Roblox’s Pedophile Problem (archive.ph)
from theangriestbird@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org on 23 Jul 2024 19:22
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theangriestbird@beehaw.org on 23 Jul 2024 20:01 next collapse

strangely-relevant meme that crossed my feed after posting this:

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onlinepersona@programming.dev on 23 Jul 2024 22:57 collapse

No wonder I never played anything on Roblox - it’s for kids. I feel like parents have a lot of blame to shoulder in this case too. They should be preparing their kids for these situations, but seemingly thousands fail.

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theangriestbird@beehaw.org on 23 Jul 2024 23:16 next collapse

You should see how excited some kids are about Roblox. I used to work in public schools around like 2017, and even then I met kids who were OBSESSED.

And I think you’re 100% right - parents are responsible for this just as much as Roblox themselves. But the point is that Roblox could absolutely be doing more.

Mischala@lemmy.nz on 31 Jul 2024 08:19 collapse

I mean, an open and seemingly poorly censored market place of assets and “experiences” targetted at children sounds like a recipe for disaster to begin with. Many parents aren’t technologically adept enough to look past the website, seeing it’s marketed at children and going “must be fine”.

This isn’t a defence, but the world gets more and more complicated every day and people are just asked to deal with it… Seems like many governments have just given up trying to regulate anything, and therefore there’s no incentive for trash companies like Roblox to put in any protections.