alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months ago'Don't let your kids be on Roblox', Roblox CEO tells parents, before comparing himself to Walt Disney and declaring the platform 'the future of communication'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down143
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minus-squarerumschlumpellinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoWho else is supposed to be on Roblox … ? Doesn’t really strike me as a popular game with teenagers or adults.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoIt’s popular with groomers.
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months agoMore about Roblox predator problem, as reported by Bloomberg last year.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoNazis too. A streamer I watch talked about finding a WWII RP server when she was a kid, only to leave when she realized there was an emphasis on certain parts.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoIt’s old enough now that kids that grew up playing it are teenagers making content for it
minus-squareZ3k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoAccording too matpat there’s lots of non kid content on there
minus-squareDettweiler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoThey’re doing a great job getting kids addicted to gambling on that platform.
minus-squareZ3k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoArnt they all. I’m dreading what will become if the kids of today
minus-squareLoren@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoSee also: kids who play Fortnite and have no concept of how much the stupid skins they want actually cost (hint: it’s outrageous) :/
minus-squareZ3k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoFortnight is the one that always comes to mind. There’s stories here of bullying in school over fortnight skins.
Who else is supposed to be on Roblox … ? Doesn’t really strike me as a popular game with teenagers or adults.
It’s popular with groomers.
More about Roblox predator problem, as reported by Bloomberg last year.
Nazis too. A streamer I watch talked about finding a WWII RP server when she was a kid, only to leave when she realized there was an emphasis on certain parts.
It’s old enough now that kids that grew up playing it are teenagers making content for it
According too matpat there’s lots of non kid content on there
They’re doing a great job getting kids addicted to gambling on that platform.
Arnt they all. I’m dreading what will become if the kids of today
See also: kids who play Fortnite and have no concept of how much the stupid skins they want actually cost (hint: it’s outrageous) :/
Fortnight is the one that always comes to mind. There’s stories here of bullying in school over fortnight skins.