Imagine having a game that is fairly known for its problem with predators lurking for kids and then having the brilliant idea of making a dating app for that community.
absolutely horrid behavior, how has the world evolved to such a position where this is being thought of. it makes me feel pure sadness that our population is doomed
As a 27yr old who regularly plays roblox with my late-20s friends, there’s already so much creepiness on roblox. I’ve seen so many roblox-couples. I’ve heard a grown man and literal child talking (in voice chat, which requires ID but plenty of 8yr olds have) and saying they were best friends until I was like “oh are you her dad?” And he muted himself. I’ve seen people asking for Snapchat info from people who I’m guessing are children based on how they talk. Adding a dating functionality to roblox just sounds like a breeding ground for people who “just want cupcakes”
Bro my 14 yo sister managed to get voice chat, bc apparently there was a time when there wasn't even an ID requirement. Edit: apparently now it might be 13+ again?? with a verifiable email or phone number, which really, any kid can do.
That’s what I’m saying, I’m currently 21 to much creepy stuff going on I tend to distance my self away from players and play solo or play with my age group
Its not a children's game bruh, guess what age the games are made by, 16+ commonly, guess what audience the games with blood and guns target?, 16+, If there were no other ages other than 11 year olds there would be no good games, only roblox made ones, same for the UTC products and other user made stuff, and roblox would recieve very little money since its games and items are terrible and its decisions even stupider, the games that make the most money like adopt me, were made by no other than teens with the idea to profit off kids, it having had income of over 50,000 dollars worth a month of robux, which they converted back, becomming some sort of actual company, not to forget they only get 70%, roblox gets the most of it from robux sells to buy gamepasses in the first place, and then even 30% from every gamepass. And how would you explain the voicechat, and videochat, not only that, but when i needed to verify for 17+, it required a ID and then a selfie, How will you get your dad or mom to make a selfie bruh if they knew its to get past age restrictions, which is written all over the camera "make selfie to verify!"
The fact that Roblox is literally doing anything but protecting the main audience that plays their game is actually horrifying because once kids figure out how to bypass the security in place children on roblox will get groomed way more often
Ugh bro if only children came out the womb in a suit, tie, and monocle like me 😓it’s hard being this smart 😪😪😪 (this is a joke I’m not defending roblox’s Creepy ass actions)
@@salima-w3690 hold on that doesnt happen? my mother lied to me for 5 years because she thought that the idea of being born naked was too innapropriate
its been happening for long time and that there fault... if the kids know how to bypass secruity to get into 17+ places then they know that only for 17+ and not them and want to go and that there charlie said and true kids do it and will bypass it but if they do that there partents fault for not keeping an eye on them and its also there fault even trying bypass security to get into it kids are not stupid if they smart enough to bypass security and let be honest that is true.. even tho because its 17+ rather dating or games. and want see it or play it or whatever then that there fault also.. not roblox.. its there fault for bypassing and trying get 17+ places which stated to be 17+ and kids know its 17+ but want be included or see it or whjatever and that there fault.. there reason there securirty for it... while roblox should not do it at all. blames alot of goes on kids and parents for not watching them and kids for knowing its 17+ place and try to bypass it to get to it..
Roblox's goal is to probably have the whole human life cycle on the platform, so kids start playing on roblox then once they're 17 they get relationships with other roblox users and end up married and they have kids then their kids play roblox. It's the master plan.
if i'm being extremely generous, perhaps the reason roblox went through with this dating idea is so they could catch the predators red-handed... But it's more than likely that it isn't the case.
Making it 17+ instead of 18+ makes it way easier for Roblox to deal with the law. Instead of it being strictly an adult space which have legal precedents it is just a space tailored to older teens. Roblox now will not be held at the standard of exposing children to adult content and having the authorities involved. Instead they now can just say that "there are just some creepy people in the space and we are doing our best to get rid of them." Very sinister for them to do this.
@@temra7063Only religious schools ban dating, are you going to advocate shutting down schools now? Protecting kids doesn't mean keeping minors inside a bubble
@@HercadosPyea but they need to get out and experience the real world instead of isolated behind a computer screen. if you put a kid behind a screen for his entire life he’s gonna turn out weird as hell
@@rhuajjuu7726 Well there's this sort of axiom I know: if you can't figure out someone's intentions, maybe the effect was the desired effect. You know...
@@TopazToken youtube needs to add a list of keywords that if included in your reply will automatically delete it if it is sent in the first 15 - 30 minutes or so
I cant stress this enough but the pedo problem is so much worse than anyone outside the roblox community could ever realise, like as somebody active in the community its literally just the norm to hear about somebody in any roblox community being exposed as a pedo, doing this is a huge dangerous mistake and I dont know what the hell they are thinking
As an adult playing Roblox, and knowing some other adults who play as well, I can confidently say that NONE of us asked for this. NONE of us want this. The only adults who would want something like this are degenerate predators so they don't have to work as hard to get their prey. This is probably the single worst decision this company has made in its entire history. Truly shameful and disgusting.
@@Skaevslegit saw you on another comment defending this.... they legit made it for 17+ NOT EVEN 18 THERE ARE LITERALLY CREEPY PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOVE THIS and honestly... you might be one of em if u keep defending this.
Ever since Roblox banned ruben sim for outing predators, I had suspicion the higher-ups are probably predators too. This just confirms it Edit: this entire comment thread is just: "That's a nice argument senator, why don't you back it up with a source?" "My source is that I made it the fuсk up"
You just don't understand! Ruben sim is a cyber terrorist! Remember when he outed that pedophile! Or dedicated a 15min video with extensive journalism to that alleged pedophile! Or sent a community post recommending that people play the alternative to the game he last featured because that version was made without the consent of the original author AND developed by a pedophile? Hey guys. Guys. Hey guys. Guys. Guys-
its been a huge problem with roblox over the past almost 10 years id say, developers of games and members of robloxs team have been noted to be predators
what, no - no it doesn't. don't conflate 2 totally separate things. This only confirms that the higher-ups are fucking stupid, or just trying to attract predators to their game for money. That doesn't make them predators - just makes them evil.
The amount of alarm bells going off in my head is crazy. This is a horrific move for a platform that is pretty well-known to protect predators despite pretty damning evidence, and I'm actually really worried about this making the issue of grooming nearly unmanageable. While I hope they reverse course, part of me knows they won't, and that scares me a lot.
I just realized that Roblox’s main excuse to avoid legal action against them for not doing anything about predators is just ‘the conversation didn’t happen here’;but now they are giving predators a space to have said conversation, putting them in the crosshairs for said legal action
Except Roblox isn't going to put any effort into legal action on their predators LOL. You can have thousands of people call you out for grooming and still make money off the website because Roblox does not care. (like UGC pedo WhoToTrus still making thousands selling furry garbage)
Well, they might say something like "well they shouldn't have been there in the first place because they're under 17 so we cant be held responsible if they break our system"
I appreciate Charlie immediately talking about how relationships sprouting from gaming is not a bad thing and shouldn't be considered weird. I had a teacher who met her husband through playing WoW together and they were such a cute couple. It's unfortunate that the idea of meeting someone in a game and later forming a relationship is considered weird. They are literally playing the same game as you so right off the bat you have something in common. It's always romantic relationships that are the ones considered weird as well. I met one of my best friends through GTA V and I ended up going to his wedding as one of his groomsman years later and no one questioned it. His whole family was so excited to finally meet me, I was known as the "guy from the game" and they all treated me as family. 😂
yeah, i met my best friend through roblox five years ago. but i think that integrating it on a platform where predators are already a problem is not a good idea. especially since a good portion of roblox players are kids
Bro use your common sense. Would you be okay if your daughter is talking to some gamer online and saying “he is the one, I want to date and meet him?” Or would your spider sense be tingling? Why are you acting like some dumbass with no clue of the real world?
Roblox tried to appeal to older audiences with more mature games (more intense gore, 17+ social hangouts and bar games for whatever reason), but they went too far too fast. Even if they wanted to appeal to adults, dating is a horrible way to start on a platform with the majority of players being kids. Edit: Just kinda wanted to add on to what I said earlier. Adding dating is the probably the worst decision Roblox has ever made, especially since Roblox is pretty well known for having a ton of predators on the site. It shouldn't even have been thought of, nor should it be added.
the first thing they should work on is understanding that the older audience curses a lot!! (ive gotten warnings for it through vc like?? im literally an adult too 😭)
Lol, first they sue a roblox youtuber because he calls out the blatant predatory behavior of their higher ups, now theyre allowing dating? Its clear what Roblox’s motivations are.
@Forthakine ruben isn't as innocent as he seems, one good deed from a hypocrite doesn't cover up malicious intent, most of us older fans watched his mental downfall post lawsuit both ROBLOX and ruben are bad, two different flavors of malicious, weird intent
It’s so sad the extent companies are willing to go. So many kids have been groomed online, and the fact it’s super easy to lie about your age too, risky and dangerous territory to be treading. It’s beyond frustrating that we’ve reached a point where children are no longer considered in the wellbeing of our futures
To be fair you have to use an ID to confirm your age so people at least did try, but obviously kids can just use their parents/siblings IDs. Also its so weird its 17+ and not 18+
That's why they're doing it, alot of people 'with power' are openly outing themselves. That was the real reason for this me too bullshit, to normalize it
I mean in a world where it's constantly said there is no future, there's no wonder people stopped caring about children as much. In fact a lot of companies like to make you think that there's no future so that they can continue getting away with illegal shit
Roblox developers have been asking to be allowed to develop more mature content for several years now. Mostly due to the grey areas in the roblox ToS that prevents you from developing certain games. As for this whole dating thing, I have no clue. By what they said "form real life relationships" I had hoped they mean friendships For this entire dating side of things, it's disgusting.
Roblox devs are already known as super shady, from crypto to doing nothing to stop predators from grooming kids on their platform. Couldn't imagine how bad the actual things they try to keep hidden are, probably have children in their basement who couldn't afford the Robux to go home.
The higher ups at Roblox saw the abuse that was taking place on discord and said “this is bad because it isn’t happening on OUR platform, we need to rectify this immediately.” Also, it’s really gross that the minimum age is 17, when literally ever other dating service in existence requires you to be 18. This is disgusting. UPDATE: This is the worst replies section I have seen. Full stop. Some of you need to look in the mirror and think about what you put out there. Others need to take a bath with a toaster. The fuck is wrong with y’all. That’s not a question. Don’t answer.
@@tobbcittobbcit8899 very dumb take, theres some fire games on roblox, its not JUST for kids, most of it is of course, but there's genuine game makers who make better shit than big devs
As an actual grooming victim, this genuinely makes me feel sick to see that even more children will fall victim to this sort of stuff, and I guarantee you almost NOTHING will be done to protect children in any way from this. All it takes is for the kid to get ahold of an ID that doesn't even need to be their own and then the only possible security measure is compromised and the kid can now be exposed to online predators.
I am very concerned about who is in charge of Roblox, they are not only actively protecting predators but now are making a space for them. And the sliminess of the legality loopholes they are placing so they don't get sued is just evil.
I remember playing ROBLOX over a decade ago, and one of their strictest rules was no online dating. Sad to see they're so money hungry that they'll make it a feature.
I am 30 years old and I play Roblox, while I've met a few adults there (one being one of my best friends to this day), I can confirm that 90% of the player base are kids. And I agree with you, acting sexual on any game should be frowned upon, take it to a private discord conversation. I feel like they're desperately trying to appeal to an adult audience because Roblox games are very predatory, they constantly shove on your face that you need to spend money to get this cool advantage so you can level up more quickly, also a lot of gachas too. So I think they're trying to move away from being a children's game so they can get more adults willing to spend money on their game.
We always see companies make bad decisions like Twitch, Blizzard, EA, PayPal, etc. But this, this is absolutely atrocious. It sounds like a satire bit. Absolutely disgusting. Whoever came up with this idea should be held accountable legally.
@@LemoneVR PayPal just kinda popped into my head lmao. They basically created a rule that they would keep your funds if you violated TOS. So, if you break PayPal rules, you don’t get your money back.
Remember that Roblox is popular worldwide. While in America, having sexual intercourse with a person who is 17 years old is considered pedophilia, in Poland, it is legal to engage in sexual intercourse with a person who is 15 years old or older. America is not the entire world.
This must be making EDP very happy at a time when he got caught again. It combines a kids app and dating, and no matter how much Roblox says "kids will not be able to get on the 17+ category, they definitely will be able to
As someone who has played Roblox for more then a decade, I was cool with 17+ games. This could allow for more horror games to be made for example. But online dating something that Roblox has had a problem with for a long time coming in a way that kids can easily get their hands on is really bad. Like tons of kids play games like Mortal Kombat or Dead Space and even if they probably shouldn't it's better then being able to go on a dating app.
Yea, the online dating shit is a fight they've lost long ago. 17+ games sound cool, but I don't trust ROBLOX's security with highly private information such as my Driver's Liscense. They've had breach after breach of RDC info, and there's no way in hell I'm giving them my ID just to play 1 or 2 games that are 17+
@@Kino-K Yeah I agree with that they need to improve their security. Also right now the 17+ games are trash which is unfortunate as Roblox has potential to make M rated multiplayer games that would not be made by big companies or if they were done , it would be done poorly (*ahem Aliens: Fireteam Elite ahem*).
@@ShadowHost99 This. That's what Roblox could've cultivated if they were more careful with this whole rollout for a more mature audience. But no, that had to take the creepy virtual reality finding love route. I'm sure that won't get abused!
The worst part is as someone who’s been playing roblox since they were about 11 or 12 (I’m 19 now.) me and others in the roblox community have voiced our opinions of wanting a 18+ section for games instead of just outright punishing games that have more gore-based elements (like a sword fighting game with limb dismemberment) but they wouldn’t listen to us on that. Now out of nowhere we have 17+ marriages that NO ONE asked for ? Wtf ?
@@Hauntaku im sure that plenty of players have asked for more realistic games, roblox is a sandbox to make other games from. some can be silly and wacky while others don’t have to be. minecraft is also a game “for kids” but its really just a sandbox for creativity
I could care less for the game, but if they have protections in place, like having to verify your age, how is grooming going to happen? You guys are making it seem like literal babies are gonna be on this dating app when it isn't, and the 17 also isn't illegal anyways. 16 is the age of consent in a lot of states in the US and other countries.
@@dzjayywhy are you ready to die on the hill that the majority of the community are older. even if there's a lot of older players, it's still a kid's game at heart. i'm 19 and i play it as a way to self-soothe because of my autism, and i have been doing this for over a decade. it's very, VERY clearly a game made for children. acting like it's anything more is fucked and you trying to defend this makes me think you're either under 18 or should not be near the platform at all.
Thank god i watched this..my friends and i were just talking about this yesterday, and my friends made the excuse of "oh well 17 is legal in some places" or "well all games have dating in them". I thought i was going crazy. They were so incredibly dense about the situation...as Charlie said, dating happens online all the time, and that's fine. But when it comes to a children's-based game like ROBLOX, that shits just weird... especially with all the predatorial behavior on that game. Im glad i finally came around to watching this video, and im glad that im not the only one who thinks this shit is absolutely fucking weird.
i remember i got banned from roblox for saying my irl best friend's name and roblox thought it was a slur (his name is Cruz btw). but the fact you can get banned for that and now theyre letting this game have genuine dating services is disgusting by itself
Dating mixed with a CHILDRENS PLATFORM sounds like a terrible idea. I played Roblox and I remember writing to them my concerns the amount of gambling games on a kids app/platform which fell on deaf ears. Now I have even more concerns of this apparent encouragement of dating with minors. This is horrifying.
@@1845netin all fairness the 17+ games do require a government issued id card to prove your age, so unless you can afford a professionally forged id, you cant fake your way in. Still scummy tho.
its completely intentional, look at Ruben Sim lol. They banned him for "harassment" and a "cyber mob" when in reality he was exposing Roblox staff that post pictures of themselves naked, and follow furry porn publically 😬 Definitely not the kind of professional staff you would want making money off the game your kid plays
i specifically remember years ago when it was still incredibly innocent, there were already rumors of grooming and very scary people lurking on roblox, and this is literally just making it so much easier why would you give little kids access to a DATING app
Grooming is all over roblox, as someone who has played since 2010, i've seen it all. With the introduction of voice chat, it got worse. You can go into any voice-enabled game, primarily the ones focused on socializing with eachother and find a groomer--- or someone using racial slurs/berating a young child/teen in minutes because it's "funny".
@@augurypleasant4506 Not all games support it and you need to send Roblox your ID to get access to it. People who have not sent Roblox their ID to verify their age aren't able to hear anyone using voice chat. This might be why you haven't realized that they have voice chat.
To add to the thing about kids finding ways around it, it’s a lot easier than you think. The voice chat feature is supposed to be for people 13 and up. I talked to an actual 8 year old once because he stole his grandmas passport and used that for his ID to get around the verification. This is such a bad idea how did they approve this?
My little sister (preteen) is constantly pursued by creepy men on Roblox. Adding an overt sexual component to a game rife with pedos just seems like a really, really stupid idea.
"Pursued by creepy men" lol dude really good try at lying, roblox is relatively safe, unless she is putting herself risk of being groomed intentionally, your story is fake as fuck
As somebody who is not over 17 I can confirm it is genuinely easy to get verified for 17+ and most of the time you do encounter people who aren't over 17+. So basically predators are going to have a field day.
As I was swiping on Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, Grinder, Eharmony, etc. I couldn’t help but think I need another dating app hosted by a children’s game company that plans to allow 17 year old minors to use the dating service.
the amount of grooming that already happened on roblox before this dating app thing alone is insane and roblox is literally contributing to that by adding this😭😭😭 the majority of users are teens now as they grow up WITH roblox but there are still kids younger than 8 that plays roblox and have access to voice chat while there's so many boys harassing players. the app has just gotten worse community wise too
8:00 I cannot stress enough how detrimental that sounds for any student with ADHD. The whole “teach through something entertaining to keep student’s attention and make them enjoy learning” sounds like a good idea in theory, but the number of available distractions that would create is insane. 3rd grade me would *never* be able to focus in that class.
Autistic little me wouldn’t have done too well either. I got distracted enough as it was. I also really needed to be forced into social interaction like I was and I feel like this would’ve totally ruined that for me and I probably wouldn’t have started talking until much later.
As someone who also has adhd, i think teaching through entertainment can absolutely work! But uh, this isn't how you do that... i've learned a lot of interesting things from the media i consume that i wouldn't have otherwise thought to look into, and edutainment games are great as a supplementary tool! Neither of those things should be seen as a replacement for standard curriculums, however, and i'd be hard-pressed to come up with a worse company to put in charge of childrens' futures than roblox. If i had been sent to a roblox or metaverse high school i would've 100% flunked out also imagine having to tell people that you graduated from roblox high lmaoo
I mean. I think if they were clicking something in your face like a dog it’s not a good idea but changing the lesson plan so information boring to children,on the spectrums or not is good. Like those rap videos about math and English were catchy and helped me remember things easier. It shouldn’t be put on a movie while I talk so you aren’t bored. Getting down on a child’s level and acknowledging their feelings and making learning entertaining is something schools don’t allow without a medical note or good staff.
@@madpie5147 Exactly. Playing typing games in the computer classroom to learn how to type is one thing. But expecting a student with ADHD, or really MOST students, to attend a class over roblox and NOT have Doors open in another window? no way. I have trouble staying focused during online classes NOW. 3rd grade me would have never stood a chance.
@@OddDuck64 Roblox doesn't allow you to open two games unless you use custom hack clients which kids don't have or know how to use (they're very hard to find)
Thank you for covering this Charlie, and helping this reach a broader audience, hopefully we can make our voices heard and roblox backtracks on this awful decision. I don't know why we haven't investigated David or the higher-ups at Roblox yet when it's clear they're just as weird as some of the people on their platform.
Asking for your government ID is just another layer of creepy for me with this. It's only a matter of time before it gets hacked and leaked or something.
@@theheresiarch3740and the fact that a long document (I think 40 pages+) was made on a mod. The document exposed his predatory behavior. Roblox banned and fired him but then when the heat fully died down they unbanned him.
this LITERALLY HAS to be against some COPPA law or something, allowing underage dating, let alone on a platform that tries to target itself to YOUNG CHILDREN has so many layers of danger that I genuinely think they CANNOT come out of saying this unscathed roblox's ability to always choose the worst option is downright impressive 😭
@@krampuspudding "Crushing's too good for him. First he'll spend a year in the incinerator. Year two: Cryogenic refrigeration wing. Then TEN years in the chamber I built where all the robots scream at you. THEN I'll kill him." - GladOs what a great game portal 2 is
Weird, because it was also famous for erping and child sex and child dating, but that's only if you actually looked and didn't pay attention to the random articles and kowtow devs under the payroll saying "No it's clean here."
I remember when the rules explicitly said "No Online Dating", lovely to see these wretched worms do a full 180. I started playing in 2013, and the passion was there. The website/game was amazing, it took 90% of my game time as a kid. Then the sponsorships became more frequent, and the passion started to dwindle, and it's been on a steep downward incline ever since. I will never not look back fondly on the great game it *WAS*, but I will always despise the filth it has become. I'll occasionally log on to see what's popular and what new stupid "features" they've added, such as even more ugly avatars to further stray away from the classic blocky look the game was popularized for. The passion is gone, nobody there cares about the game anymore. It doesn't matter as long as the cash flows, right? I hate roblox. Wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Started 2011, it's crazy how the OGs are literally the only people who know how disgusting roblox is. Everything they do makes their platform worse. I could write paragraphs, but we probably agree on everything anyway. The blocky look is what made roblox a good game. Pretty sure you can't use R6 anymore
Roblox should think twice about this update. Even though 17+ plus game have ID verifiction. Kids can steal the ID and use it to play 17+ games. Kids are smarter than Roblox thinks.
no, roblox KNOWS kids are smart. they WANT kids to steal IDs so they can infiltrate the adult side of things and be preyed on. they're doing this intentionally
@@alexvargas7527 imo after they removed tixs and forums roblox was still Roblox since they still communicated with the players and made stuff that we would actually enjoy like events and such. Now roblox wants a community run platform and that’s why they introduced ugc limited, but we all know it wouldn’t work since the community fucking sucks lmao
as someone who’s been playing Roblox for a long time, I cannot express how absolutely infuriating this whole situation is. I genuinely wish I could just talk some sense into whoever’s making these decisions at roblox HQ
This decision is not going to end well. Mark my words that soon as this is fully implemented, there will be a slow 2-6 weeks, and then shit will hit the fan harder than EDP's reputation in bakeries.
I think the weirder implication is the corporate side of this whole thing; they want a dating platform because they want young couples to associate their (assumedly) happy relationships back to the corporate identity of Roblox. They want to worm the idea of Roblox so deep into people’s heads that they’re hoping entire relationships can be founded on it. That’s fucked up, before any of the shit where children are inevitably going to be preyed upon.
Employee: "Boss, I have a fantastic idea!" Boss: "What's your idea, son?" Employee: "we should promote dating on a game primarily targeted towards children!" Boss: "you're a fucking genius, now it'd be fine for me to be dating that 8 year old!!" This is the type of conversation I imagine happens in their meetings I swear..
The CEO is the slimiest guy ever, like he's been in the news multiple times for being creepy and I would not be surprised if this guy has hidden files of cp somewhere
Part of me understands the want for an adult section in a game so popular it obviously isn’t only played by children, but it is so strange to make it specifically for dating. It’s not like setting up serious relationships is something video games are known for, especially something like Roblox. Literally the only reason I can think of to do this is to have plausible deniability in allowing children to be in the “romance room” under the guise of “oh well they must have snuck in, no children are SUPPOSED to be here!” It boggles the mind.
Remember when online dating was a bannable offense? Been playing the game from 2011-2020. It used to be my escape from the hardships at the time. I quit because I thought all they've been updating the game for was specifically to erase tradition, and it seems they're really going in this direction. But the amount of times I've seen ENTIRE PLATFORMS disagree with their decisions in UNISON(good fck, it's probably nearing the triple digits by now), so much so that even critikal hops on the train, drives me to believing that they're SPECIFICALLY doing this to spit in the faces of their older playerbase since they'll just keep raking in oblivious players because of the dopamine farm that they and many greedy creators, have made their game to be. I hope that the day they make another decision worse than this (which we all know is inevitable, because they've somehow been making worse and worse decisions since 2014), they face legal repercussions and finally make their game into something worth appreciation.
I get you, the site has probably gone too far from it's shape from older days. Since 2019 they've been pushing the idea of being the new vr chat, instead of actually taking care of the site. It's gotten worse with the user catalog and the new updates the devs are pushing. It feels like it's all just a meme, the site has gotten too weird imo. Not even talking about the community, it went from kids and stuff just playing and having their community memes to just pushing the worst avatar you could imagine and some weird teens using the mic thingy, which critkal said I don't know why it's +17 when they could've made it to +18.
Like many have said before, why not create a +18 section? Roblox is strange. The fact that this used to be a KIDS game and they started to implement these weird policies is the strangest thing the higher ups could do.
I’ve played this game for over a decade and to see all of these changes and features that have made a negative stigma for people that play the game (that are older) And now making it easy for predators to groom is yet another heartbreaking thing to see. I hope somehow they are convinced to throw this out.
This is so creepy because if you think about it, if Roblox truly wants to add a dating add component, they would need peoples location to match them with others in their area. Predators will have a feast with all the gullible kids who may want to try this new “feature”
I quit ROBLOX when I was 13 because at that point they were hardcore catering to small children and the appeal for me as a teenager dwindled. I remember at the time feeling really annoyed with the new censorship feature. It made communicating on a baseline level very difficult, especially in murder mystery and zombie games. But the censorship isn't really a horrible thing in retrospect, considering back in 2007 I was watching a lot of sexual talk and grooming happen in the chat. I was too young to notice it until one time where somebody tried to force erotic role play onto me in a town simulator. I was a literal child and made friends with guys easily because I invested a lot of time into my character's appearance, who was female. At the time, there was a free currency you would get upon logging in, and a lot of people made and sold custom clothing pieces on the store for that free currency, so I bought a lot of cool stuff. But I was too young to realize why people were actually talking to me, calling me cute/"hot," etc. The original playerbase and those who log on for nostalgia are all adults now, sure, but the website still primarily attracts and caters to children more than anything else. The site is far from what it used to be, but I don't think it was ever good or safe for kids in the first place
Yeah I was just thinking the same thing, I didn't realize how much of this shit was happening when I was a kid, though I stayed out of RP games for the most part as they bored me. I used to play tycoons, obeys, pvp, pve games. Im pretty sure it was less common in those areas but I'm sure it still happened. Though it does scare me that they are using 17+ for things when it could easily be 18 and be "safer" not that it would do much to stop these things, but it would certainly look better for them. But this is such a gross idea and whoever came up with it should be investigated
@@Jkb2002 they did this for money. most people who are above 17 are adults (im so smarttttt) and what do adults have that most children dont have? basically roblox wants money anddo not care about their audience
@@darknxalso because the same predators who play Roblox also grow up to be Roblox employees, since they want to make their life revolving around the website and community. Ruben sim has shown the corruption Roblox staff has and seemingly coincidentally, most of the corrupt staff are people who played Roblox since a young age. They’re all man-childs that refuse to grow up
If they wanted to know people's response to it, they could simply walk outside, and scream at the top of their lungs "I met my girlfriend on Roblox", and then wait to watch what happens. Also, when you were talking about Roblox offering dating, my Alexa turned it's volume down, which was creepy. Honestly, Roblox offering a dating service is extremely effed up. Although Chris Hansen will have an easy job now since all he has to do, is to be a mediator for Roblox dating, and scoop them up with nets.
I'm a developer on this platform, I have been since I was 9 (about 10 years ago) and when I say I'm tempted to just ditch it any day now, I don't say it lightly. From what I heard from the developer conference a relatively well known developer turned up supposedly uninvited with a gun and armor piercing rounds. The bomb threats made to RDC previously already had me set on never attending unless I had a death wish but I can think of better and more enjoyable ways out. I deal with online predators in my game communities on Roblox all the time. The problem is really bad, even I was preyed upon by multiple relatively known people (or friends of relatively known people) in the space when I was younger. There is no way to report this behaviour to Roblox so Roblox never do anything. We've had to resort to permanently banning people that mention dating from our games to do what we can to protect our younger players but unfortunately this can only extend so far. Roblox know the problem of predators on their platform is bad and has only been getting worse, it's about every other day that a so called "condo game" (roblox sex game ran by actual pedophiles where adults knowingly groom children) pops up or gets manually banned by Roblox moderators and these condo communities have easily hundreds if not thousands of people. There are free models for any kid to see on their toolbox where pedophiles use large bricks to disguise blatant graphic sexual content and scenes and again any kid can see these or insert them into their game. Roblox adding the whole 17+ stuff is purely them trying to age up with their original older players so Roblox is still appealing to them, but in typical Roblox fashion did an absolutely awful job of it and somehow nobody that works at Roblox has the brain or the balls to say what an awful idea all of this is. The only thing this platform has going for it nowadays is their dev relations team that occasionally listen to developer feedback. If it wasn't for the staff on the devforums, or the staff that work to release new engine features for developers, this platform would have died already. Even with these god awful and out of touch changes, Roblox listening to their developers is 50/50 nowadays. It takes severe backlash from the media en masse for Roblox to recognize there's something wrong and to consider ditching their awful ideas. Watch in this case for example, even though I've seen literally no developer or player on their platform support this dating idea, if there isn't big media backlash, Roblox will go forward with it anyway. If there is widespread media backlash, Roblox will immediately ditch the idea and act like they never sat there and even lightly considered it to begin with. This platform only cares about public image now.
It's already clear what their motives are after sueing a RUclipsr that called them out for predatory behavior. More people should speak out against them.
This is so baffling. Like you said, people meeting in online games have resulted in some of the most enduring and successful marriages I've known over decades. But ... why does a children's game need an official dating mechanic component? None of those games even *had* dating components, and for good reason, and they weren't meant for kids..
I said the same thing. The 17+ part is the weirdest thing, because that means Roblox acknowledges that there are minors, but usually that sort of stuff says 18+ because that’s the highest age of consent. It’s basically implying that people who are still underaged will be able to access full-grown adults because the game won’t be “too innappropiate,” yet dared to introduce underaged drinking. Wtf else do they think is going to happen after banning dating for years. When it popped up on my game feed I was like wtf
But the age of consent in the majority of states is 16+ except California that's why it's very odd to have dating in a Roblox game because people edate already...
@@deality I said 18+ is the highest. And there are states other than California with 18 as the age of consent, despite 16 being the majority. Though you usually see 18+ on sex stuff, Roblox knows a lot of kids are on their site. That’s why I said you can tell they acknowledged that. Roblox has discouraged e-dating up until this point. There have been several bans with those specific terms mentioned. The term itself has even been a ‘Report’ option. People already e-dating is not why it’s odd, that makes no sense. It is odd because Roblox is further endorsing it after being actively against it. Except now it’s with the possible introduction of predators and reckless adults, to not only 17 year olds, but kids who might bypass the system by using other’s accounts or id
@@dealitythats not true Misconception on how legal age works when your 18+ you can smash any other 18+(this is a federal law) In missouri and 14-18 can smash and 14-18 (In some states that first number can change )
@@deality I Dont play Roblox but as far as i was aware, "dating" is a pretty open term, and with age of consent varying i don't think legality is a huge deal here. If you just hang out and chat and develop a relationship without sex pretty sure that's legal. Also worth pointing out that i don't think roblox is only for the U.S. and many countries have very different restrictions regarding age in relationships. I want to specify i dont think its a good idea, mostly because of predators and serial killers getting too much information on potential victims. The bigger problem is how unaware parents are of what their kids are playing.
@@nyancatnyangirl he referenced RuneScape so it's relevant to point out the similarities. It's dating in a video game where many adults+kids can interact. Roblox must have a big enough adult population if they're locking it behind 17+ anyway.
Imagine having a game that is fairly known for its problem with predators lurking for kids and then having the brilliant idea of making a dating app for that community.
Imagine they know when to use "a" and "an" also..
absolutely horrid behavior, how has the world evolved to such a position where this is being thought of. it makes me feel pure sadness that our population is doomed
and then having the absolute GENIUS idea to let 17-year-olds join
Imagine criticizing somebody on RUclips for that, @@RAAZR-
Imagine laughing about someone making a random comment, about imagining proper use of grammar.
Saw this on Twitter earlier, for once everyone seemed to be in agreement that this is a really bad idea
The bots are after you
Damn almost 5 bots already but yeah everyone’s losing their ever living minds
@CrewmateComplexClansentient bots
@CrewmateComplexClan(insert masked dedede's revenge here)
You know you done fucked up when even TWITTER is against your idea...
Edit: Also my God, the bots goin' ham as always... 💀
As a 27yr old who regularly plays roblox with my late-20s friends, there’s already so much creepiness on roblox. I’ve seen so many roblox-couples. I’ve heard a grown man and literal child talking (in voice chat, which requires ID but plenty of 8yr olds have) and saying they were best friends until I was like “oh are you her dad?” And he muted himself. I’ve seen people asking for Snapchat info from people who I’m guessing are children based on how they talk.
Adding a dating functionality to roblox just sounds like a breeding ground for people who “just want cupcakes”
That poor child, jesus christ.
Yeah, things have only gotten worse. Roblox needs to stop making stupid decisions.
Bro my 14 yo sister managed to get voice chat, bc apparently there was a time when there wasn't even an ID requirement.
Edit: apparently now it might be 13+ again?? with a verifiable email or phone number, which really, any kid can do.
That’s what I’m saying, I’m currently 21 to much creepy stuff going on I tend to distance my self away from players and play solo or play with my age group
why are you a 27 year old man playing roblox
Imagine being brought into existence because your parents met on Roblox dating
😂😂
LMAOOOOO
Imagine being reproduced in your fathers balls because your parents met on platform game
And one of your parents was underage at the time
@@Aegis4521 nice bait
Adding a dating site to a game with an audience being primarily children is a disaster waiting to happen
Its not a children's game bruh, guess what age the games are made by, 16+ commonly, guess what audience the games with blood and guns target?, 16+,
If there were no other ages other than 11 year olds there would be no good games, only roblox made ones, same for the UTC products and other user made stuff, and roblox would recieve very little money since its games and items are terrible and its decisions even stupider, the games that make the most money like adopt me, were made by no other than teens with the idea to profit off kids, it having had income of over 50,000 dollars worth a month of robux, which they converted back, becomming some sort of actual company, not to forget they only get 70%, roblox gets the most of it from robux sells to buy gamepasses in the first place, and then even 30% from every gamepass.
And how would you explain the voicechat, and videochat, not only that, but when i needed to verify for 17+, it required a ID and then a selfie, How will you get your dad or mom to make a selfie bruh if they knew its to get past age restrictions, which is written all over the camera "make selfie to verify!"
@@valyshknee4203 true
This is worse then getting dinasours off the island of site B
This the worst idea
In the history
Of bad ideas
@@valyshknee4203found the pedo... 😂 if you defend this predatory and OBVIOUS ill intended idea , off urself pls
not really. it wont wait. the putrid lives that came up and pushed this out deserves to be raped in prison for a few decades.
The fact that Roblox is literally doing anything but protecting the main audience that plays their game is actually horrifying because once kids figure out how to bypass the security in place children on roblox will get groomed way more often
Ugh bro if only children came out the womb in a suit, tie, and monocle like me 😓it’s hard being this smart 😪😪😪 (this is a joke I’m not defending roblox’s Creepy ass actions)
@@salima-w3690 hold on that doesnt happen? my mother lied to me for 5 years because she thought that the idea of being born naked was too innapropriate
its been happening for long time and that there fault... if the kids know how to bypass secruity to get into 17+ places then they know that only for 17+ and not them and want to go and that there charlie said and true kids do it and will bypass it but if they do that there partents fault for not keeping an eye on them and its also there fault even trying bypass security to get into it kids are not stupid if they smart enough to bypass security and let be honest that is true.. even tho because its 17+ rather dating or games. and want see it or play it or whatever then that there fault also.. not roblox.. its there fault for bypassing and trying get 17+ places which stated to be 17+ and kids know its 17+ but want be included or see it or whjatever and that there fault.. there reason there securirty for it... while roblox should not do it at all. blames alot of goes on kids and parents for not watching them and kids for knowing its 17+ place and try to bypass it to get to it..
@@mikadosannoji553 my grandparents tried saying babies were dropped off by storks like in the boss baby movie
bro this is real????? i thought it was a joke
This is disgusting. To take a platform that largely involves children, and now trying to make it a dating app is despicable.
Common Roblox L, they don’t even care for their community and they make awful decisions
Absolutely agree
Why do people in Charlie’s comments add fancy words to their sentences
Roblox's goal is to probably have the whole human life cycle on the platform, so kids start playing on roblox then once they're 17 they get relationships with other roblox users and end up married and they have kids then their kids play roblox. It's the master plan.
chill tf out bro 💀
there is no way predators didnt come up in the meeting discussing this idea. yet they STILL went through with it.
if i'm being extremely generous, perhaps the reason roblox went through with this dating idea is so they could catch the predators red-handed... But it's more than likely that it isn't the case.
Making it 17+ instead of 18+ makes it way easier for Roblox to deal with the law. Instead of it being strictly an adult space which have legal precedents it is just a space tailored to older teens. Roblox now will not be held at the standard of exposing children to adult content and having the authorities involved. Instead they now can just say that "there are just some creepy people in the space and we are doing our best to get rid of them." Very sinister for them to do this.
imagine them saying that "we're doing our best to get rid of them" while they simultaneously add an official way to date on a fucking KIDS GAME.
@@temra7063Only religious schools ban dating, are you going to advocate shutting down schools now? Protecting kids doesn't mean keeping minors inside a bubble
@@HercadosPyea but they need to get out and experience the real world instead of isolated behind a computer screen. if you put a kid behind a screen for his entire life he’s gonna turn out weird as hell
exactly this. Its just Roblox covering their legal loopholes because they aren't going to do shit about the grooming problems they have lol
Fr@@temra7063
They literally just made it even easier for predators to get in contact with these kids smh 😂
i was thinking the same😂
Kinda concerned about what the people in charge are thinking
@@rhuajjuu7726 no way they aren't suffering from some some kind of brain damage.
@@rhuajjuu7726 Well there's this sort of axiom I know: if you can't figure out someone's intentions, maybe the effect was the desired effect. You know...
Brother. This is the thing. You need your ID to verify that you are 17+ to access this stuff ( to my knowledge ).
Y'all remember when you could get banned from Roblox for dating? Oh how the times have changed
its been 3 minutes and theres already 2 bots 💀💀💀💀💀💀
Nope. It was BARELY moderated at the time. You want to know why games like “condos” exist? It’s BECAUSE the moderation for Roblox is so MID.
yea sad that oders are just gonna be accepted rather than ridiculed
@@TopazToken youtube needs to add a list of keywords that if included in your reply will automatically delete it if it is sent in the first 15 - 30 minutes or so
Cause they couldn't make money off of it back then lmao.
I cant stress this enough but the pedo problem is so much worse than anyone outside the roblox community could ever realise, like as somebody active in the community its literally just the norm to hear about somebody in any roblox community being exposed as a pedo, doing this is a huge dangerous mistake and I dont know what the hell they are thinking
A company known for going out of their way to protect predators adds a dating platform to help said predators. Who woulda guessed.
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nah edp would be playing roblox 24/7 💀
They are not tho roblox is lazy to moderate properly
At this point someone's gotta do an investigation on some of the higher ups at Roblox because I'm seeing a pattern
@@buhguh-r8g roblox recently said that they are gona improve moderation which will greatly help tbh hopefully they do it
As an adult playing Roblox, and knowing some other adults who play as well, I can confidently say that NONE of us asked for this. NONE of us want this. The only adults who would want something like this are degenerate predators so they don't have to work as hard to get their prey. This is probably the single worst decision this company has made in its entire history. Truly shameful and disgusting.
It's not "shameful and disgusting" it's a fucking business trying to expand their market share.
@@Skaevslegit saw you on another comment defending this.... they legit made it for 17+ NOT EVEN 18 THERE ARE LITERALLY CREEPY PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOVE THIS and honestly... you might be one of em if u keep defending this.
pedo self report, no way you meant that@@Skaevs
@@clydetheenderman Can't help but get that vibe from him...
@@clydetheenderman ❤ right ✅️
Ever since Roblox banned ruben sim for outing predators, I had suspicion the higher-ups are probably predators too. This just confirms it
Edit: this entire comment thread is just:
"That's a nice argument senator, why don't you back it up with a source?"
"My source is that I made it the fuсk up"
Ruben even talked about it coming before anybody else. I had to scroll a bit to find someone that said his name.
Ridiculous, Higher Ups using Roblox for THOSE Desires, Too STUPIDLY FUCKED UP to be True
You just don't understand! Ruben sim is a cyber terrorist! Remember when he outed that pedophile! Or dedicated a 15min video with extensive journalism to that alleged pedophile! Or sent a community post recommending that people play the alternative to the game he last featured because that version was made without the consent of the original author AND developed by a pedophile? Hey guys. Guys. Hey guys. Guys. Guys-
its been a huge problem with roblox over the past almost 10 years id say, developers of games and members of robloxs team have been noted to be predators
what, no - no it doesn't. don't conflate 2 totally separate things. This only confirms that the higher-ups are fucking stupid, or just trying to attract predators to their game for money. That doesn't make them predators - just makes them evil.
The amount of alarm bells going off in my head is crazy. This is a horrific move for a platform that is pretty well-known to protect predators despite pretty damning evidence, and I'm actually really worried about this making the issue of grooming nearly unmanageable. While I hope they reverse course, part of me knows they won't, and that scares me a lot.
This company has officially lost their damn mind. I miss the old days. 😭
first 2 comments are fucking bots 💀
Ikr
@OfficerBMT @ForgiveZharion ??
What's the point of making a comment on Charlie's channel anymore when it's filled with bots
Yeah, they’ve been so focused on pushing a marketing image that the entire player base doesn’t want.
I thought this was referring to a horrible viral roblox game. But actual official support behind this? Speechless, genuinely speechless.
It's actually wild, I have no idea how this is acceptable. I love how the bots are already posting on this comment btw lol
these bot replies are wild
Speechless indeed I need 5o get back on roblox too to see for the 17th anniversary havent been on in awhile except login for my adopt me streak
I literally thought the same! I can't believe this is from the official company wtf
Roblox used to be against dating
I just realized that Roblox’s main excuse to avoid legal action against them for not doing anything about predators is just ‘the conversation didn’t happen here’;but now they are giving predators a space to have said conversation, putting them in the crosshairs for said legal action
Except Roblox isn't going to put any effort into legal action on their predators LOL.
You can have thousands of people call you out for grooming and still make money off the website because Roblox does not care. (like UGC pedo WhoToTrus still making thousands selling furry garbage)
Roblox is doodoo 😨😨
On one hand, maybe they're trying to catch the predators this way..... on the other hand, this will just encourage it more.
Yeah maybe there using big brain tactics to trap the diddlers
Well, they might say something like "well they shouldn't have been there in the first place because they're under 17 so we cant be held responsible if they break our system"
I appreciate Charlie immediately talking about how relationships sprouting from gaming is not a bad thing and shouldn't be considered weird. I had a teacher who met her husband through playing WoW together and they were such a cute couple. It's unfortunate that the idea of meeting someone in a game and later forming a relationship is considered weird. They are literally playing the same game as you so right off the bat you have something in common.
It's always romantic relationships that are the ones considered weird as well. I met one of my best friends through GTA V and I ended up going to his wedding as one of his groomsman years later and no one questioned it. His whole family was so excited to finally meet me, I was known as the "guy from the game" and they all treated me as family. 😂
That last paragraph is so awesome! That’s really heartwarming to hear, bro 🥺
yeah, i met my best friend through roblox five years ago. but i think that integrating it on a platform where predators are already a problem is not a good idea. especially since a good portion of roblox players are kids
Lol ur teacher sounds like me. I also met my husband on WoW married strong for 11 years now. No longer play WoW though.
Bro use your common sense. Would you be okay if your daughter is talking to some gamer online and saying “he is the one, I want to date and meet him?” Or would your spider sense be tingling?
Why are you acting like some dumbass with no clue of the real world?
u could never get that info out of me irl lol
Roblox tried to appeal to older audiences with more mature games (more intense gore, 17+ social hangouts and bar games for whatever reason), but they went too far too fast. Even if they wanted to appeal to adults, dating is a horrible way to start on a platform with the majority of players being kids.
Edit: Just kinda wanted to add on to what I said earlier. Adding dating is the probably the worst decision Roblox has ever made, especially since Roblox is pretty well known for having a ton of predators on the site. It shouldn't even have been thought of, nor should it be added.
so far this is the best comment
@@TheTruthCow Why not 19+ then? 17 is still minors.
@@TheTruthCowI get what you’re saying, but then there’s no way to prove they aren’t younger than 17
Honestly the main problem is them not knowing how to de-chikd their platform.
You can’t really.
Once a kid’s platform, always a kid’s platform.
the first thing they should work on is understanding that the older audience curses a lot!! (ive gotten warnings for it through vc like?? im literally an adult too 😭)
Lol, first they sue a roblox youtuber because he calls out the blatant predatory behavior of their higher ups, now theyre allowing dating? Its clear what Roblox’s motivations are.
wait who did they sue?
litterally
@@ana..a.Ruben Sim
So the RUclipsr in question is Right about it after all
@Forthakine ruben isn't as innocent as he seems, one good deed from a hypocrite doesn't cover up malicious intent, most of us older fans watched his mental downfall post lawsuit
both ROBLOX and ruben are bad, two different flavors of malicious, weird intent
It’s so sad the extent companies are willing to go. So many kids have been groomed online, and the fact it’s super easy to lie about your age too, risky and dangerous territory to be treading. It’s beyond frustrating that we’ve reached a point where children are no longer considered in the wellbeing of our futures
To be fair you have to use an ID to confirm your age so people at least did try, but obviously kids can just use their parents/siblings IDs. Also its so weird its 17+ and not 18+
That's why they're doing it, alot of people 'with power' are openly outing themselves. That was the real reason for this me too bullshit, to normalize it
@@warmishice7948ID and selfie, so it's not as simple as showing some random ID and being verified like you guys are talking about.
I mean in a world where it's constantly said there is no future, there's no wonder people stopped caring about children as much. In fact a lot of companies like to make you think that there's no future so that they can continue getting away with illegal shit
@@warmishice7948anything that looks remotely like an ID gets accepted
Roblox is literally known for attracting groomers and now they want to make it official 💀
I feel like the entire board that approved of this idea needs to be investigated for closet skeletons
Roblox developers have been asking to be allowed to develop more mature content for several years now. Mostly due to the grey areas in the roblox ToS that prevents you from developing certain games. As for this whole dating thing, I have no clue. By what they said "form real life relationships" I had hoped they mean friendships
For this entire dating side of things, it's disgusting.
Roblox devs are already known as super shady, from crypto to doing nothing to stop predators from grooming kids on their platform. Couldn't imagine how bad the actual things they try to keep hidden are, probably have children in their basement who couldn't afford the Robux to go home.
How are they supposed to stop predators? That's ROBLOX's job. @@StinkyPoopyMcFartFace
skeletons that are also smaller than the average adult...
oh there are some uncovered skeletons someone who works at roblox has an onlyfans and shit
You’ve never been deep in the trenches of Meep city before it’s already a dating app
Gives me Vietnam Esque flashbacks….
adopt me falls under this category as well 💀 and that's without even mentioning the whole life in paradise stuff..
By god, the horror
Still salty about the houseparties getting axed.
Roblox has basically been a dating app for the past 6 years
The higher ups at Roblox saw the abuse that was taking place on discord and said “this is bad because it isn’t happening on OUR platform, we need to rectify this immediately.” Also, it’s really gross that the minimum age is 17, when literally ever other dating service in existence requires you to be 18. This is disgusting.
UPDATE: This is the worst replies section I have seen. Full stop. Some of you need to look in the mirror and think about what you put out there. Others need to take a bath with a toaster. The fuck is wrong with y’all. That’s not a question. Don’t answer.
nothing wrong with 17yos trynna find love. Only wrong thing is 17yos still finding roblox to be fun to play
you worried too much about people other than yo self
@@tobbcittobbcit8899 very dumb take, theres some fire games on roblox, its not JUST for kids, most of it is of course, but there's genuine game makers who make better shit than big devs
What’s the difference between 17 and 18 it’s only a year difference
@@emma6648one is an adult legally and one isn’t
I'm honestly shocked that it's even legal to make a dating app that allows 17 year olds.
Lol, and it is already illegal in most places including most of the US to show them p$rn, drag, R rated movies. Ect
@@Avaitor_YT why wouldn't drag be allowed?
@@rogue_carlisle6167because some people think it's "predatory" (it aint)
@@ecoverm6314 It is p$rn however. And there are few that I have actually witnessed that use kids to perform.
@@rogue_carlisle6167 It is p$rn, duh.
As an actual grooming victim, this genuinely makes me feel sick to see that even more children will fall victim to this sort of stuff, and I guarantee you almost NOTHING will be done to protect children in any way from this. All it takes is for the kid to get ahold of an ID that doesn't even need to be their own and then the only possible security measure is compromised and the kid can now be exposed to online predators.
Did it feel good though?
How you get groomed tf😭
You have a skill issue
@@MilitantVision nah, that man had the damn 1 millimeter peter
@@jett_ac Because they're retarded probably or some mental deficiency
I am very concerned about who is in charge of Roblox, they are not only actively protecting predators but now are making a space for them. And the sliminess of the legality loopholes they are placing so they don't get sued is just evil.
I remember playing ROBLOX over a decade ago, and one of their strictest rules was no online dating. Sad to see they're so money hungry that they'll make it a feature.
Minor hungry* fixed that for you
He I wouldn't be surprised if David bazuckie likes minors😂
They either wish to enable pedophilia, not surprising, or have been paid to do it.
I think that is just you@@EllenHoe-hm5rl
@@EllenHoe-hm5rlwhat is bro cooking up? You need some therapy or smth?
I am 30 years old and I play Roblox, while I've met a few adults there (one being one of my best friends to this day), I can confirm that 90% of the player base are kids. And I agree with you, acting sexual on any game should be frowned upon, take it to a private discord conversation. I feel like they're desperately trying to appeal to an adult audience because Roblox games are very predatory, they constantly shove on your face that you need to spend money to get this cool advantage so you can level up more quickly, also a lot of gachas too. So I think they're trying to move away from being a children's game so they can get more adults willing to spend money on their game.
We always see companies make bad decisions like Twitch, Blizzard, EA, PayPal, etc. But this, this is absolutely atrocious. It sounds like a satire bit. Absolutely disgusting. Whoever came up with this idea should be held accountable legally.
I think it was the creator of roblox himself
PayPal? What did they do? (Not so hooked on the news so I have no idea what they did.)
Let's be honest, that would be by far not the first (and unfortunately not the last) thing that roblox should be held accountable for, legally.
what did paypal do?
@@LemoneVR PayPal just kinda popped into my head lmao. They basically created a rule that they would keep your funds if you violated TOS. So, if you break PayPal rules, you don’t get your money back.
Someone on the Roblox staff wanted an easier way to hook-up with their target audience
This might actually be the truth, won’t be surprised if one of their developers get arrested for it 😂
I’m almost certain that this may be the case
Roblox never fired nobledragon after all
@pickle.jar.3488 i think some of them have been arrested for it and roblox banned their account... then unbanned the person after the heat died down.
They're literally trying to cash off of predators. Absolutely sickening.
Remember that Roblox is popular worldwide. While in America, having sexual intercourse with a person who is 17 years old is considered pedophilia, in Poland, it is legal to engage in sexual intercourse with a person who is 15 years old or older. America is not the entire world.
@@orislaw9431 ok groomer
If this was actually what they were doing it would be a good idea. Catch predators and make some profit too.
Though obviously for ROBLOX they have enough money already and too many real kids at risk to employ a tactic like this.
@@orislaw9431 I fail to see how this makes a dating app in a kids game a good idea...??????????????????????
This must be making EDP very happy at a time when he got caught again. It combines a kids app and dating, and no matter how much Roblox says "kids will not be able to get on the 17+ category, they definitely will be able to
@@Bj-vq9qi if.
As someone who has played Roblox for more then a decade, I was cool with 17+ games. This could allow for more horror games to be made for example. But online dating something that Roblox has had a problem with for a long time coming in a way that kids can easily get their hands on is really bad. Like tons of kids play games like Mortal Kombat or Dead Space and even if they probably shouldn't it's better then being able to go on a dating app.
I was one of those kids that played dead space two.....damn the beginning where the pipe breaks scared me so bad that it was embarrassing.
Yea, the online dating shit is a fight they've lost long ago. 17+ games sound cool, but I don't trust ROBLOX's security with highly private information such as my Driver's Liscense. They've had breach after breach of RDC info, and there's no way in hell I'm giving them my ID just to play 1 or 2 games that are 17+
@@Kino-K Yeah I agree with that they need to improve their security. Also right now the 17+ games are trash which is unfortunate as Roblox has potential to make M rated multiplayer games that would not be made by big companies or if they were done , it would be done poorly (*ahem Aliens: Fireteam Elite ahem*).
@@ShadowHost99 This. That's what Roblox could've cultivated if they were more careful with this whole rollout for a more mature audience. But no, that had to take the creepy virtual reality finding love route. I'm sure that won't get abused!
The worst part is as someone who’s been playing roblox since they were about 11 or 12 (I’m 19 now.) me and others in the roblox community have voiced our opinions of wanting a 18+ section for games instead of just outright punishing games that have more gore-based elements (like a sword fighting game with limb dismemberment) but they wouldn’t listen to us on that. Now out of nowhere we have 17+ marriages that NO ONE asked for ? Wtf ?
Also, nobody asked for realistic games either. Roblox is supposed to be a goofy colourful game to play during lunch and recess.
@@Hauntaku im sure that plenty of players have asked for more realistic games, roblox is a sandbox to make other games from. some can be silly and wacky while others don’t have to be. minecraft is also a game “for kids” but its really just a sandbox for creativity
@@Hauntaku nah I'd love for more serious roblox games
With Roblox's younger community this is true insanity. They're opening the pandora's box of grooming. This feels like a Jeffery Epstein idea.
@@dzjayyyeah doubt that based on the convos I see in chat
@@dzjayy any game on the top of the front page is full of young children
@@dzjayynumber one: adopt me
Number two:Brookhaven
Number three: random games made for npcs or kids
I could care less for the game, but if they have protections in place, like having to verify your age, how is grooming going to happen? You guys are making it seem like literal babies are gonna be on this dating app when it isn't, and the 17 also isn't illegal anyways. 16 is the age of consent in a lot of states in the US and other countries.
@@dzjayywhy are you ready to die on the hill that the majority of the community are older. even if there's a lot of older players, it's still a kid's game at heart. i'm 19 and i play it as a way to self-soothe because of my autism, and i have been doing this for over a decade. it's very, VERY clearly a game made for children. acting like it's anything more is fucked and you trying to defend this makes me think you're either under 18 or should not be near the platform at all.
Thank god i watched this..my friends and i were just talking about this yesterday, and my friends made the excuse of "oh well 17 is legal in some places" or "well all games have dating in them". I thought i was going crazy. They were so incredibly dense about the situation...as Charlie said, dating happens online all the time, and that's fine. But when it comes to a children's-based game like ROBLOX, that shits just weird... especially with all the predatorial behavior on that game. Im glad i finally came around to watching this video, and im glad that im not the only one who thinks this shit is absolutely fucking weird.
Before the video even starts, I'ma say that a Roblox Dating anything is guaranteed to be filled with pedophiles and actively puts children at risk.
@ForgiveZharion Nobody cares and nobody asked
@ForgiveZharionfatherless
yup first thing i thought too lmao, groomers are excited asl for this
Didn’t roblox already have problems with those creeps?
right, and it’s so easy to lie abt ur age online 😭 groomers are gonna b so happy about this knowing that
If I had a dollar for every blatantly bad, unwanted change Roblox has made, I could rebuild Roblox from the ground up myself.
@Savetion..?
Someone should do that like my idea to make new Twitter if "X" continues
I looked at your other comments and it really just seems like you comment for the purpose of grinding likes and attention
@@Tob_JJJJ Eh, more like just a frequent commenter who thinks they're funny, which may be a lil true
@Savetion.. 🤖
I love when kids games turn into dating apps. Definitely a normal occurrence that has nothing wrong with it.
wuddafuuuuck
@boiimdone I've never seen two bot comments on the same comment before kind of impressive though
@boiimdone just looked only one is a bot the other is a troll
@@The_Offical_Milk_Mannah in this channels comment section there are always like 4-5 bots at least this comment got lucky with only 2
@@stuart2642zharion is a known troll he’s an actual dude
i remember i got banned from roblox for saying my irl best friend's name and roblox thought it was a slur (his name is Cruz btw). but the fact you can get banned for that and now theyre letting this game have genuine dating services is disgusting by itself
Dating mixed with a CHILDRENS PLATFORM sounds like a terrible idea.
I played Roblox and I remember writing to them my concerns the amount of gambling games on a kids app/platform which fell on deaf ears.
Now I have even more concerns of this apparent encouragement of dating with minors.
This is horrifying.
Roblox has been notorious for predators.
@@zachrohler1047 yeah and that's been forever
17+ barely any kids are allowed to use it.
@@Skaevs so 17 is a-ok for you? younger kids are a-ok too since they SAID they were 17 to get in? See any problems here?
@@1845netin all fairness the 17+ games do require a government issued id card to prove your age, so unless you can afford a professionally forged id, you cant fake your way in.
Still scummy tho.
Roblox getting predatory is the least of my surprises. Heck, they even forgot what audience they're supposed to target!
@@Dream-Eternal87I doubt that, atleast Microsoft/Mojang are more aware of their community
this genuinely feels so sinister to me. with how often they turn a blind eye to creeps in their game, it’s starting to feel really intentional.
Because it is.
Ngl I hope David (the ceo) and all the higher ups get investigated
its completely intentional, look at Ruben Sim lol. They banned him for "harassment" and a "cyber mob" when in reality he was exposing Roblox staff that post pictures of themselves naked, and follow furry porn publically 😬
Definitely not the kind of professional staff you would want making money off the game your kid plays
i specifically remember years ago when it was still incredibly innocent, there were already rumors of grooming and very scary people lurking on roblox, and this is literally just making it so much easier
why would you give little kids access to a DATING app
Grooming is all over roblox, as someone who has played since 2010, i've seen it all. With the introduction of voice chat, it got worse. You can go into any voice-enabled game, primarily the ones focused on socializing with eachother and find a groomer--- or someone using racial slurs/berating a young child/teen in minutes because it's "funny".
I didn't even realize they had voice chats now. That's horrific
@@augurypleasant4506 Not all games support it and you need to send Roblox your ID to get access to it. People who have not sent Roblox their ID to verify their age aren't able to hear anyone using voice chat. This might be why you haven't realized that they have voice chat.
To add to the thing about kids finding ways around it, it’s a lot easier than you think. The voice chat feature is supposed to be for people 13 and up. I talked to an actual 8 year old once because he stole his grandmas passport and used that for his ID to get around the verification. This is such a bad idea how did they approve this?
8 years old??? What the fuck bro...
My little sister (preteen) is constantly pursued by creepy men on Roblox. Adding an overt sexual component to a game rife with pedos just seems like a really, really stupid idea.
who asked@ForgiveZharion
True
You should really have her delete the game at that point dude
Don't delete her game. Educate her(tell her to leave if she's being harrassed etc) and make sure to teach her how to mass report
"Pursued by creepy men" lol dude really good try at lying, roblox is relatively safe, unless she is putting herself risk of being groomed intentionally, your story is fake as fuck
Fun fact: One of the developers got arrested on gun charges immediately after the event where this was announced.
The amount of RUclips documentaries about predators dating children on Roblox is gonna be overwhelming as hell
As somebody who is not over 17 I can confirm it is genuinely easy to get verified for 17+ and most of the time you do encounter people who aren't over 17+. So basically predators are going to have a field day.
@twerkingbollocks6661 your username scares me.
As I was swiping on Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, Grinder, Eharmony, etc. I couldn’t help but think I need another dating app hosted by a children’s game company that plans to allow 17 year old minors to use the dating service.
eharmony is crazy
@@leavemealone314lol
Eharmony wild
Grinder 💀💀
17 is legal in a lot of countries tho
What about a sub brand or offshoot... "Roblox After Dark", "Roblox Encounters", or "Roblox, Snr."
the amount of grooming that already happened on roblox before this dating app thing alone is insane and roblox is literally contributing to that by adding this😭😭😭 the majority of users are teens now as they grow up WITH roblox but there are still kids younger than 8 that plays roblox and have access to voice chat while there's so many boys harassing players. the app has just gotten worse community wise too
@ForgiveZharion snooze fest
I was almost assaulted in-game by one of the most famous creeps on the platform back when I was younger. They were luring people into games.
the grooming won't be their problem anymore when they roll this out
It's crazy how they had forbidden online dating back then, but end up doing this years later.
Om god
FR!!!
“No making out unless we say so”
8:00 I cannot stress enough how detrimental that sounds for any student with ADHD. The whole “teach through something entertaining to keep student’s attention and make them enjoy learning” sounds like a good idea in theory, but the number of available distractions that would create is insane. 3rd grade me would *never* be able to focus in that class.
Autistic little me wouldn’t have done too well either. I got distracted enough as it was. I also really needed to be forced into social interaction like I was and I feel like this would’ve totally ruined that for me and I probably wouldn’t have started talking until much later.
As someone who also has adhd, i think teaching through entertainment can absolutely work! But uh, this isn't how you do that...
i've learned a lot of interesting things from the media i consume that i wouldn't have otherwise thought to look into, and edutainment games are great as a supplementary tool! Neither of those things should be seen as a replacement for standard curriculums, however, and i'd be hard-pressed to come up with a worse company to put in charge of childrens' futures than roblox. If i had been sent to a roblox or metaverse high school i would've 100% flunked out
also imagine having to tell people that you graduated from roblox high lmaoo
I mean. I think if they were clicking something in your face like a dog it’s not a good idea but changing the lesson plan so information boring to children,on the spectrums or not is good. Like those rap videos about math and English were catchy and helped me remember things easier. It shouldn’t be put on a movie while I talk so you aren’t bored. Getting down on a child’s level and acknowledging their feelings and making learning entertaining is something schools don’t allow without a medical note or good staff.
@@madpie5147 Exactly. Playing typing games in the computer classroom to learn how to type is one thing. But expecting a student with ADHD, or really MOST students, to attend a class over roblox and NOT have Doors open in another window? no way.
I have trouble staying focused during online classes NOW. 3rd grade me would have never stood a chance.
@@OddDuck64 Roblox doesn't allow you to open two games unless you use custom hack clients which kids don't have or know how to use (they're very hard to find)
EDP signing up: “Come on, how bad could I possibly be?”
Thank you for covering this Charlie, and helping this reach a broader audience, hopefully we can make our voices heard and roblox backtracks on this awful decision. I don't know why we haven't investigated David or the higher-ups at Roblox yet when it's clear they're just as weird as some of the people on their platform.
Knowing them they won't backtrack smh.
Asking for your government ID is just another layer of creepy for me with this. It's only a matter of time before it gets hacked and leaked or something.
It's extremely weird and suspicious. The people who made this choice need to be investigated. This is disgusting.
There's absolutely no way Roblox isn't run by actual child predators. No way.
@@theheresiarch3740and the fact that a long document (I think 40 pages+) was made on a mod. The document exposed his predatory behavior. Roblox banned and fired him but then when the heat fully died down they unbanned him.
@@theheresiarch3740 it is lol, known since a while
@saltsalted1528 yeah honestly they seem like they needa be investigated by the feds
@@HackManJay 20000000000%
8:30 This ain't anything new, me and my homies graduated from Roblox High Shcool back in 2018
fellow RHS alumni 🙏🏼
this LITERALLY HAS to be against some COPPA law or something, allowing underage dating, let alone on a platform that tries to target itself to YOUNG CHILDREN has so many layers of danger that I genuinely think they CANNOT come out of saying this unscathed
roblox's ability to always choose the worst option is downright impressive 😭
RUclips got sued once, so Roblox is obviously next
you know, with that last bit, i feel like roblox is the personification of wheatley.
@@krampuspudding "Crushing's too good for him. First he'll spend a year in the incinerator. Year two: Cryogenic refrigeration wing. Then TEN years in the chamber I built where all the robots scream at you. THEN I'll kill him." - GladOs
what a great game portal 2 is
Tinder is 17+ so idk
Remember that 17+ games are locked behind ID verification, which is arguably worse
This is even more hilarious when you remember that part of Roblox TOS forbids online dating.
@ForgiveZhariondude you have 1 4 minute video 😂
@@juicylox8390You're the dumb one here, they want you to look at their content.. Now go laugh at yourself.
@@juicylox8390it’s a bot
For a game that was pretty famous for “no online dating”, it’s kinda ironic to see them make a entire section just for it.
Weird, because it was also famous for erping and child sex and child dating, but that's only if you actually looked and didn't pay attention to the random articles and kowtow devs under the payroll saying "No it's clean here."
My 6 year old niece got groomed on Roblox. 😢
@@demonking3673My condolences.
I can already see "Catching EDPS in Roblox dating" videos.
Now with this update, it makes roblox's constant negligence of protecting minors on their platform look even worse.
I remember when the rules explicitly said "No Online Dating", lovely to see these wretched worms do a full 180.
I started playing in 2013, and the passion was there. The website/game was amazing, it took 90% of my game time as a kid. Then the sponsorships became more frequent, and the passion started to dwindle, and it's been on a steep downward incline ever since. I will never not look back fondly on the great game it *WAS*, but I will always despise the filth it has become.
I'll occasionally log on to see what's popular and what new stupid "features" they've added, such as even more ugly avatars to further stray away from the classic blocky look the game was popularized for. The passion is gone, nobody there cares about the game anymore. It doesn't matter as long as the cash flows, right?
I hate roblox. Wretched hive of scum and villainy.
I started in 13 as well, and this hit the nail on the head for me. I hate what Roblox has become.
Started 2011, it's crazy how the OGs are literally the only people who know how disgusting roblox is. Everything they do makes their platform worse. I could write paragraphs, but we probably agree on everything anyway. The blocky look is what made roblox a good game. Pretty sure you can't use R6 anymore
@@AndrewT34potyou can use r6 its just being neglected heavily
Thats your problem with it? Waaaaaaah waaah
It started to dwindle at the start of 2017, before that everything was still going pretty well.
Roblox should think twice about this update. Even though 17+ plus game have ID verifiction. Kids can steal the ID and use it to play 17+ games. Kids are smarter than Roblox thinks.
sin tthat the parents fault at that point tho?
I've heard of parents willingly give their kid their own ID for their kid. 😢
I'm sure they're fully aware of this fact👍 burn it down
no, roblox KNOWS kids are smart. they WANT kids to steal IDs so they can infiltrate the adult side of things and be preyed on. they're doing this intentionally
i play roblox as an adult SOMETIMES for nostalgia's sake, but it always makes me feel weird
Roblox is slowly killing itself by making the worse possible decisions like these and it all started after they stopped doing the egg hunts
it all started after Brick Bronze went down bro
started when they removed tix and forums :(
this is what did it for me@@alexvargas7527
@@alexvargas7527 imo after they removed tixs and forums roblox was still Roblox since they still communicated with the players and made stuff that we would actually enjoy like events and such.
Now roblox wants a community run platform and that’s why they introduced ugc limited, but we all know it wouldn’t work since the community fucking sucks lmao
@@angelodidomenico5532Miss the days of good halloween and easter events…
as someone who’s been playing Roblox for a long time, I cannot express how absolutely infuriating this whole situation is. I genuinely wish I could just talk some sense into whoever’s making these decisions at roblox HQ
talk sense? nah someone's gotta knock sense into david baszucki
As someone who grew up playing roblox back in 2013 this probably the most strangest decision they've ever made.
"most strangest" 💀
This decision is not going to end well. Mark my words that soon as this is fully implemented, there will be a slow 2-6 weeks, and then shit will hit the fan harder than EDP's reputation in bakeries.
My question is who the hell ASKED for this? Only people I can see wanting this is child predators.
I think the weirder implication is the corporate side of this whole thing; they want a dating platform because they want young couples to associate their (assumedly) happy relationships back to the corporate identity of Roblox.
They want to worm the idea of Roblox so deep into people’s heads that they’re hoping entire relationships can be founded on it.
That’s fucked up, before any of the shit where children are inevitably going to be preyed upon.
same with trying to integrate entire fucking school curriculums through ROBLOX. This is on a whole different level of low, for all parties involved.
it honestly is just gross how Roblox is trying to go full ready player one and have peoples lives raised on their platform
"How should we deal with predators on our site?"
"Having the most free method to lure and endanger minors?"
"Great idea!"
@ForgiveZharion I did not ask about your content bot LOL
as a 13 year old. Roblox is a horrible place it doesn't deserve to be ROBLOX anymore.
‘’You’re Hired!’’
Employee: "Boss, I have a fantastic idea!"
Boss: "What's your idea, son?"
Employee: "we should promote dating on a game primarily targeted towards children!"
Boss: "you're a fucking genius, now it'd be fine for me to be dating that 8 year old!!"
This is the type of conversation I imagine happens in their meetings I swear..
This is such a terrible idea I can’t believe they are actually doing this!
@ForgiveZharionNobody asked.
shut up PLEASE i see this bot on every comment@OfficerBMT
@@Iwk.chr1sno,continue the chain. I dont make better content than anyone else.
I already thought it was a dating app for pedos
You didn’t even finish the video, this is a bot comment. But I also make better content.
Note, David said, they hope it can happen in the future, not that it is guaranteed to happen
Any adult trying to date on a game that's infamous for being a kids game needs to be on a list.
EDP is gonna be playing Roblox 24/7 until he goes to jail
Edp making it to jail with this one 🔥🔥🔥
jailbreak
@@Aczellarated 💀💀💀
@@Aczellarated LOL
The CEO is the slimiest guy ever, like he's been in the news multiple times for being creepy and I would not be surprised if this guy has hidden files of cp somewhere
Bro probably has a whole box of 10TB HDDs laying around in his house. Wouldn't be surprised tbh
Part of me understands the want for an adult section in a game so popular it obviously isn’t only played by children, but it is so strange to make it specifically for dating. It’s not like setting up serious relationships is something video games are known for, especially something like Roblox. Literally the only reason I can think of to do this is to have plausible deniability in allowing children to be in the “romance room” under the guise of “oh well they must have snuck in, no children are SUPPOSED to be here!” It boggles the mind.
Remember when online dating was a bannable offense? Been playing the game from 2011-2020. It used to be my escape from the hardships at the time. I quit because I thought all they've been updating the game for was specifically to erase tradition, and it seems they're really going in this direction. But the amount of times I've seen ENTIRE PLATFORMS disagree with their decisions in UNISON(good fck, it's probably nearing the triple digits by now), so much so that even critikal hops on the train, drives me to believing that they're SPECIFICALLY doing this to spit in the faces of their older playerbase since they'll just keep raking in oblivious players because of the dopamine farm that they and many greedy creators, have made their game to be. I hope that the day they make another decision worse than this (which we all know is inevitable, because they've somehow been making worse and worse decisions since 2014), they face legal repercussions and finally make their game into something worth appreciation.
I get you, the site has probably gone too far from it's shape from older days. Since 2019 they've been pushing the idea of being the new vr chat, instead of actually taking care of the site. It's gotten worse with the user catalog and the new updates the devs are pushing. It feels like it's all just a meme, the site has gotten too weird imo. Not even talking about the community, it went from kids and stuff just playing and having their community memes to just pushing the worst avatar you could imagine and some weird teens using the mic thingy, which critkal said I don't know why it's +17 when they could've made it to +18.
Both this comment and the reply above are spitting straight facts bro
Like many have said before, why not create a +18 section? Roblox is strange. The fact that this used to be a KIDS game and they started to implement these weird policies is the strangest thing the higher ups could do.
Ah yes, the worst disease on Roblox is getting enabled by the official company!
"Powering Imagination"
@@someone1739. "Powering Predatory Decisions"
the amount of bot comments here goddamn 💀
Goofy goober ahh bot comments
@@notofficialacc i aint a bot lmao
I’ve played this game for over a decade and to see all of these changes and features that have made a negative stigma for people that play the game (that are older)
And now making it easy for predators to groom is yet another heartbreaking thing to see.
I hope somehow they are convinced to throw this out.
This is so creepy because if you think about it, if Roblox truly wants to add a dating add component, they would need peoples location to match them with others in their area. Predators will have a feast with all the gullible kids who may want to try this new “feature”
I quit ROBLOX when I was 13 because at that point they were hardcore catering to small children and the appeal for me as a teenager dwindled. I remember at the time feeling really annoyed with the new censorship feature. It made communicating on a baseline level very difficult, especially in murder mystery and zombie games. But the censorship isn't really a horrible thing in retrospect, considering back in 2007 I was watching a lot of sexual talk and grooming happen in the chat. I was too young to notice it until one time where somebody tried to force erotic role play onto me in a town simulator. I was a literal child and made friends with guys easily because I invested a lot of time into my character's appearance, who was female. At the time, there was a free currency you would get upon logging in, and a lot of people made and sold custom clothing pieces on the store for that free currency, so I bought a lot of cool stuff. But I was too young to realize why people were actually talking to me, calling me cute/"hot," etc. The original playerbase and those who log on for nostalgia are all adults now, sure, but the website still primarily attracts and caters to children more than anything else. The site is far from what it used to be, but I don't think it was ever good or safe for kids in the first place
Yeah I was just thinking the same thing, I didn't realize how much of this shit was happening when I was a kid, though I stayed out of RP games for the most part as they bored me. I used to play tycoons, obeys, pvp, pve games. Im pretty sure it was less common in those areas but I'm sure it still happened. Though it does scare me that they are using 17+ for things when it could easily be 18 and be "safer" not that it would do much to stop these things, but it would certainly look better for them. But this is such a gross idea and whoever came up with it should be investigated
@@Jkb2002 "SeVenTeEn YeAr oLd WoMaN"
@@alanacos6947 are you ok? mocking me because I said pedophilia is bad?
@@Jkb2002 they did this for money. most people who are above 17 are adults (im so smarttttt) and what do adults have that most children dont have? basically roblox wants money anddo not care about their audience
@@darknxalso because the same predators who play Roblox also grow up to be Roblox employees, since they want to make their life revolving around the website and community. Ruben sim has shown the corruption Roblox staff has and seemingly coincidentally, most of the corrupt staff are people who played Roblox since a young age. They’re all man-childs that refuse to grow up
If they wanted to know people's response to it, they could simply walk outside, and scream at the top of their lungs "I met my girlfriend on Roblox", and then wait to watch what happens.
Also, when you were talking about Roblox offering dating, my Alexa turned it's volume down, which was creepy. Honestly, Roblox offering a dating service is extremely effed up. Although Chris Hansen will have an easy job now since all he has to do, is to be a mediator for Roblox dating, and scoop them up with nets.
I’m still impressed Roblox has even got to this point my like earliest memory of Roblox was playing some Snooki island game when I was like 6
I'm a developer on this platform, I have been since I was 9 (about 10 years ago) and when I say I'm tempted to just ditch it any day now, I don't say it lightly.
From what I heard from the developer conference a relatively well known developer turned up supposedly uninvited with a gun and armor piercing rounds. The bomb threats made to RDC previously already had me set on never attending unless I had a death wish but I can think of better and more enjoyable ways out.
I deal with online predators in my game communities on Roblox all the time. The problem is really bad, even I was preyed upon by multiple relatively known people (or friends of relatively known people) in the space when I was younger. There is no way to report this behaviour to Roblox so Roblox never do anything. We've had to resort to permanently banning people that mention dating from our games to do what we can to protect our younger players but unfortunately this can only extend so far.
Roblox know the problem of predators on their platform is bad and has only been getting worse, it's about every other day that a so called "condo game" (roblox sex game ran by actual pedophiles where adults knowingly groom children) pops up or gets manually banned by Roblox moderators and these condo communities have easily hundreds if not thousands of people.
There are free models for any kid to see on their toolbox where pedophiles use large bricks to disguise blatant graphic sexual content and scenes and again any kid can see these or insert them into their game.
Roblox adding the whole 17+ stuff is purely them trying to age up with their original older players so Roblox is still appealing to them, but in typical Roblox fashion did an absolutely awful job of it and somehow nobody that works at Roblox has the brain or the balls to say what an awful idea all of this is.
The only thing this platform has going for it nowadays is their dev relations team that occasionally listen to developer feedback. If it wasn't for the staff on the devforums, or the staff that work to release new engine features for developers, this platform would have died already.
Even with these god awful and out of touch changes, Roblox listening to their developers is 50/50 nowadays. It takes severe backlash from the media en masse for Roblox to recognize there's something wrong and to consider ditching their awful ideas.
Watch in this case for example, even though I've seen literally no developer or player on their platform support this dating idea, if there isn't big media backlash, Roblox will go forward with it anyway. If there is widespread media backlash, Roblox will immediately ditch the idea and act like they never sat there and even lightly considered it to begin with. This platform only cares about public image now.
It's already clear what their motives are after sueing a RUclipsr that called them out for predatory behavior. More people should speak out against them.
When you know Roblox is adding a dating app, you know they are begging for a lawsuit or to be noticed on the news.
I remember 8 years ago I would make fun of people who online dated in Roblox
This is so baffling. Like you said, people meeting in online games have resulted in some of the most enduring and successful marriages I've known over decades.
But ... why does a children's game need an official dating mechanic component? None of those games even *had* dating components, and for good reason, and they weren't meant for kids..
I said the same thing. The 17+ part is the weirdest thing, because that means Roblox acknowledges that there are minors, but usually that sort of stuff says 18+ because that’s the highest age of consent. It’s basically implying that people who are still underaged will be able to access full-grown adults because the game won’t be “too innappropiate,” yet dared to introduce underaged drinking. Wtf else do they think is going to happen after banning dating for years. When it popped up on my game feed I was like wtf
But the age of consent in the majority of states is 16+ except California that's why it's very odd to have dating in a Roblox game because people edate already...
@@deality I said 18+ is the highest. And there are states other than California with 18 as the age of consent, despite 16 being the majority. Though you usually see 18+ on sex stuff, Roblox knows a lot of kids are on their site. That’s why I said you can tell they acknowledged that.
Roblox has discouraged e-dating up until this point. There have been several bans with those specific terms mentioned. The term itself has even been a ‘Report’ option. People already e-dating is not why it’s odd, that makes no sense. It is odd because Roblox is further endorsing it after being actively against it. Except now it’s with the possible introduction of predators and reckless adults, to not only 17 year olds, but kids who might bypass the system by using other’s accounts or id
@@dealitythats not true
Misconception on how legal age works
when your 18+ you can smash any other 18+(this is a federal law)
In missouri and 14-18 can smash and 14-18
(In some states that first number can change )
@@deality which means 16 - 17 year olds can consent to other 16 -17 year olds, not 18+ year olds
@@deality I Dont play Roblox but as far as i was aware, "dating" is a pretty open term, and with age of consent varying i don't think legality is a huge deal here. If you just hang out and chat and develop a relationship without sex pretty sure that's legal. Also worth pointing out that i don't think roblox is only for the U.S. and many countries have very different restrictions regarding age in relationships. I want to specify i dont think its a good idea, mostly because of predators and serial killers getting too much information on potential victims. The bigger problem is how unaware parents are of what their kids are playing.
Charlie’s jumpscare was more thought-through than Roblox’ dating app.
@ForgiveZharion Begone Bot!
"primarily played by children"
Isn't that like the RuneScape weddings you mentioned?
RuneScape doesn’t have primarily children playing it. It has a much larger adult population
Also RuneScape doesn’t have a dating section either way so your argument is invalid
@@nyancatnyangirl he referenced RuneScape so it's relevant to point out the similarities. It's dating in a video game where many adults+kids can interact.
Roblox must have a big enough adult population if they're locking it behind 17+ anyway.
@@pengabob the difference is, in runescape it's just people choosing to do it, in roblox they'e adding the ability to