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Sober is single-handedly responsible for me being able to use Linux for my youngest kid's computer too. Absolutely awesome.
Given the prevalence of predators on Roblox and the company's absolute ignorance of the issue, I have some concerns about your parenting here.
As long as he doesn't let the kid play unsupervised, I don't think there's a problem outside of using things that might be the result of child exploitation.
Good in theory but can you actually picture parents watching their kids play Roblox every time so carefully they don’t miss them talking with the wrong people?
I mean…that doesn’t sound remotely realistic
Correct. It's much easier to just set the chat controls to "no one".
https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/30428310121620-Parental-Controls-Overview
Also sounds good in theory but kids often want to play with their friends so good luck trying to isolate them like that
Plus, I’d put money at least 95% of parents aren’t going to want or be able to make comprehensive enough parental control schemes to do more than filter out violence and curse words, hardly effective against child exploitation
Plus with them basically shutting down the FBI…I’d say don’t let them play it at all
I don't care about what other parents do, I know what we do. The kids can chat as much as they want with their friends - outside of Roblox.
Supervision isn't sat down watching them the entire time. It's keeping an eye on them and monitoring what they are doing. And maybe have whatever they're playing on set up in a space that's easily viewable.
Well then there’s no realistic way to actually supervise what they’re doing in Roblox because you would have no idea they’re talking to creepy adults every single day for years unless you actually monitor them
It's much easier if you talk to your child. Who is that person? Are they a friend from school? What kind of things do they talk to you about? And so on. You don't need to be watching 24/7, you just need to be checking and also talking with your kid about things.
Aren't most of the games you can play there ultimately the result of exploited and unpaid child labor?
I started making my own games on an Atari ST at 12 years of age. Never considered the fun I had to be "exploited labor" when I let someone else play them.
Look any game aimed at children is going to have this issue. And trying to force the kid to never play the big game all their friends are almost certainly playing is a fool's errand. Best bet is to let them do so with supervision than to end up with a kid trying to play in secret on their phone or something.
Along with just... Talking to them about this problem and what to do if they encounter someone being creepy to them. Kids can be pretty smart if you help them and make it clear that they can come to you for that help.
any game aimed at children is going to have this issue
not at all. it just needs moderation, something Roblox's leadership has actively decided against because the predators were buying enough Robux to make it a major financial hit to remove paedos from the platform...
I'm going to be honest: I have a hard time believing it's actually worse than on the kind if sites I used when I was a kid. The problem exists and they aren't doing what they could, but I get the distinct feeling the weird To Catch A Predator fad is blowing a real problem up into an impossible crisis. Much like what happened back when the show itself was airing.
Like I need to see some serious, hard evidence that's not just outrage.
Don't worry they're implementing ai age verification with strict restrictions so you can only play with people that aren't your real age
I will fight tooth and nail for your right to freely show your stupidity online.
While I understand you taking offense at this reply, you can't really call them stupid when the issue of Roblox having predators and also the game itself promoting child work exploitation are both well documented issues that the makers of Roblox have been dodging instead of effectively addressing.
Child exploitation. So hot this year!...
Lol came to make this joke.
"GUYS, LINUX JUST GOT A LOT OF NEW FANS. Ignore they're child predators, spammers, and scammers..."
Ssssnnniiiifffffffff
Aaaahhhhhhhhhhh!
I love the smell of child exploitation in the morning.
Despite it's many, many, many problems it is still incredibly popular. So the fact it's picking up traction on Linux is still interesting for its popularity alone.
But goddamn is it a fucked up site. And to think I used to play back in 2008 and couldn't have imagined the form it'd take almost 20 years later.
Why do people still use the default Minecraft launcher?
Oh, looking at the actual page shows Prism Launcher with 606.7K downloads, just under the Top Game Tools section rather than Top Games.
I use it bc Curseforge uses it and I like getting my mod packs there.
I'm confused. What do you mean by Curseforge uses it?
I thought all modern launchers supported easily adding Forge, Curseforge mods and Curseforge modpacks, including Curseforge's own launcher and Prism Launcher. Not hating on it, but I was genuinely confused to see the default Minecraft launcher was on Flathub, let alone popular. I haven't heard of anybody using it in a long time, and I remember it not being as convenient for modding. Maybe that's changed.
Then again, maybe I'm unaware of some special support Curseforge gives to the default launcher, and it's fair if you prefer the default launcher's way of doing things. We all have preferences after all.
Where does it say that Linux gaming is growing? Was this specific client downloaded less previous year?
I didn't know there was a client for Linux, that's interesting
It's the android client repackaged.
I thought there was no official android client tbh
Looks like there is. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roblox.client
Roblox has serious issues with kid safety, this is not good
The biggest problem I see on this case is basically the guy on the top calling these "people" an "opportunity" and then go after people that were actually doing something about it.
Basically the ceo is an enabler, and probably a pedo too. Pedos will go wherever kids are. Its up to the platforms and parents to also shield their kids
You know, it's now occuring to me that I have absolutely no clue what Roblox actually is. It's been around forever, I've been seeing gift cards for it in stores for I'm pretty sure well over a decade, I hear lots of talk about all of the dangers and how addictive it is for kids, etc.
But I haven't the foggiest idea what the game is actually like. To the best of my knowledge I don't think I've ever even seen a single screenshot of it, at least not one that was clearly labeled as being from Roblox.
And while I'm a childfree curmudgeon in my 30s, I do have a few friends with kids that I see with some regularity, and I've never heard any of them mention Roblox even in passing.
I feel like I'm in a really weird bubble of roblox-ignorance, I'm not exactly mad about it, but it feels weird that for as big as Roblox is supposed to be that I've never seen anyone talk about the actual game, just how big of a problem it is.
Roblox is actually less of a game, and more of a game engine and storefront. You open up Roblox and have a large selection of games, you can click play on. So there isn't any one screenshot of it, or one description of "the game."
I'm in the UK. Most of the kids I'm aware of play it. I know in other countries in other continents it's popular.
It's a platform that people login and can play experiences (games) they choose. Anyone can make those games. Popular ones like 99 Nights in the Forest can have 1 million playing at a time.
The fact you know kids that don't play it is odd, as it's huge. Or maybe they do and you aren't aware. Cause usually all their friends are playing it.
There's no way it has 100% market penetration.
No. Nothing does. There are about 1.4bn children over 5. Over 200m play per month. If you factor in economic information like those without devices, that's huge. One in 7 kids. In a class of 30, that's 4 players. Considering some countries will have low saturation, developed countries will have significant player population. It's huge. Unrivaled in gaming.
I think it's like SecondLife or Metaverse for kids. I saw a short video about it, where kids were being exploited for labor. E.g. some of the kids had managers, forcing them to crunch creating and promoting content for Robux, or whatever it's called. Also saw an interview with the CEO, where he said he'd be open to adding adult content to the game (which is sus considering the problems the game is having with predators). I've also noticed the game is rated for teenagers on the Play Store, but I'm pretty sure it's targeted toward younger kids.
Are you sure it's not just one person downloading it for each version of Linux they've tried to get running? /s
It is good to see the move, been linux gaming for almost 3 years now and never looked back.
Speaking of which, I’m trying to move my household over to Linux to have more control and whatnot.
Does anybody know of a less invasive/problematic Roblox like game?
For now I play along with my kid to keep an eye out which is mildly fun but not always a valid solution.
Minecraft custom maps and modded are two ways to go. S&box is the spiritual successor to Gmod and is a great option.
polytoria is the best one its pretty janky right now but they are doing a godot rewrite its unity right now
Thx!
Edit: politoria looks great but apparently they just got bought by Roblox and they’re gonna merge. Damn.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I like how the third one is just an illegal clone of a copyrighted game.
To my knowledge, it is a recreation of the game engine, and requires the original game to run. I don't believe that is illegal.
Curious: how do we know that these download counts aren't inaccurate from, like, a few bots repeatedly downloading to mess with the stats?
The indoctrination of children in the ideals of free software must continue.
Obligatory link to Roblox and its exploitation of young game developers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ
Great that people are moving off of windows but when are people gonna move off of Roblox?
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