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Can we talk about the Roblox situation? (lemmy.eco.br)

submitted 3 months ago by descartador@lemmy.eco.br to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.eco.br/post/15797053

If anyone can make a compilation of news and articles in the facts, that would be great.

For those who don't know, Roblox is a publicly traded company and they are down almost 2bn dol on the stock market because they are being accused of facilitating the sexual exploration and grooming of children.

They just banned a player who was groomed by a roblox developer and then started a catch a predator project that resulted in the arrest of 6 adults accused of predating on children using the game.

Chris Hansen contacted the player and they are doing a documentary on the sexual predation that occurs on the plataform. There is a class action, so if you are in the US and know someone who has been abused on roblox, you should contact them.

I don't know much about the situation, I just watched a couple articles about it.

To top it all off, the CEO announced that roblox is pivoting to becoming a dating website. This is not the onion, fellers.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

I thought "surely they're kidding about the dating thing..." Oh no, no you are not. In fact, the CEO brought it up TWO YEARS AGO...

[–] EldenLord@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This whole pedo affair is only the final nail in the coffin of morality for Shitblox. From a gaming perspective, the outrageously predatory (pun intended) microtransactions and Robux currency do absolutely not belong on a children‘s gaming hub where probably >50% of players don‘t even have a real understanding of money yet. And parents don‘t care, as we see with social media in general. Apple pay, google pay etc. make it purposefully easier to make repeated card payments by children using their parent‘s info. In this economy btw, so Uh-Oh thats baaaad. Just shut the whole circus down and buy your kids single player games on steam sale.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

How do you go from 3D game hosting for kids to... dating?

[–] randomname@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

back when I played Roblox as a kid it was a small, windows only Lego game. at a certain point the games on the platform because much higher quality (around 2015), and it was great for me as a broke kid who couldn't afford a better PC or "real" games.

which is why I didn't say anything when my little brother was asking my parents if he could play it. now I really wish I had because the entire platform is a cesspool of consumerism, gambling, and predators