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To say nothing of the Roblox situation, anyone else having a hard time reading this piece of "reporting"? It reads, to me, as so obviously slanted and opiniona
by noitpmeder 11mo ago
To say nothing of the Roblox situation, anyone else having a hard time reading this piece of "reporting"?
It reads, to me, as so obviously slanted and opinionated against Roblox from the outset. It's not trying to portray facts, it's clearly trying to make the reader interpret the situation in an anti-roblox light, instead of letting the reader arrive there on their own.
- crises-luff-6b 11mo ago[dead]
- vintagedave 11mo agoNot at all. It reads exactly the opposite: grounded concern, and then an absolute mess of an interview that provides solid reason to question their governance.
- actionfromafar 11mo agoIt must be tiring though to keep the "neutral" approach for every article. How many benefits of doubts is Roblox owed, really? Asking for a more neutral tone is almost akin to asking for Hunter S Thompson to rewrite "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" in a more neutral tone.
- noitpmeder 11mo agoLet the facts speak for themselves. I agree the interview sounds damning. However it reduces the quality of the article to introduce Roblox as a "pedophile hellscape" right off the bat, or tell me how it was so impressive how the interviewer "kept his cool" in response to the answers. It's honestly the same style of writing anytime Fox news reports on any democratic action, or vice versa for other rags. Except this has a nice dose of "think of the children" that further lets them pull on heartstrings. Again, fuck Roblox and their lack of an ability to improve on these issues, but this is just trash writing and editing.
- DonHopkins 11mo agoAre you suggesting they should have introduced it as a "pedophile paradise" right of the bat instead?
- noitpmeder 11mo agoYes 1000% I'm glad you correctly interpreted my actual intent here.
- dgrin91 11mo agoIf a journalist does not at least attempt to present their viewpoint as neutral I will immediate presume they have irrational bias and grow skeptical of what the journalist is telling me - no matter what side of the issue their bias is on. In other words, if you talk to me like a salesman I will presume you are trying to sell me and I wont want to buy. Talk to me like an adult. Tell me what happened. That doesn't mean sugarcoating it. When I read the quotes and combine that with my existing knowledge of Roblox I can come to my own conclusions just fine.
- mcphage 11mo ago> If a journalist does not at least attempt to present their viewpoint as neutral I will immediate presume they have irrational bias and grow skeptical of what the journalist is telling me So you’re saying you have an irrational bias against other people having opinions? Fascinating.
- jackling 11mo agoThat's not what he was saying. It's not a irrational bias he has. It's a rational response for a neutal thirdparty trying to understand what the issue is.
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- TitaRusell 11mo agoI understand the justified hysteria against pedophiles grooming kids. Although it is amusing coming from a country that is reeling from the Epstein affair. But this is not a Roblox problem it is an internet problem. And I do not know how to solve it except more censorship and control.
- actionfromafar 11mo agoThe solution has been throughout the ages, content moderation and community policing. The village used to be that. We were promised the Global Village, but got the Global Content Farms. If you can't run forums and chats because moderation is too expensive, then don't run 'em. Roblox is like the Pleasure Island in Pinocchio.
- azan_ 11mo agoWasn't pedophilia much more widespread throughout the ages than it is now? I think the real "solution" to the problem of child abuse back in time was not to view it as a problem at all!
- actionfromafar 11mo agoWhatever it was, it was highly context dependent and distributed thus more resilient to the whims of a single commercial entity. Roblox is like centralized daycare. If you are fine with that, sign your kids up.
- azan_ 11mo agoBut I didn't say anything about roblox, why do you think I'm fine with whatever they are doing? I just think you are wrong to think that anti-pedophilia guardrails thorough the ages were good and should be example for us. If you are fine with how things were done, sign your kids up for marriage and pregnancy at 13 years old.
- actionfromafar 11mo ago
- huevosabio 11mo agoYes, I closed it immidiately as it had the tone of a tabloid.
- azan_ 11mo agoAbsolutely. > Polymarket, a cryptoscam-based prediction market How is this "reporting" even real? Awful article. The interview was so bad that painting roblox in the bad light was the right and objective thing to do, yet they somehow managed to make it look biased.
- rubyfan 11mo agoI didn’t have a problem with it, given the headline I knew it was commentary on a shit show of an interview from someone who should be prepared to answer hard questions and represent a company position to the public. I’m not offended by the opinionated writing given the context.
- DonHopkins 11mo agoMaybe someone who's pro-pedophile like Donald Trump could perform a more "fair and balanced" interview.
- actionfromafar 11mo agoArticle flagged. :-D Is Roblox now as controversial as Epstein news? Don’t mind the (Republican of course) elephant in the room. Vote for Trump. He’s our only hope. He can protect Roblox from the law.
- viraptor 11mo agoReports like that don't need to be completely dispassionate. If you want that, there are other sources to read. But people have opinions.
- mold_aid 11mo agoNo seemed pretty easy to read to me. >It's not trying to portray facts So what? It's a story about an interview. The story quotes directly from the interview. I watched the interview, and the characterization is accurate. Here's a passage: Newton: (interjecting) You don’t think you have a problem with predators on the platform. Baszucki: I think we’re doing an incredible job at innovating relative to the number of people on our platform and the hours, in really leaning into the future of how this is going to work. >it's clearly trying to make the reader interpret the situation in an anti-roblox light Yes, I would imagine the thing described as a "pedophile hellscape" should look pretty bad to the average reader. But just so I'm getting this right: the thing you're maddest about is the bad PR for Roblox?
- armchairhacker 11mo agoI think this interview doesn’t require much analysis. The CEO’s own words make him look bad. Or if you want the tl;dr, ask an LLM. I think the general sentiment is overt and simple enough that the LLM wouldn’t omit or misrepresent anything important.
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- mcphage 11mo ago> It reads, to me, as so obviously slanted and opinionated against Roblox from the outset. When you’re writing about a bad thing, you don’t have to pretend it’s good. Or even neutral. It’s okay to write so that it’s clear that it’s bad.
- rsynnott 11mo ago> When asked about the “scope of the problem” of predators in the application, Baszucki came in shoulders first saying, “We think of it not necessarily just as a problem, but an opportunity as well.” I mean… how much benefit of the doubt is one expected to give someone who runs a game for kids who sees paedophiles as an ‘opportunity’? Like, this isn’t a criminal trial, it’s a news article. There is no presumption on innocence, and the company’s past is relevant.
- itsdrewmiller 11mo ago“Roblox CEO sees pedophiles as ‘opportunity’” would be a less biased headline that reports the actual interesting facts of the interview and would be more damaging to them in practice.
- cocainemonster 11mo agokotaku or any "gaming journalism" articles are like that in general