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Re: How does ROBLOX know the age of users?

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Superent is not online. Superent
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25 Sep 2014 05:53 PM
"Many ROBLOX users are in grades 7-12, so that is a group many blog readers can relate to."

Explain to me how they could?

People fake their age in the "put your age" thing when you sign-up.

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111 is not online. 111
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25 Sep 2014 05:53 PM
They don't know the real ages, they just do it according to the birthday set in your account settings.
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Rocketary is not online. Rocketary
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25 Sep 2014 05:54 PM
Also like 3 weeks ago we filled out a survey.
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MrSirPepperoni is not online. MrSirPepperoni
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25 Sep 2014 05:54 PM
You enter your age when you sign up.
But, I see your argument because almost every lies about their age so they can talk.
I know people under 13 can talk but it #'s almost every word.
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Naruto9200 is not online. Naruto9200
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25 Sep 2014 05:54 PM
It's because you misread the blog.It's a comparison between kids in grades 7-12 in the US compared to active people that go on ROBLOX.
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Superent is not online. Superent
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25 Sep 2014 05:54 PM
So how would ROBLOX know the age of users who fake their age in settings?

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Superent is not online. Superent
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25 Sep 2014 05:55 PM
Again @Nar, you can't read posts.

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Xenadrine is not online. Xenadrine
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25 Sep 2014 05:55 PM
It's not the settings that they look at, it's also from the survey they gave out.
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111 is not online. 111
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25 Sep 2014 05:55 PM
@Superent
Like I said, they don't know their actual ages, they just go by what people set in their settings.
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crs100 is not online. crs100
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25 Sep 2014 05:56 PM
Not true...
Most people put a fake age
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Jazzyforcefield is not online. Jazzyforcefield
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25 Sep 2014 05:56 PM
The majority of roblox users do not lie about their age so they just rely on the fact that they have people that use their real age.
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Naruto9200 is not online. Naruto9200
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25 Sep 2014 05:56 PM
lol Sorry.It just seems like you are spamming these threads.
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Zoink101 is not online. Zoink101
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25 Sep 2014 05:57 PM
Apparently according to ROBLOX (what I put in), I was b0rn in 1950.
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iBloodStroke is not online. iBloodStroke
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25 Sep 2014 05:57 PM
"you can't read posts"
HYPOCRISY
HYPOCRISY
HYPOCRISY
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Superent is not online. Superent
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25 Sep 2014 05:57 PM
@Jazzy

I doubt it.

The popular OD'er games appeal to the 13- yr olds.

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Superent is not online. Superent
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25 Sep 2014 05:58 PM
I think I'm 101 years old according to settings.

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Xenadrine is not online. Xenadrine
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25 Sep 2014 05:59 PM
Super we get it. The point is they don't know the actual ages for all users, but they used what they have to make an estimate.

Stop trying to create an argument when it shouldn't exist.
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gordonrox24 is not online. gordonrox24
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25 Sep 2014 06:00 PM
While we don't condone people putting in fake age settings, we know it happens. However, that doesn't overly affect stats.

If I'm 12, and I change my age so I'm now 14, that still puts me within the 7-12 grade mark, so the stats haven't changed. Folks who make themselves 101 are obviously fake and would be removed from the stats.
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Superent is not online. Superent
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25 Sep 2014 06:04 PM
But that's obviously incorrect.
The truth is you have no idea of the ages.
But you can't seem to understand that.


If you really want to know the ages of the large amounts of your people, look at the game page.

Look at the games.
Specifically the themes.

I am sure many 12-18 year olds wouldn't play a lot of those games.

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DrSaint is not online. DrSaint
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25 Sep 2014 06:05 PM
No, the truth is that there's a statistic behind the statistic of ages.

There's about a 90% chance a person will tell the truth about their age, and 10% chance they won't (example)

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DrSaint is not online. DrSaint
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25 Sep 2014 06:07 PM
What i'm saying (if I didn't clarify it) is that just because people lie doesn't mean all of them do.

You're going to use the data you collect, and factor in the variable of how many people could have possibly lied, and go from there. Simple statistics. You can learn this in highschool.
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Xenadrine is not online. Xenadrine
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25 Sep 2014 06:07 PM
Of course he doesn't have an exact value of ages, neither do you, nor does it matter. All he has is an accurate estimate of the average age.
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manofarmy12 is not online. manofarmy12
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25 Sep 2014 06:08 PM
Oh my god! super, could you really shut the hell up?

Like who really freaking cares about the new article...
And peoples ages.

A lot of game company uses misinformation stuff on their games.
Who cares. Everyone lies.
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DrSaint is not online. DrSaint
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25 Sep 2014 06:09 PM
@Man

Bruva, i care about you, gotta calm down.
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Superent is not online. Superent
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25 Sep 2014 06:10 PM
I am literally PM'ing him right now.
Not sure why he posted again when he already PM'ed me back, keeping the thread alive.

We are chatting via PM.

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