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And that’s basically it!
Yeah he's been going on about this for years, they're super determined to make Roblox into an "All Ages" platform with things like public voice chat and 17+ "experiences" but they completely neglect that the vast majority of their user base is barely even old enough to speak.
To make matters worse, as far as I'm aware there's no actual age verification other than just inputting your date of birth so most of those kids barely old enough to speak frequently access features like public voice chat
That’s ridiculous. If you happen to own a platform that’s insanely popular among kids, why not just work to make it the best goddamned platform for kids there is, put in sensible high quality parental and safety controls for them, and keep raking in that money?
That sounds like a far better business plan than trying to turn it into something it’s not, and that nobody actually wants in the first place.
What an idiot.
I mean the whole platform is designed to take advantage of kids by “allowing them” the freedom to do whatever..
I think this is perfectly keeping with their business model of using kids for profit. And I doubt they really care all that much about consequences. Locking down the platform doesn’t net them more money after all; kids are broke.
If I had to guess they want to impress investors by increasing their user count, and since it seems that almost every child with access to Roblox already has an account they might think they can get more users by expanding the target demographic.
Isn't Roblox basically just a roundabout gambling platform that exploits unpaid child labor?
Well you know capitalism seems to ruin everything eventually.
There are definitely some independent developers on there just trying to make games and/or get some dev experience (and from what I've even told Roblox is a great way to get started) but yeah there's no shortage of labor exploitation in the larger development studios (Conveniently a lot of the same ones Roblox Corp likes to partner with for on-site events)
And as for child gambling: yeah
I think a lot of it is that their original userbase is growing up and they want them to keep playing.
I still see roblox as a kids game, but I've met people barely a few years younger then me who play it unironically
I played it with my kids. We kinda did a Lan thing, using Discord to communicate. It was fun for that especially when we play a hide and seek game. I also used it to make a game, even paid for premium because was told it's how you can get paid. But I never saw money and I let it go. Now my kids are grown all except my 16 year old and he isn't interested in playing with dad. But he does still play Roblox with his friends.
To be fair, there are some good ~~games~~ experiences to be found there, though by 14 they really should move on to different games. But since Roblox is a "forever game" with a bit of everything, it's easy to see why they don't: they can find different games there and it's much easier to bring your digital friends over
I've got a weirdly high saturation of college students in my intro courses who are so addicted to that shit, they play during class.
Sounds like a recipe for disaster
Pretty much every significant change they've made in the last five years or so has backfired in a spectacular way
Good luck competing with VRChat
Through movie screenings, concerts, and mixers, all hosted in the virtual space, adults can get to know one another on a more intimate level. To Baszucki, it’s a solution to a modern problem, a “loneliness epidemic” as he called it.
No. It is NOT a solution, it's another monetization of loneliness
Roblox, a game for pedos and unpaid child labor.
Why haven't governments outside of US restricted access to Roblox?
It sucks to be a kid whose favorite game is Roblox. At the same time though..maybe other alternatives like Minecraft and VoxeLibre is better as they're decentralized and more likely to be better moderated (in comparison to Roblox anyways as Roblox is infamous for their numerous poorly made decisions).
Edit:
voxelibre isn't a platform luanti is the platform
Epstein would have loved this 100%
Roblox exploits child labor for profit:
Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers
That's not concerning at all.... fucking hell, wasn't there a report saying there was predators in that game?
Why would adults use a kids game ( my understanding of roblox) as a dating site?
The phrase you’re looking for is “X-rated pedophile hellscape”.
I've been watching my grandkids play on Roblox all week. I have absolutely no interest.
'Dating on the younger side'.
can I assume that he meant that as it's userbase of 12 to 14 years old age into adults they could use Roblox to meet partners, instead of introducing hookups to what is basiclly a children's app?
not going to defend them, it just the story makes little sense. and that interpretation makes a bit more sense.
Yet another CEO out of touch with the user base of his platform. Mr. Baszucki, 30 year old uncles have been using Roblox for... "age-gap fantasies" since day one.
Isn't their big problem that what's already happening?
Back when my kids were into Roblox they’d go on there with their friends for the express purpose of finding and reporting pedos.
Epic kids you got there!
He probably thinks this will keep people from ageing out of the game.
I doubt that is how it will work, though.
Lmfao what
What could possibly go wrong
Ewww
"When you can't stop online daters, Join them" - Roblox Probably
Oh good, now Roblox porn will become a thing. Start laying by that bricc dicc.
Unfortunately, roblox porn is a thing already. Just like minecraft porn.
I guess everything went down the same path Second Life did.
My local radio has been spamming this ad about some ongoing suit against Roblox because the platform apparently made it too easy for molesters and such to get to kids. So wtf
FUCK. OFF.
Second Life already failed. Lego Second Life won’t succeed either.
Howsabout Roblox CEO uses platform to go fuck himself!!!
I wouldn't be surprised if he's already fucking others on the game
…..no