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NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Broken clock moment for Erdy

charleroi2 ,

Why? I don’t know anything about the game, is it bad for kids?

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

They exploit kids for free labor among other things.

eurogamer.net/roblox-exploiting-young-game-develo…

Carighan ,
@Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

It’s bad and it’s kids. Like, the game is no better if you doin’t aim it at kids, but the fact they intentionally employ child labor as a gamified device is just disgusting.

paraphrand ,

Investigation: How Roblox is Exploiting Young Gamers

Roblox Pressured us To Delete our Video. So we Dug Deeper.

Crikeste ,

At least he cares about Palestinians. Unlike Kamala. Mrs. “Shut up, I’m talking”.

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

And I could say at least Kamala doesn’t have all her political opponents locked up. I wouldn’t do that though because boiling a politician down to a single issue doesn’t make any sense.

Crikeste ,

Maybe not to you, but when 15,000 children have been murdered and an entire population is starving, then boiling a politician down to a single issue does make sense to me.

Typical American apathetic to genocide.

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I’m not apathetic, I’ve actively contacted my representatives demanding a cease fire. I’ve donated for aid for Gaza. Considering what Erdogan has done to the Kurds I find you argument extra rich. By all means continue to act all self righteous when I will be the one who has to deal with the other guy if you keep carrying water for his campaign.

TrickDacy ,

Typical tankie lying about what they care about.

TrickDacy ,

Tankie bullshit

Eggyhead ,

I've always thought roblox was dumb, but its kind of just a playground. Kids need a playground where their imaginations are free to grow and thy're in control. Somewhere they can interact and learn how to socialize safely with other children. When i was a kid, that was a walk to the park with friends to kick a ball around, riding a bicycle somewhere, exploring, and working out some dumb activities to do... Honest question: how comfortable are you with the idea of just letting your kids go to the park by themselves for hours on end?

For better or worse, it seems like sandbox creativity games like roblox are filling that void for some kids. Not saying roblox is an answer to a problem, just that kids seem to be utilizing it as a playground where they get to be creative and in control. Not sure why I'm bringing this up. It's just a thought that occurred to me recently.

Banichan ,
@Banichan@dormi.zone avatar

Will someone please explain to me how a video game exploits children.

elgordino ,

You could start with this People Make Games video from a couple of years ago. https://youtu.be/_gXlauRB1EQ?si=Ttg4-Bust1K-X-22

Banichan ,
@Banichan@dormi.zone avatar

I said explain. It’s this old school thing we used to do where we JUST TELL A PERSON SOMETHING

Randomgal ,

I get what you are saying, and actually agree with out. But you don’t have to be an asshole about it. No one has the obligation to attend your tantrums.

Children make games on Roblox (real games, the thing people do working in the industry), Roblox makes money off those games and pays close to nothing to the children. Therefore, exploits children.

mke , (edited )

Sometimes, there are already resources explaining more clearly and thoroughly than we could. And although I’m unsure if this case qualifies, there are definitely topics that can’t be reduced to a few sentences. Thus, a reputable link is often worth more to both sides: it saves the explainer time and effort while informing the target far better.

If you don’t want to engage with the content, I believe there are better ways to go about it than being rude to people who were likely trying to help.

blackbelt352 ,

The video is an explanation, none of us want to regurgitate multiple 30-45 minute videos that already explain exactly what your asking.

NaibofTabr ,

The video is an explanation.

Donut ,

Read the article and find out

Banichan ,
@Banichan@dormi.zone avatar

Just give me the broad strokes

Donut ,

Stop expecting handouts with 0 effort especially when the answer is one tap away.

MotoAsh ,

Jeeze, he must work for Roblox with that level of expected free labor…

eratic ,

Lemme compile it all into a 20 second tiktok video

OsrsNeedsF2P ,

Kids make maps. Stuff in the maps is sold for Roblox bucks. Roblox bucks cost money to buy. The kid who makes the map gets the Roblox bucks, and can sell them. The problem is you only get 30% back when you sell a Roblox buck.

So kids spend time making big maps and servers, buying ads, getting shoutouts on YouTube/whatever, and Roblox takes a 70% cut from all of it

Banichan ,
@Banichan@dormi.zone avatar

Sounds like a normal business that gives kids a chance to make money.

Quill7513 ,

Its exploiting child labor and the impulsive brain chemistry of adolescence.

Banichan ,
@Banichan@dormi.zone avatar

“labor” 😂

Quill7513 ,

What would you call it when a child does work that you profit from?

themurphy ,

Fair enough, but couldn’t the same be said about YouTube? They also take the biggest cut of the ad money for creators.

Quill7513 ,

Yes. Using kids to drive engagement on YouTube is exploitative. Parents who do that are exploiting their children

notfromhere ,

But what about…? Doesn’t excuse the first thing!

themurphy ,

Why did anyone read my comment as an excuse? I was pointing two fingers instead of one on Roblox.

notfromhere ,

Probably the “but”. I agree that both are exploitive and they should all be called out on it.

mashbooq ,

A normal business, yes. Normal businesses are highly and cruelly exploitative, which is why we decided 80 years ago (in the US) that children, at the very least, should be protected from them.

emuspawn ,
@emuspawn@orbiting.observer avatar

The children yearn for the mines

ShinkanTrain ,

Isn’t it more like 20%

AstralPath ,

It’s not hard to use a search engine.

eskimofry ,

You must not be just a troll… but a mountain troll

paraphrand ,

These guys explain it well, let them:

Investigation: How Roblox is Exploiting Young Gamers

Roblox Pressured us To Delete our Video. So we Dug Deeper.

mrvictory1 ,

FYI, Instagram was blocked in Turkey a few days before Roblox ban. Both are still blocked.

Mwa ,
@Mwa@thelemmy.club avatar

Ngl roblox kinda sucks and their moderation is awful

peopleproblems ,

It is the single most difficult thing as a parent to put my foot down about. Or it was at first.

My son LOVES watching the YouTubers playing the (horribly developed) games and enjoys making pretend games based on what he watches (some of it, sometimes we have to skip a video). He has a lot of friends at school that play it.

I will not let my son play it. Minecraft? Sure. Minecraft has a very different system, plenty of it crap, but it’s much easier to supervise and much less exploitive.

But he does let me know that he feels left out when his friends play it and he can’t. He doesn’t have any siblings, so I understand how it’s difficult to lack that connection to peers. He has other ways he gets to connect - mine craft, local playgyms, events for children, sports.

As a parent part of the empathy is feeling that sadness that comes from his disappointment in not being allowed to play it. But I think he has started to understand as he’s gotten a little older, that adults making money off of what a kid makes isn’t nice, or fair, or safe.

Turkey did well here. I don’t think we’ll ever have something similar in the states, but I hope regulation can come about eventually.

mikwee ,
@mikwee@thebrainbin.org avatar

Awful. A government should not be allowed to block websites.

UndercoverUlrikHD ,

What about websites providing CSAM, hosting livestreams of animals being tortured for payment, selling drugs, etc…

Blocking a website is the only way for a country to stop these kind of illegal activists, short of shutting down the physical servers.

Leate_Wonceslace ,
@Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Good.

meldrik ,

Nice.

dinckelman ,

Now do it everywhere else

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