I'd like to request that operators not immediately ask someone's age unless they have a reason to do so. A reason that isn't "they just came into the chat room". Pretty much all standard reasons are fine (doofy name, is scp real, incoherence, etc). Whether to ask, or not, is otherwise up to op discretion.
(Also, users are only obligated to answer ops, and they can PM us if they wish. There is no reason any user should have to tell a non-op member of chat their age.)
It's fine to tell people we do this as a matter of course, but the unspoken bit is that we do it as a matter of course… when we have a reason to ask, even if it's just minor.
This is also a thread for the purpose of discussing this issue. Is this not a good policy? Should it be tweaked? Let me know your opinions.