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Roblox CEO Makes a Fool of Himself in Car-Crash Interview

https://kotaku.com/roblox-new-york-times-interview-baszucki-2000646174
28•tobr•1h ago

Comments

jackvalentine•19m ago
> The CEO seems to believe that the scale of Roblox is somehow an excuse to justify its problems

The entire tech industry in a nutshell.

mattlondon•5m ago
I suspect what the CEO was trying to convey was that this was a "small problem" given the number of users etc, "no need to worry share holders and investors! Not a big deal!"...

But I don't think that argument really works for paedophilia. Society does not want to allow it at any scale (rightly so), so even if it is a "small" proportion of the entire platform, it's still bad.

ares623•15m ago
That part about adding a prediction market into Roblox to let kids start betting is something out of a comedy skit. Unbelievable. I hope that gets used as court evidence at some point.
noitpmeder•12m 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.

vintagedave•8m ago
Not 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.
dijksterhuis•11m ago
[delayed]
vintagedave•9m ago
I don't have children, but friends and family do, and I had always heard Roblox presented as kid-friendly and kid-safe. This meant I heard about someone's child playing Roblox and, thinking it was kindof an electronic construction set, ie a great learning and play tool,[0] I felt no concerns at all.

To describe this interview as a 'car crash' is almost underselling it. I feel terrified.

Most of all, what are my friends' and relatives' kids getting access to that they don't know about?

[0] Wikipedia says, 'allows users to program and play games created by themselves or other users.' That was the extent of my knowledge. It sounds great: very happy for kids to learn how to build things! Sure, I'd prefer they used Lego, but if they have to use mobiles then something where things are built and created is about as healthy as using mobile apps at a young age can be, right?

actionfromafar•8m ago
Most of them don't build, but consume "content" from other people.
tobr•8m ago
The interview in question https://youtu.be/XpIXRgMlPo4

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