Hey everyone, I’m gonna open up about something. There’s a problem. I can’t continue to be silent about this.
You see, playing Roblox is my job. No, literally, I make money from playing this game. However, there’s a problem.
If you’re unaware, Roblox has gotten into some drama with a YouTuber. Now, this isn’t just normal drama where there’s harmless beef, it’s actually serious. I’ll explain it here.
@RealSchlep, a Roblox YouTuber, has been hunting down predators on purpose on the Roblox platform to prevent kids from being groomed.
Roblox banned all of his accounts and sent a cease and desist letter for simply trying to find people who were hunting down children, here’s my opinion.
First of all, I think the predator problem on Roblox is slightly overexaggerated. However, I still think it’s a problem. Sure, it’s a problem since there’s creeps everywhere, but oftentimes these people ask kids to use third-party services which is not allowed by Roblox. These platforms such as Discord should not even be used by minors. You can also disable chat, in fact, I never had chat when I was a child. I have never been the target of any predator on Roblox thankfully. However, him trying to keep the platform safer is actually a good thing.
A second thing, Roblox has responded claiming you can "report" people, which has done nothing. I have known people who have sent homophobic messages, asked me for personal information/third party services to get of the platform, and death threats which could easily be detected by a robot. When I have reported users who have done these things, nothing has been done. Roblox’s moderation seems to ban me for saying /e dance, while homophobic + transphobic comments and asking for personal information can easily go under-the-radar.
For more context, I have been asked for my phone number and social media platforms on Roblox as a way of bypassing trouble on the platform. Again, none of the users who have done this have gotten banned even those these messages could easily be identified by a robot. These big tech companies seem to clearly care more about money than child safety.
No, I’m not LGBTQ if you’re wondering (I'm a biological male and I’m straight), I have been asked this question primarily in the past (occasionally now but rare). It doesn’t even matter.
However, I need to find a solution to this problem. As of now I’m not going to be posting content for a couple of days just to see where this goes. I also need to focus more on my online class because I need to complete it before school starts. I actually have less than a week before school starts so…
If you have any suggestions on what I should do, comment below! I’m kind of in a limbo right now… I really don’t feel comfortable making content about Roblox. At the same time this is my job. I don’t know what to do. I only did Roblox content because I didn’t need to use my face and + I enjoyed it. I’m sorry for this long rant, and I hope @RealSchlep sees this, you are a true hero for saving kids on this platform
Simply Dom RBLX
Hey everyone, I’m gonna open up about something. There’s a problem. I can’t continue to be silent about this.
You see, playing Roblox is my job. No, literally, I make money from playing this game. However, there’s a problem.
If you’re unaware, Roblox has gotten into some drama with a YouTuber. Now, this isn’t just normal drama where there’s harmless beef, it’s actually serious. I’ll explain it here.
@RealSchlep, a Roblox YouTuber, has been hunting down predators on purpose on the Roblox platform to prevent kids from being groomed.
Roblox banned all of his accounts and sent a cease and desist letter for simply trying to find people who were hunting down children, here’s my opinion.
First of all, I think the predator problem on Roblox is slightly overexaggerated. However, I still think it’s a problem. Sure, it’s a problem since there’s creeps everywhere, but oftentimes these people ask kids to use third-party services which is not allowed by Roblox. These platforms such as Discord should not even be used by minors. You can also disable chat, in fact, I never had chat when I was a child. I have never been the target of any predator on Roblox thankfully. However, him trying to keep the platform safer is actually a good thing.
A second thing, Roblox has responded claiming you can "report" people, which has done nothing. I have known people who have sent homophobic messages, asked me for personal information/third party services to get of the platform, and death threats which could easily be detected by a robot. When I have reported users who have done these things, nothing has been done. Roblox’s moderation seems to ban me for saying /e dance, while homophobic + transphobic comments and asking for personal information can easily go under-the-radar.
For more context, I have been asked for my phone number and social media platforms on Roblox as a way of bypassing trouble on the platform. Again, none of the users who have done this have gotten banned even those these messages could easily be identified by a robot. These big tech companies seem to clearly care more about money than child safety.
No, I’m not LGBTQ if you’re wondering (I'm a biological male and I’m straight), I have been asked this question primarily in the past (occasionally now but rare). It doesn’t even matter.
However, I need to find a solution to this problem. As of now I’m not going to be posting content for a couple of days just to see where this goes. I also need to focus more on my online class because I need to complete it before school starts. I actually have less than a week before school starts so…
If you have any suggestions on what I should do, comment below! I’m kind of in a limbo right now… I really don’t feel comfortable making content about Roblox. At the same time this is my job. I don’t know what to do. I only did Roblox content because I didn’t need to use my face and + I enjoyed it. I’m sorry for this long rant, and I hope @RealSchlep sees this, you are a true hero for saving kids on this platform
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