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Verified Adults

Posted by Kim on February 9, 2022, 9:00am

Starting today, adults with active Epic Memberships can choose to go through an age-verification process that will confirm to others that you are, indeed, an actual adult.

This has been a very much requested feature for a long time, and up until now, we haven't had a cost-effective, secure, meaningful way to implement it. But technology has come a long way since we first started talking about it, and we've found a service provider that can review documents from 32 different countries.

What if I don't show my exact age on my user profile? Can I still show others that I am verified as an adult?

Yes, if you choose to go through the verification process, the fact that you are verified as an adult will show on your profile even if you choose not to include your specific age.

What about anonymous characters?

Your exact age will not be displayed on anonymous characters, but if you have been verified as over 18, that information will be visible on the character's profile. Choose "Info" from the top toolbar of a character profile to see whether that user has been age verified.

Will this be required to access the adults only forum?

No. This is optional for those who happen to want it.

Not everyone has money to spare for social media. Others do not have access to necessary documentation. Some only have ID that uses their dead name, and they avoid any contact with those documents if at all possible. Some may be in countries that we don't have the ability to verify documents for yet.

Okay, you won't need it to access the public areas, but can I decide to exclude people who aren't age-verified from my personal profiles/groups?

This will be added as an option shortly. Your personal comfort levels and boundaries are up to you.

How much does it cost?

We are currently offering this to all active Epic Members! If you don't want to be charged monthly, you can still grab just one month on its own, or even just 20 days, which makes the lowest effective cost for it $3.30. Once verified, you get to keep your checkmark for as long as you keep your account, even if your Epic Membership lapses.

What is the process?

  1. You take photos of your photo ID when prompted. A wide variety of photo ID from 32 countries around the world are accepted.
  2. You will take a selfie when prompted. This helps to ensure that the ID is yours, not something slipped out of a parent's wallet or otherwise stolen.
  3. Our ID verification partner sends us a confirmation of your DOB and an assessment of likelihood that the documents are genuine and belong to the submitter, usually in 5 minutes or less.
  4. At no time will any of your documentation touch our own Server, and as soon as the verification check has been completed, we tell our ID verification provider to purge all of your images and personal data from their system. They are required to comply within 4 days.
  5. For the most detailed information, please see our verification servicer provider's own FAQ: https://support.stripe.com/questions/common-questions-about-stripe-identity

Many other questions about this process are answered in our Age Verification FAQ: https://www.rprepository.com/help/age-verification

As ever, please report all bugs (or suspected bugs!) using the bug report form :)

Post tags: Feature Explanations

Comments

Sanne

February 9, 2022
11:33pm

@Goth: The system doesn't match for names, it only checks that your form of ID is valid, and that it matches you in real life. AKA it does the same thing as a bartender checking your ID for age only. :) Deadnames shouldn't be an issue with this fortunately! If it gives you any trouble, you can have Kim look into it for you if you want.

Hades_

February 9, 2022
11:03pm

So you have to go through a pay wall in order to verify that you're an adult, but do you need to continue paying money towards your epic membership in order to maintain the status on your profile that you're a verified adult?

Goth

February 9, 2022
9:21pm

What if you have a photo ID, but your legal name was recently changed?

Dawnia

February 9, 2022
8:27pm

This is awesome! Thank you!

Zelphyr

February 9, 2022
6:31pm

*blinks* People wonder why I overexplain things all the time. ^^;

In any case, thanks. :)

Luscinioide

February 9, 2022
5:46pm

Is anyone else having trouble with it spitting back 'document unreadable' 6456456 times? It's quite clearly not blurry, but the AI seems to disagree.... >:L

Kim

February 9, 2022
2:56pm

@sin-fonie - Nope, once Stripe tells us they were able to verify the document was real, the only piece of information we check is date of birth. :) The rest is entirely your business.

Sin-fonie

February 9, 2022
2:45pm

On another note though, does it interfere with me being verified if my ID only has my assigned at birth gender on it and I have another one which I identify with on my profile?

Sin-fonie

February 9, 2022
2:43pm

Oooopsie ^_^
Apparently I don't look like my younger self anymore... Time to get new photos done XD

Claine

February 9, 2022
2:27pm

@Zelphyr

Take a look at my profile. I'm verified and don't have my age publically shown :)

Zelphyr

February 9, 2022
1:46pm

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Turn on "show your birthday" and turn off "show your age"

Oh, I know! What I meant was show birthday instead of age and still be recognized as an adult. I currently have my age up just to reduce the hassle of having to state/prove it repeatedly. ^^;

Nettle

February 9, 2022
1:44pm

This is excellent. I'm so excited to see this!

Falyn

February 9, 2022
1:12pm

Thanks so much for implementing this! Fast and easy. 😊

Kim

February 9, 2022
12:47pm

@Arbutus - I'm unable to answer that question, as we use a third party verification processor. I assume they are interested in expanding their support to more countries in order to tempt more businesses to work with them, but how fast they might do that and in what order, I don't even have a guess. Sorry! :(

Arbutus

February 9, 2022
12:44pm

Just checked, there is no Poland on the list... Will Poland be ever added to the list? :?

Kim

February 9, 2022
12:12pm

@Esoterica - The only situation where I'd see your documents is if the AI couldn't match your selfie to your photo ID and you specifically requested that I perform a manual review for you.

@starwolf - As the article says several times, this is a choice. Optional.

starwolf

February 9, 2022
12:01pm

So even if we don’t have a specific membership do we still have to verify when we’re legal age of an adult?

Esoterica

February 9, 2022
11:58am

So does nobody at RPR get to see your documents? Just asking because my photo is old and embarrassing... xD

Kim

February 9, 2022
11:53am

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Mm, would like to show birthday instead of age, though...

You can already do this :)

https://www.rprepository.com/settings/profile

Turn on "show your birthday" and turn off "show your age"
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I like this aspect I would also be willing to play 20 for a onetime charge for age verification without the epiceness
It is already a one time charge, you only need to be epic to go through the process, it sticks with you forever after whether or not you remain an epic member. So the one time cost starts at $3.30 :)

Masquerade

February 9, 2022
11:47am

I like this aspect I would also be willing to play 20 for a onetime charge for age verification without the epiceness