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Roblox employees criticise lack of diversity in workforce (www.gamesindustry.biz)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I remain dumbfounded as to how Roblox got so big and is now publicly traded.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Really? It runs everywhere (browser, mobile), it targets young children (a huge and passionate group), it is absolutely full of content (made for free/cheap by other children).

It is the most obviously successful formula I could imagine.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Don't forget all the predatory money incentives to trick kids into doing more free labor for them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Nowadays I don't think the games are made by fellow children as much. There's whole teams of adults making money off of Roblox games

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

There’s whole teams of adults ~~making money~~ scraping peanuts off of Roblox games

ftfy

Unless you meant the gray/black markets, those give off more real money than Roblox does to its content creators

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Good points. I guess I was thinking about it from the stereotypical "adult gamer with disposable income" perspective. Not those gamer's kids.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

It's essentially Unreal Engine for kids, Roblox and Minecraft were both huge in how much freedom they provided the player.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Whenever Roblox is mentioned, these are essential watches

Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers - https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ

and part 2, Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper. - https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Well, I think Roblox is being carried by children and teenager

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