Many people love Roblox for its games, for giving them childhood or something like that. I really love this platform, but what's happening to it now is some kind of horror, which is why it's not quiet at all, but so loud that, as a person who doesn't really care about moderation and the community, it pierced my ears. If you didn't understand, then roblox, originally made for children, is turning into an online dating platform, and I'm not kidding.
I like to watch a YouTuber named Schlep. In short, this is the guy who caught roblox predators and literally put them in prison irl. It's cool, it was interesting to watch, because he helped Roblox. But why was it interesting? He recently made a video about being punished for filming similar content. And not just anyone, but ROBLOX itself.
Why?
Roblox created a new rule stating that people who do not report bad people first to roblox and capture them on their own (with the help of the police) will be banned. All their accounts will be banned, which is exactly what happened with Schlep. Plus, they sent him a letter by mail (and to his address). A letter saying that if he doesn't stop all activities related to roblox, they WILL SUE him.
THEY'LL SUE HIM. FOR CATCHING PREDATORS AND PROTECTING CHILDREN.
WHAT THE HELL?!
And it would be fine if they just told him to stop recording such videos, but they sent him an email and banned his accounts. I sincerely feel sorry for Schlep, because this is not right.
Okay, Schlep didn't report predators to Roblox in the first place, but he did it after they were arrested. He wrote letters to Roblox asking for the predators to be banned. As a result, Roblox wrote to him like this: "Well, uh, dunno block him, don't text to them and everything will be fine."
Well, moderation doesn't want to do anything about it. Schlep went to David himself in twitter, wrote, in the end, what? DAVID BANNED HIM, GREAT!
Let's not forget about Rubensin, who was also punished by Roblox, because he ALSO tried to help.
I really don't want roblox to turn into an online dating platform, because they themselves said that protecting children is important in the first place. But now they are just pumping money from the platform, making sure that more and more such a target platform is pleasing. From something truly unique and unlike any other, Roblox is turning into a money dump for preds. And it's very sad, because IT REALLY WAS BETTER BEFORE.