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Roblox CEO wants adults to use platform as a dating service - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 72 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Yeah he's been going on about this for years, they're super determined to make Roblox into an "All Ages" platform with things like public voice chat and 17+ "experiences" but they completely neglect that the vast majority of their user base is barely even old enough to speak.

To make matters worse, as far as I'm aware there's no actual age verification other than just inputting your date of birth so most of those kids barely old enough to speak frequently access features like public voice chat

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Isn't Roblox basically just a roundabout gambling platform that exploits unpaid child labor?

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Well you know capitalism seems to ruin everything eventually.

There are definitely some independent developers on there just trying to make games and/or get some dev experience (and from what I've even told Roblox is a great way to get started) but yeah there's no shortage of labor exploitation in the larger development studios (Conveniently a lot of the same ones Roblox Corp likes to partner with for on-site events)

And as for child gambling: yeah

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like a recipe for disaster

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago

Pretty much every significant change they've made in the last five years or so has backfired in a spectacular way