Shocking short seller report on Roblox describes it as a "hellscape for children"

[Anonymous]

What's up with this pattern on DCUM?
"Hey parents, here's something dangerous to be aware of."
"OMG your kids already know about that and are doing much worse. You can't keep your kids innocent so just give up."
I don't think these people are parents at all.

[Anonymous]

Paedos love Roblox

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Paedos love Roblox

Very true it’s a perfect avenue for grooming

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's up with this pattern on DCUM?
"Hey parents, here's something dangerous to be aware of."
"OMG your kids already know about that and are doing much worse. You can't keep your kids innocent so just give up."
I don't think these people are parents at all.

No. We're parents of older kids, and we know what lies in store. Prepare your child, is what we're saying. Roblox is very innocuous compared to other stuff. I say this for OP and other parents of younger kids, but I'm not going to engage further with you, because it seems you're posting unhinged comments, not just this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you’re concerned I think you can create your own Roblox server that is a closed universe. My college student hosted one when she was in ES and into MS — it was by invite only and if kids were obnoxious, she suspended their privileges.

My older teens still play Roblox but by the time kids are older teens, they really need to know how to deal with the awful parts of the internet. I agree you should proceed with great caution for younger teens or tweens. It’s not just Roblox. You literally cannot conceive of, much less block. all the ways your kid can access dangerous people or content on the internet. At some point you need to teach them the street smarts to block that stuff themselves.

As an aside, one of the things I found most amusing with that Massachusetts guy leaking state secrets in the internet — he was in a gaming room with young teens and kept trying to get them into radical politics. But the 13 year old boys really just wanted gaming tips and kept telling him the political stuff was boring. For the most part, most teens are trying to avoid those adult weirdos online — most teens just want to play games with their friends.

True, but Roblox is worse because it targets younger kids and is less well supervised. It is indeed a grooming paradise and it is crazy parents don’t see that.

I disagree. The parents who are afraid of Roblox just haven't looked at what young kids are doing on Discord or Snapchat.

Dude, I deal with this stuff on the regular. Roblox actually is worse. You are just pretending otherwise because you can’t say no to your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's up with this pattern on DCUM?
"Hey parents, here's something dangerous to be aware of."
"OMG your kids already know about that and are doing much worse. You can't keep your kids innocent so just give up."
I don't think these people are parents at all.

No. We're parents of older kids, and we know what lies in store. Prepare your child, is what we're saying. Roblox is very innocuous compared to other stuff. I say this for OP and other parents of younger kids, but I'm not going to engage further with you, because it seems you're posting unhinged comments, not just this one.

+1.

Parents of older kids see the alarmist "OMG Roblox is a hellscape" and think, "Sure, so is everything else, if only it was just Roblox."

The Roblox years are the time to teach your kids about internet safety, like the PP said, because it is inevitable that they will encounter these things. Acknowledging that is not the same as "not parenting at all."

[Anonymous]

Losers enjoy Roblox

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you’re concerned I think you can create your own Roblox server that is a closed universe. My college student hosted one when she was in ES and into MS — it was by invite only and if kids were obnoxious, she suspended their privileges.

My older teens still play Roblox but by the time kids are older teens, they really need to know how to deal with the awful parts of the internet. I agree you should proceed with great caution for younger teens or tweens. It’s not just Roblox. You literally cannot conceive of, much less block. all the ways your kid can access dangerous people or content on the internet. At some point you need to teach them the street smarts to block that stuff themselves.

As an aside, one of the things I found most amusing with that Massachusetts guy leaking state secrets in the internet — he was in a gaming room with young teens and kept trying to get them into radical politics. But the 13 year old boys really just wanted gaming tips and kept telling him the political stuff was boring. For the most part, most teens are trying to avoid those adult weirdos online — most teens just want to play games with their friends.

True, but Roblox is worse because it targets younger kids and is less well supervised. It is indeed a grooming paradise and it is crazy parents don’t see that.

I disagree. The parents who are afraid of Roblox just haven't looked at what young kids are doing on Discord or Snapchat.

The parents afraid of Roblox don’t have kids on Discord or Snapchat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you’re concerned I think you can create your own Roblox server that is a closed universe. My college student hosted one when she was in ES and into MS — it was by invite only and if kids were obnoxious, she suspended their privileges.

My older teens still play Roblox but by the time kids are older teens, they really need to know how to deal with the awful parts of the internet. I agree you should proceed with great caution for younger teens or tweens. It’s not just Roblox. You literally cannot conceive of, much less block. all the ways your kid can access dangerous people or content on the internet. At some point you need to teach them the street smarts to block that stuff themselves.

As an aside, one of the things I found most amusing with that Massachusetts guy leaking state secrets in the internet — he was in a gaming room with young teens and kept trying to get them into radical politics. But the 13 year old boys really just wanted gaming tips and kept telling him the political stuff was boring. For the most part, most teens are trying to avoid those adult weirdos online — most teens just want to play games with their friends.

True, but Roblox is worse because it targets younger kids and is less well supervised. It is indeed a grooming paradise and it is crazy parents don’t see that.

I disagree. The parents who are afraid of Roblox just haven't looked at what young kids are doing on Discord or Snapchat.

The parents afraid of Roblox don’t have kids on Discord or Snapchat.

Yeah that’s not an insult.

[Anonymous]

I showed this thread to my 12th grade DS and asked him should I be worried about his ES aged brother. He's not an expert by any means, but he's Gen Z and on a cybersecurity kick because he took it in school last year.

He said Roblox had good safeguards for not allowing links, pictures, bad language etc., in the chat. There are parental controls that can be used to prevent DMs. He pointed out that groomers are looking for the most possible targets, so the most popular games are the ones that parents should monitor if they are worried. Often, those that get snared are directed to go to other sites. Therefore, those that have multiple apps available to them, like Roblox along with Snapchat, Discord, or Facebook are more likely to get lured.

I flat out asked if I should ban Roblox, he said no, and that anyone who is a half-way involved parent with their children really don't have to worry about that app.

Like I said, not an expert opinion, but brings up some good points from someone raised on the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’re concerned I think you can create your own Roblox server that is a closed universe. My college student hosted one when she was in ES and into MS — it was by invite only and if kids were obnoxious, she suspended their privileges.

My older teens still play Roblox but by the time kids are older teens, they really need to know how to deal with the awful parts of the internet. I agree you should proceed with great caution for younger teens or tweens. It’s not just Roblox. You literally cannot conceive of, much less block. all the ways your kid can access dangerous people or content on the internet. At some point you need to teach them the street smarts to block that stuff themselves.

As an aside, one of the things I found most amusing with that Massachusetts guy leaking state secrets in the internet — he was in a gaming room with young teens and kept trying to get them into radical politics. But the 13 year old boys really just wanted gaming tips and kept telling him the political stuff was boring. For the most part, most teens are trying to avoid those adult weirdos online — most teens just want to play games with their friends.

+1
Use closed servers or teach your kids to jump off servers with chatting. There's no need for chatting on roblox, and swearing and words does get you banned (for a spell). Also did you know everyone on a server can vote an obnoxious person off. There are controls, but training your kid is key.

[Anonymous]

My kids are older but just pointing out that a short seller’s whole motivation is to drive stock prices down. Sometimes they find real problems but they don’t care if a problem os real or not as long as they can get people to think they are real.

[Anonymous]

My kids love Roblox but it’s only on one device in our home which I have complete control over and I’ve disabled all chatting. I let them play for 20-30 minutes at a time.

[Anonymous]

Hindenburg is trying to profit by making people hate Roblox. Not a neutral party.

- non Roblox family

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hindenburg is trying to profit by making people hate Roblox. Not a neutral party.

- non Roblox family

Yeah, but they weren’t wrong about Nikola though. What a horrendous scam of a company.