alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days 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-square20fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down141
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-link'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.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down3·edit-23 days 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-up16·3 days agoIt’s popular with groomers.
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-23 days agoMore about Roblox predator problem, as reported by Bloomberg last year.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days 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-up13·3 days agoIt’s old enough now that kids that grew up playing it are teenagers making content for it
minus-squareZ3k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days agoAccording too matpat there’s lots of non kid content on there
minus-squareDettweiler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoThey’re doing a great job getting kids addicted to gambling on that platform.
minus-squareZ3k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoArnt they all. I’m dreading what will become if the kids of today
minus-squareLoren@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days 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-up3·3 days 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.