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Wow... seems like a good time to sell Roblox stocks anyways... because most of Roblox' popular games appear to haven been cloned into Minecraft... earnings are

Wow... seems like a good time to sell Roblox stocks anyways... because most of Roblox' popular games appear to haven been cloned into Minecraft... earnings are coming up real soon though... I guess we'll find out in less then a week. edit: I edited this comment a bit to make it clearer because HN would not let me reply to the child comment.

ALittleLight 5y ago
I would think the opposite. This is a short term thing that presumably won't affect the business in any meaningful way. They will (probably) recover and be fine and nobody will be too worried that a kid's game has some, limited, downtime from time to time. If this outage causes a drop in share price, it's probably a good time to pick up a bit at a discount.
- dylan604 5y ago
  >nobody will be too worried that a kid's game has some, limited, downtime from time to time except for the parents of kids addicted to the game
  - MiguelX413 5y ago
    We need to keep kids more offline.
  - EastOfTruth 5y ago
    lets make June, the month of no Internet for kids.
    - deathanatos 5y ago
      A whole month? Kid me would stage a coup on the spot.
      - dylan604 5y ago
        that's okay, kids don't have rights. coup all you want. just do it in your room so the grown-ups can talk
        smashed 5y ago
        But they can hate their parents for the rest of their life.
        mensetmanusman 5y ago
        Every society that survives eventually realizes it is good to have occasional fasts to reexamine priorities and improve mental health. There are communities in the U.S. that take an entire month off from these types of digital activities :)
        Thorrez 5y ago
        Interesting, are these well-known communities? Of course the Amish never use computers to begin with.
        mensetmanusman 5y ago
        Well, the communities belong to the oldest continuous organization of mankind :) E.g. https://encourageandteach.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/the-friday-five-lent-in-the-digital-age/ https://encourageandteach.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/the-frida... https://www.catholicapostolatecenter.org/uploads/9/2/4/6/9246931/a_digital_lent_guide_v01.pdf https://www.catholicapostolatecenter.org/uploads/9/2/4/6/924...
        Thorrez 5y ago
        I'm slightly embarrassed I didn't think of that, since I'm Catholic and have given up reddit for Lent in the past... I guess I misinterpreted your previous comment as an entire community giving up the same thing together, rather than each individual choosing a specific thing.

ALittleLight 5y ago

I would think the opposite. This is a short term thing that presumably won't affect the business in any meaningful way. They will (probably) recover and be fine and nobody will be too worried that a kid's game has some, limited, downtime from time to time. If this outage causes a drop in share price, it's probably a good time to pick up a bit at a discount.

dylan604 5y ago
>nobody will be too worried that a kid's game has some, limited, downtime from time to time except for the parents of kids addicted to the game
- MiguelX413 5y ago
  We need to keep kids more offline.
- EastOfTruth 5y ago
  lets make June, the month of no Internet for kids.
  - deathanatos 5y ago
    A whole month? Kid me would stage a coup on the spot.
    - dylan604 5y ago
      that's okay, kids don't have rights. coup all you want. just do it in your room so the grown-ups can talk
      - smashed 5y ago
        But they can hate their parents for the rest of their life.
        mensetmanusman 5y ago
        Every society that survives eventually realizes it is good to have occasional fasts to reexamine priorities and improve mental health. There are communities in the U.S. that take an entire month off from these types of digital activities :)
        Thorrez 5y ago
        Interesting, are these well-known communities? Of course the Amish never use computers to begin with.
        mensetmanusman 5y ago
        Well, the communities belong to the oldest continuous organization of mankind :) E.g. https://encourageandteach.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/the-friday-five-lent-in-the-digital-age/ https://encourageandteach.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/the-frida... https://www.catholicapostolatecenter.org/uploads/9/2/4/6/9246931/a_digital_lent_guide_v01.pdf https://www.catholicapostolatecenter.org/uploads/9/2/4/6/924...
        Thorrez 5y ago
        I'm slightly embarrassed I didn't think of that, since I'm Catholic and have given up reddit for Lent in the past... I guess I misinterpreted your previous comment as an entire community giving up the same thing together, rather than each individual choosing a specific thing.