t it be a good option for parents to enable that feature as option. I don’t think it’s much legal reasons because games such as ROBLOX, Fortnite other games people >13 play and they use Voice Chat, Text chat. But yeah It’s most likely legal reasons.
err on the side of caution… if it’s predictable it’s preventable… If I were Zwift I wouldn’t allow minors to use chat either regardless of what their parents allow.
I coach at a junior club IRL and we have a lot of under 16s that use Zwift, they love it.
I can see the safeguarding issues around chat, and so don’t have a massive issue, but I am very frustrated by the Clubs situation. I have more power and control with a meetup, than I do Clubs. I cannot have under 16s in my club, which kinda makes the club pointless, save for the fact I can message them the link to the club event, but have to use a third party app to communicate with them. If I just create a meetup, I can invite juniors and have almost as much event features. I can’t see what not letting under 16s in Clubs achieves.