

To report an offensive badge, click on the badge and click Flag for review.To report inappropriate behaviour in a chat, click on the persons avatar and click the Flag button.Tips for parents and carersįrom the information above, I’ll assume you’ve made up your own mind on the risks involved with children and particularly younger teenagers on IMVU so I’ll forge right ahead with some tips for safety for users. These are created by uploading jpg images, which means any photo can be uploaded including offensive imagery. Users can create their own badges which they can give to friends in IMVU.
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Credits can also be used to upgrade relationships with other members. There have been reports of bullying of players who do not spend enough money on clothes and furniture. There are lots of in-app purchase options where players use credits to buy extra features for their avatars. Shopping is a huge part of the IMVU platform, and IMVU credits can be purchased. Some of the chatrooms also offer special dating and matching services. To make money, the game charges users who want to host an event a subscription fee to create those experiences, design the space, and market it through chat rooms. The audience chat, interact, and tip the host of the room. There are also ‘Live rooms’ where users can engage and entertain an audience of thousands. There’s no chat filter so while in discussion with people on the platform, there’s nothing to prevent your child from being exposed to swear words or sexually explicit conversation or keep them from giving out personal information.Īnyone can talk to a child and obtain their personal details and then possibly send them pictures outside of the platform. This is risky as kids don’t know who they are talking to. They can post pictures of their avatars and send chats to each other. There is a ‘chat now’ feature which allows two people to be put randomly together in a chat. This app is centred around creating a virtual life where you can go to parties and clubs and dress differently than you normally would. It has over 2 million users in the UK and around 50 million worldwide. It promises players that they will ‘never run out of new people to meet’ and have the chance to ‘discover dressing up, chatting and having fun’ and ‘celebrate’ as ‘anything could happen!’ IMVU has an age restriction of 13+ but the advised age for the app is 17+. The IMVU slogan is: ‘Chat with people all over the world, meet people near and far.’

The game allows users to create their own avatars to explore different ‘metaverses’ and interact with other players all over the world. It was originally released in 2004 but made a resurgence during Covid. VIP already? Enjoy this new perk! Not a VIP yet, sign up and enjoy this and many other benefits of the club.IMVU is a virtual ‘Sims like’ online world and social networking site available online via website and on apps. IMVU appreciates its customers and is delighted to have added this perk to its VIP club members. They love getting answers to their questions or concerns in minutes instead of hours or even days with multiple back and forth messages involving help tickets. So far, our VIP members love this service, based on the feedback we have received on our customer satisfaction surveys. We also want our customers to tell us about their Live Chat experience and we will be doing so via short surveys sent to all the happy customers who have benefited from the Live Chat support experience. The chat logs are automatically saved for easy access for future reference, and an email is sent to the customer with a link to that chat log. They can easily attach and send files if needed during the chat conversations. When our VIPs have obtained all the help they need – in a speedy and convenient manner – they can simply close the session and go back to enjoying IMVU. The chat communication is convenient and quite similar to any other Instant Messaging services that our customers are familiar with. It takes barely a few seconds before our VIPs can start talking to one of our knowledgeable Customer Support representatives via chat. All they have to do is visit our Help Center – accessible via our website and 3D Chat client – and click the Live Chat button available at the top.

As a result, our treasured VIPs can now chat LIVE with IMVU Customer Support team between 6 am and 6 pm Pacific Time every day. In order to further enhance the premium VIP club experience, we have been testing a new way to offer instant support for the past few months. Expedited support has always been available as a perk to this elite group. IMVU is excited to announce another exclusive benefit to being VIP among our community.
