• ryper@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    The headline is misleading. The full quote from the CEO is

    My first message would be, if you’re not comfortable, don’t let your kids be on Roblox.

    That should just be common sense.

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      11 months ago

      Wow that headline is way more than just misleading, it’s straight up lying through omission. Those are two wildly different statements

      • branch@lemmy.worldBanned
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        11 months ago

        With the headline: Interesting, I should read the article.
        With the headline corrected: Nothing to see here, move along.

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgBanned
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    11 months ago

    Who else is supposed to be on Roblox … ? Doesn’t really strike me as a popular game with teenagers or adults.

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      11 months ago

      It’s old enough now that kids that grew up playing it are teenagers making content for it

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            11 months ago

            See also: kids who play Fortnite and have no concept of how much the stupid skins they want actually cost (hint: it’s outrageous) :/

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              11 months ago

              Fortnight is the one that always comes to mind. There’s stories here of bullying in school over fortnight skins.

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    11 months ago

    I dont know whats worse, this anyone thinking roblox is the future of communication or me thinking thats probably better than the actual future of communication.

  • Faith_Bubbles@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    The Director of Public Policy and U.S. State Strategies at Roblox Corporation once said that creating sexual drawings or 3D renderings of real children is “too attenuated” to be worrisome or illegal.
    He also argued in court that it’s okay for states to anally penetrate and otherwise torture children in their care, because protections against cruel and unusual punishment don’t apply to children.
    So I’m not sure Roblox is that concerned about child safety.