Unhappy with moderation team
I am upset with the moderation team after I made a report of an obvious predator taking advantage of younger, vulnerable members on Barq. The response I got was something along the lines of ‘consenting adults can make decisions for themselves’. So we are just going to pretend that as soon as someone turns 18, they’re invulnerable to being taken advantage of? Especially in the furry fandom, where a large portion of the community is neurodivergent, making them more vulnerable.
For context, a 47 year old is on the app inviting teens to a “cuddle party”. This user has already admitted to a user (whom will remain anonymous) that they are into age gap. Yet this same person is telling people the party isn’t NSFW. We have a 47 year old, who has admitted to fetishizing teens, inviting them to a cuddle party, and says it won’t be NSFW…..as adults who are able to reason, what do we obviously know the intention of this party is? Also, their status is constantly horny. This is an obvious attempt to lure young furs into what they think will be a wholesome party…but we all know that’s not the intention.
So my question is, why is the moderation team pretending like they can’t see what everyone else sees? Why is this being tolerated? This is lazy and negligent on behalf of the moderation team. Adults can be victims too, predators don’t discriminate.
For context, a 47 year old is on the app inviting teens to a “cuddle party”. This user has already admitted to a user (whom will remain anonymous) that they are into age gap. Yet this same person is telling people the party isn’t NSFW. We have a 47 year old, who has admitted to fetishizing teens, inviting them to a cuddle party, and says it won’t be NSFW…..as adults who are able to reason, what do we obviously know the intention of this party is? Also, their status is constantly horny. This is an obvious attempt to lure young furs into what they think will be a wholesome party…but we all know that’s not the intention.
So my question is, why is the moderation team pretending like they can’t see what everyone else sees? Why is this being tolerated? This is lazy and negligent on behalf of the moderation team. Adults can be victims too, predators don’t discriminate.
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It’s impossible to get into
I’ve tried so many times to make an account but the approval process is so much. I got denied for it being too “minimal” or not having my hometown? I guess I’m just not furry enough for barq. Also to message people you have to be level 3? With no information on how to even get to that level. I have friends who are level 5 and still get denied access to message people.
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The place has become better
My experience despite being small and barely on ever, has been great with my second chance on the platform. Slowly but surely i hope to make friends on there and maybe find the one guy of my dreams no make it better than my dreams which is make him real.
Sussy
BARQ wrote a statement defending babyfurs on X. I thought it would be more like the Nextdoor app but for furries … instead it just comes off as more of a dating/hookup app because you can display your sexuality and kinks and filter by gender and sexuality when looking for other furries near you. Babyfurs and other questionable kinks can exist there but the. other groups that maybe hold to conservative political views get targeted… I feel like one is much worse than the other but that’s just my opinion cause I no longer want anything to do with this app.
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Account banned for helping someone set up theirs
Very disappointing experience with BARQ. I had an existing account and simply helped my girlfriend set up her own account. Her accounts were immediately banned after setup, and somehow my account ended up banned as well.
I spent several days going back and forth with support trying to get my account restored. I was eventually told that my account cannot be unbanned until all three of her banned accounts are gone, and they asked whether I have access to the email addresses associated with them. I don’t.
I understand having systems in place to prevent abuse, but legitimate users shouldn’t lose their accounts because they helped someone else with setup and then be given a resolution they can’t reasonably complete.
After this experience, I’ve deleted BARQ and won’t be using it anymore.
I spent several days going back and forth with support trying to get my account restored. I was eventually told that my account cannot be unbanned until all three of her banned accounts are gone, and they asked whether I have access to the email addresses associated with them. I don’t.
I understand having systems in place to prevent abuse, but legitimate users shouldn’t lose their accounts because they helped someone else with setup and then be given a resolution they can’t reasonably complete.
After this experience, I’ve deleted BARQ and won’t be using it anymore.
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