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I second this. Kind of. From my experience, moderating and policing, within this context, doesn't really work out. We just end up with subpar, stupid 'solution
by w4rh4wk5 5y ago
I second this. Kind of.
From my experience, moderating and policing, within this context, doesn't really work out. We just end up with subpar, stupid 'solutions' like not even having ALL-chat in a video game, because lo and behold, we could trash-talk our opponents (looking at Halo Infinite MP here).
Of course, at some point people will organize themselves on different platforms. We did the same back then, more than a decade ago on IRC and self-hosted Teamspeak servers. I don't see why Roblox would be 'responsible' for what's going on beyond their platform.
For the cosmetics store, I think this is something that is so omnipresent nowadays that Roblox would be stupid, not including it. Looking at all those shitty mobile games, why give them a pass and go hard on Roblox? Being able to obtain cosmetics and trading them seems to me like a core feature. Even if Roblox didn't give you the option to buy cosmetics using their virtual currency, some other platform (like the black markets) would be there to allow people to exchange items for real money. Roblox providing this service directly allows them to take a cut.
Is it morally bad the way it is now? Should Roblox not include such a cosmetic store in the first place? Probably, but what'd the alternatives look like and what would that entail?
Apart from calling Roblox out on morally bad business practices (which is ok), the discussion in the video feels a lot like 'demanding' a super safe and welcoming platform such that parents don't have to educate their children.
- ncr100 5y ago> the discussion in the video feels a lot like 'demanding' a super safe and welcoming platform such that parents don't have to educate their children I believe the video is produced to be from a parent-perspective. I'm not a parent. So I simply interpret the video to be like, "LOOK AT THIS VIDEO, THE USERS ARE TALKING ABOUT THEIR EXPECTATIONS." Now I think we, as technologists, could work now HARD to fix social media / content moderation. Invent something new, post about it next week here on HN, and either you profit or the whole world will benefit .. your choice. That is the way. GLHF