Christ, nothing to see here. This is as exploitative as Mechanical Turk. Kids could pay Microsoft for the privilege of making Minecraft worlds for free. Or the

Christ, nothing to see here. This is as exploitative as Mechanical Turk. Kids could pay Microsoft for the privilege of making Minecraft worlds for free. Or they can make Roblox stuff and earn a few bucks. Sure, Roblox takes a hefty cut. This doesn't amount to child exploitation; they're not allowed to work in the first place and nobody is forcing them to do any of this. Roblox has a huge problem with predators grooming kids, but this "investigation" ignored that exploit completely. > That’s because there are more than 50 million games on Roblox, but the section where most users find a new game to play — the Discover section — only shows the couple hundred most popular games. To get your game to show up there you have to bid for advertising. To be clear, you’re bidding money just for the chance to get views…it’s essentially gambling for advertising. And if your gamble doesn’t pay off, your game won’t even show up in the Discover section. I walked in on my 9-year old bidding on ads for a level she made. I was impressed with her for having the business acumen to figure this out. She doubled down when I saw her teaching herself Blender so she could make hats. I don't work in 3D art and had no insight to provide, but was proud of her for taking the initiative. She's writing Lua scripts, learning how to monetize a product and doing 3D modelling-- skills with real-world applications and no vendor lock-in. And she's getting paid for it (pennies, but enough to let her buy silly hats). Not seeing the harm here. I came away from the article with a new respect for the platform.