I never thought I’d have to write a letter like this, but after years of watching IMVU change into something unrecognizable, I feel like I have no choice.
What once was a creative, engaging platform for all kinds of users has, in my honest opinion, become something closer to an adult entertainment site—and without proper boundaries. I’m a creator, a parent, and a grandparent, and what I see on IMVU today deeply concerns me. When I open the “Rooms to Go” section, I am immediately bombarded with explicit titles, sexual innuendos, and sometimes even graphic images. These are not tucked away under Adult filters—they’re right there, at the top of the public experience.
You once enforced strict content moderation—creators had to mark their products AP or adult if they used even mild words like “azz.” Now, however, the chatroom names alone read like pages from a censored novel. The decline in enforcement is clear, and the results are damaging.
What’s more frustrating is that I—and others like me—have to pay extra just to escape this. I carry a VIP subscription not because I want special treatment, but because it’s the only way to avoid seeing what has become of your platform. That alone is disappointing. But what’s worse is the price. VIP is now astronomically expensive, and many users (including myself) were previously under the grandfather clause—yet your company chose to override that and force everyone to subscribe under new terms. This isn’t just a poor business choice—it’s a betrayal of long-time loyalty.
If this is the direction IMVU wants to take—targeting mobile users, pushing AP+, raising fees, and flooding the public space with adult content—then so be it. But you owe it to your community to separate these spaces. If you’re going to allow such graphic rooms, then put them on a completely separate server or force them to remain under locked categories that only verified adults can access.
Right now, it feels like you're allowing this type of content to define the platform—and whether or not that was your intention, it's become your reputation. In fact, other platforms laugh when IMVU is mentioned. I would never recommend this site to anyone I know, not even if you paid me (and let’s be honest—you likely wouldn’t follow through anyway).
You’ve taken away the incentive to invite new users. You’ve removed the rewards. You’ve added restrictions while cutting features. And worst of all, you’ve allowed the very heart of IMVU—the community—to be overrun with inappropriate content that once would have never made it past moderation.
I’m not trying to be negative for the sake of it—I’m trying to protect the value of something I once cared deeply about. You’ve turned VIP into a requirement for creating. You’ve removed any option for those of us who prefer privacy and respect. And you’re now forcing us to navigate a platform that has blurred the line between a social space and a digital red-light district.
If IMVU truly wants to regain its respect, it needs to do more than promote shiny new features. It needs to start listening to its oldest supporters. Separate the adult content. Respect the original user base. And return to the standards that once made this a safe and creative environment for all.
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YutakaSuzukiposted
15 days ago
What’s more frustrating is that I—and others like me—have to pay extra just to escape this. I carry a VIP subscription not because I want special treatment, but because it’s the only way to avoid seeing what has become of your platform. That alone is disappointing. But what’s worse is the price. VIP is now astronomically expensive, and many users (including myself) were previously under the grandfather clause—yet your company chose to override that and force everyone to subscribe under new terms. This isn’t just a poor business choice—it’s a betrayal of long-time loyalty.
I Use My AP Access Pass Today Just To Avoid The Childish Harassment Abuse Of Children In Public GA General Audience Rooms, Where As I Used To Use It For Halloween Content...
But What's Crazy Is I Used To Buy VIP Just To Get The AP To Start With, But Now It's Like Everything Flipped... ~_~
Because Now To Escape Every Bit Of What Your Describing Above, I Have To Also Buy VIP Of Any Kind Just To Tollerate The Lack Of Cusnsumer Customer Support, Because This Is By Far Degrading Of All Humanity In A Very Bad Neglectful Way Possible, ~_~
It's Even Worst Now That My Free Spin Fills Up My Inventory With This Stuff, ~_~
Like Come On, Is There No Decentcy Anywhere Online At All With Companies??
This Is By Far, Very Gross, & I Know For A Fact That Japan Used To Be Die Hards On This Subject, & All...
But As An American, I Technically Barely Watch Any Anime At All, Simply, Because As An American?? I'm Not Desperate For Attention In A Way That I Need Content Like This Sooooo Bad That I'm Willing To Tank An Entire Country Over Needing It...
Like This Is Kinda Disgusting... I Basically Feel Bad For Japan, Because America Is Entirely Robbing Them Of Anime, & Pretty Much Just Making An Entire Clown Show Out Of It, ~_~
I Honestly Don't Find Pleasure & Erotica In Watching Companies Decline 1 After Another... I Mostly Just Think Of Them As People, & Don't Wish Them Harm... I Just Wish Companies Had The Same Respect Back... They Seem To Be More Interested In Their Own Selfish Disgusting Behaviors, & Treat Us Like Second Rate Citizens, & When They Do That, I Just Grab Popcorn, & Watch Them Make Fools Of Themselves Publicly, & It's Degrading, But I Didn't Start This, & Don't Want It, & It's Entirely Their Choices...
But Ya, We Shouldn't Cater, Nor Allow Them To Keep Doing This...
I never thought I’d have to write a letter like this, but after years of watching IMVU change into something unrecognizable, I feel like I have no choice.
What once was a creative, engaging platform for all kinds of users has, in my honest opinion, become something closer to an adult entertainment site—and without proper boundaries. I’m a creator, a parent, and a grandparent, and what I see on IMVU today deeply concerns me. When I open the “Rooms to Go” section, I am immediately bombarded with explicit titles, sexual innuendos, and sometimes even graphic images. These are not tucked away under Adult filters—they’re right there, at the top of the public experience.
You once enforced strict content moderation—creators had to mark their products AP or adult if they used even mild words like “azz.” Now, however, the chatroom names alone read like pages from a censored novel. The decline in enforcement is clear, and the results are damaging.
What’s more frustrating is that I—and others like me—have to pay extra just to escape this. I carry a VIP subscription not because I want special treatment, but because it’s the only way to avoid seeing what has become of your platform. That alone is disappointing. But what’s worse is the price. VIP is now astronomically expensive, and many users (including myself) were previously under the grandfather clause—yet your company chose to override that and force everyone to subscribe under new terms. This isn’t just a poor business choice—it’s a betrayal of long-time loyalty.
If this is the direction IMVU wants to take—targeting mobile users, pushing AP+, raising fees, and flooding the public space with adult content—then so be it. But you owe it to your community to separate these spaces. If you’re going to allow such graphic rooms, then put them on a completely separate server or force them to remain under locked categories that only verified adults can access.
Right now, it feels like you're allowing this type of content to define the platform—and whether or not that was your intention, it's become your reputation. In fact, other platforms laugh when IMVU is mentioned. I would never recommend this site to anyone I know, not even if you paid me (and let’s be honest—you likely wouldn’t follow through anyway).
You’ve taken away the incentive to invite new users. You’ve removed the rewards. You’ve added restrictions while cutting features. And worst of all, you’ve allowed the very heart of IMVU—the community—to be overrun with inappropriate content that once would have never made it past moderation.
I’m not trying to be negative for the sake of it—I’m trying to protect the value of something I once cared deeply about. You’ve turned VIP into a requirement for creating. You’ve removed any option for those of us who prefer privacy and respect. And you’re now forcing us to navigate a platform that has blurred the line between a social space and a digital red-light district.
If IMVU truly wants to regain its respect, it needs to do more than promote shiny new features. It needs to start listening to its oldest supporters. Separate the adult content. Respect the original user base. And return to the standards that once made this a safe and creative environment for all.
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YutakaSuzuki posted 15 days ago
What’s more frustrating is that I—and others like me—have to pay extra just to escape this. I carry a VIP subscription not because I want special treatment, but because it’s the only way to avoid seeing what has become of your platform. That alone is disappointing. But what’s worse is the price. VIP is now astronomically expensive, and many users (including myself) were previously under the grandfather clause—yet your company chose to override that and force everyone to subscribe under new terms. This isn’t just a poor business choice—it’s a betrayal of long-time loyalty.
I Use My AP Access Pass Today Just To Avoid The Childish Harassment Abuse Of Children
In Public GA General Audience Rooms, Where As I Used To Use It For Halloween Content...
But What's Crazy Is I Used To Buy VIP Just To Get The AP To Start With,
But Now It's Like Everything Flipped... ~_~
Because Now To Escape Every Bit Of What Your Describing Above,
I Have To Also Buy VIP Of Any Kind Just To Tollerate The Lack Of
Cusnsumer Customer Support, Because This Is By Far Degrading
Of All Humanity In A Very Bad Neglectful Way Possible, ~_~
It's Even Worst Now That My Free Spin Fills Up My Inventory With This Stuff, ~_~
Like Come On, Is There No Decentcy Anywhere Online At All With Companies??
This Is By Far, Very Gross, & I Know For A Fact That Japan
Used To Be Die Hards On This Subject, & All...
But As An American, I Technically Barely Watch Any Anime At All,
Simply, Because As An American?? I'm Not Desperate For Attention
In A Way That I Need Content Like This Sooooo Bad That I'm Willing
To Tank An Entire Country Over Needing It...
Like This Is Kinda Disgusting... I Basically Feel Bad For Japan,
Because America Is Entirely Robbing Them Of Anime, & Pretty
Much Just Making An Entire Clown Show Out Of It, ~_~
I Honestly Don't Find Pleasure & Erotica In Watching Companies
Decline 1 After Another... I Mostly Just Think Of Them As People,
& Don't Wish Them Harm... I Just Wish Companies Had The Same
Respect Back... They Seem To Be More Interested In Their Own
Selfish Disgusting Behaviors, & Treat Us Like Second Rate Citizens,
& When They Do That, I Just Grab Popcorn, & Watch Them Make
Fools Of Themselves Publicly, & It's Degrading, But I Didn't Start This,
& Don't Want It, & It's Entirely Their Choices...
But Ya, We Shouldn't Cater, Nor Allow Them To Keep Doing This...
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