What blows my mind is the child predation isn't even half the problem with Roblox. Gambling with real cash, child labor, black market for digital content.

It's an absolutely dumpster fire of problems, and yet balatro is the one the EU cracks down on.

Shitting on Hansen I can understand, but defending Roblox? It's no grand conspiracy that it's riddled with predators, it's an actual fact, so that's kinda disgusting.

Also I’d have to guess that a non insignificant number of Redditors would be targets of Hansen if he does this. Just going off of history and patterns

In defense of the generally indefensible masses of reddit, Hansen is hardly a figure above criticism. Fetishizing vigilante justice, embracing of the far-right, his emphasis on spectacle without regard for the community, that time where they more or less killed a guy... Child molesters are horrible (tho why we keep electing them, I'll never know), but we don't need to hail and laud someone as our champion just because they agree.

Hansen's documentary has an opportunity to shed light on online grooming as a pervasive problem endemic to all online spaces but instead appears to further his usual moral panic about how there's people lurking behind the bushes, waiting to nab your children while they do the things they enjoy. His productions have never been better than any other schlock reality television, but with a veneer of legitimacy from his LARPing with law enforcement. Targeting a popular piece of pop culture, instead of an expose on say grooming rings on discord or the constant abuses of children from religious institutions as facets of the ever-increasing access children have to unmoderated online interaction seems to be just as morally vapid as his work has ever been.

Hansen is generally more of a grifter these days to be fair. And even back in the heyday of the show, it had a lot of issues both legal and just moral. I really feel weird about this kind of predator catching stuff being made as entertainment.

It’s because Reddit is making pedofiles great again and you will be shadow banned if you disagree

I don't know about defending Roblox, but Hansen is really not a good guy either. There is no hero in this story.

I don’t use reddit, but tbf roblox is what you make of it. My kids enjoy the heck out of it. There’s the same issues with most games - exploiting the users for profits with micro transactions or whatever and the dangers of lousy people in chat. The real issue is that Roblox has become a mecca for kids and that attracts more of the worst aspects I mentioned.

I hate to say it but parents gotta parent. Roblox offers decent parental controls. I employed them and relaxed them as my kids got older, and check in on what they’re playing. Problem is parents treat games like babysitters and then get upset when their sitter hiring policy is leaving the front door open and let anybody walk in.