"My first message would be, if you're not comfortable, don't let your kids be on Roblox. That sounds a little counter-intuitive, but I would always trust parents to make their own decisions," the company's director noted.

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[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 20 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I disagree I think this is the only answer. It’s the answer law makers should take as well. If parents did their job just because something is made specifically for kids doesn’t mean they are getting on it. There were a ton of things I wasn’t allowed to do as a kid.

[–] WaterFoul@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

It's the children's parents' fault they keep falling into the pit. The government should take no responsibility as child after child disappears, never to be seen again. We could fill the hole, but that's parents job and there's an acceptable amount of poor people's children I'm willing to let vanish. It's only impacting poor people's children.

As someone who grew up poor with neglectful parents, it's people like you who would cheer on my death. People would say it would destroy my fathers incentive to provide for me if they helped me. Let me tell you, there's some people who just won't provide for their children. It's supply side Jesus applied exclusively to struggling children.

It is the parents fault, but children will suffer if we do nothing. Parents should tech kids not to get into strangers cars, but when they inevitably do we should still look for them.

How many poor kids is an acceptable sacrifice to you?

Maybe we should take down the orphan crushing machine even if it's not our job.

[–] Walican132@lemmy.today -4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly the answer is to punish bad parents. Not all of society and reasonable families. There is no orphan crushing machine, it’s people who shouldn’t be parents not being educated in why they shouldn’t. And abortion being turned into something political instead of the best choice for 99% of pregnant persons.

[–] WaterFoul@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

"You should have been aborted" is a wild take. It might be hard to imagine, but not all poor people want to abort their children.

Ignorant Americans speed running back into eugenics is wild to watch.

[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 0 points 3 hours ago

Terrible abusive parents shouldn’t be forced to have children they don’t want or need isn’t eugenics. Shitty people should know their options and we should celebrate abortion as a moral victory. So much less suffering in the world when unwanted children don’t have to suffer for 18 years.

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is a a business operating to target children to deliver them content they know is inappropriate for them.

This behaviour is predatory. It shouldn’t be tolerated against children. The content is promoted for children, so it’s reasonable for a parent to assume the content is appropriate for them.

[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

Literally this shit applies to everything targeted to kids. It’s why advertising to them should be not allowed. That’s never going to happen though.

In the end it’s the parents responsibility to raise kids with a mediocre amount of media literacy to know what is and isn’t predatory.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Although I've heard of the game, I'm unfamiliar with it.

Can you elaborate on what exactly is inappropriate ?

Also, is it something some parents evaluated and are OK with their children being exposed to?

Example: my parents were ok with me watching R rated movies with them when I was like ten...

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 20 hours ago

Roblox isn't so much "a game" but a collection of thousands of player created games (or "experiences" as the company calls them). You can find a bit of everything, from obstacle courses to first person shooters to casinos.

Since Roblox is so heavily targeted at children, it's very easy to find pedophiles or other people with ill intent. Moderation doesn't exist, afaik

[–] ytsedude@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree with you except for the fact that there's just so much bullshit for kids out there, and parents are so exhausted right now (both are working and working longer). So it'd be nice if there was a system that actually looked out for children and people instead of businesses.

At the end of the day, though, it is still the parents' responsibility. It just sucks that this person can wipe their hands of things and think that sufficient.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So it’d be nice if there was a system that actually looked out for children

Here's the rub. Who's version? Would your universal system protect just against gambling type things? How about sex stuff? Just porn or more? How much more? Should the system block anything related to questions or statements about homosexuality?

How about things that might be against a particular faith?

There's no one set of rules that all parents can agree on as to what their children should or shouldn't have access to. Until then, how can one system do what you're asking?

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Exactly!

My parents were fine with me watching most R rated movies at ten...

A LARGE group of religious nut jobs wanted the Harry Potter movies banned... And a non-insignificant group that wanted the Teletubbies banned...