4d ago

The Roblox Predator Situation is Crazy

If you have kids please please don't let them play Roblox.

May I recommend alternatives such as:

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Wait is that Critical?
I don't think you understand Roblox if you recommend Minecraft as a substitute. Roblox isn't a Minecraft clone. It's a platform like Steam. There are thousands of different games.
- Most of them created from literal child labor and exploitation. Roblox as a platform is incredibly predatory and I don't mean in a chomo way (though that too, sadly).
  
  Most of them created from literal child labor
  Yeah it's child labor but at the same time it's kids writing their own games and sharing it with their friends. It's the same as a kids youtube channel where they build Lego to show off for their friends- which Google and Lego profit from.
- i tell people that roblox is a kid friendly garys mod clone
  
  Kid friendly, except the predatory parts.
  
  ooh yea in fact the people behind gary's mod is making s&box which is closer to be a roblox alternative
- Nothing stopping kids from making games within Minecraft
  Same reason goes for open source alternatives developed by the community
  
  So there's a Blender like CAD environment tied to a scripting language for those open source Minecraft clones that let you pick and place assets from a menu and then add code?
  Every Roblox install installs this development tool. It's ridiculous to compare it to the java programming needed to make a Minecraft mod.
  And when you are done you hit "publish" and it uploads it to their servers ready for everyone to play.
  
  There is even a server that allows you to "code" your own minigames using blocks
  Its called mcdiamondfire.com
VoxeLibre is a mod/gamemode for Luanti.
- Oh, worth mentioning, if anyone is interested in playing, someone spooled up a server for Beehaw. https://beehaw.org/post/21062542
- Too old what do those words mean
  
  Luanti is an open source game/platform for voxel games like Minecraft. VoxeLibre is an extension that makes Luanti play almost exactly like Minecraft.
I played Roblox with my kids as I was worried about this. They wanted to hang out with their school friends in Roblox and I was worried about the whole pedo thing so I joined them to monitor what was going on. It was actually really good fun. We played on and off for several years. Didn't come across any pedos.
My kids go on Roblox with their friends to find and report pedos
- That's just good wholesome fun.

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