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Re: Safe chat urgently needs to be fixed.

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gottem_good is not online. gottem_good
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20 Nov 2016 02:48 PM
The problem with ROBLOX is that the demographic is split between younger kids who mostly play games like Natural Disaster Survival and other front page games and the older demographic, which includes people 13 and older. I find it very frustrating to not be able to effectively communicate with friends at times due to the censoring of words that are not harmful.

It is constantly debated on how this issue should be resolved for various reasons. For one, ROBLOX aims to be a game that is friendly for those of all ages. Turning off safe chat completely is not an option, and I understand that fully. Another reason that this issue is difficult to resolve is due to potential lawsuits due to possible incidents involving severe cyber bullying or personal information being disclosed.

However, I think ROBLOX needs to recognize the split demographic as it is a legitimate issue. Safe chat is one of the many problems that come with this. I think that a possible solution would be the addition of an option to turn safe chat off (almost) completely.

Now, do not think that this would open the doors to people being allowed to say anything they want to say. Certain words should remain censored such as swears and highly offensive insults. Even then, this ability to turn off safe chat would have to be secure to ensure that younger children are not able to turn it on. A potential way of doing this could be to have it be open to accounts that are only the age of 13 and older in addition to having an email confirmation.

I encourage those who support the idea to make modifications to my proposal if they think they have a better suggestion.


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awesomegladpablo is not online. awesomegladpablo
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20 Nov 2016 03:13 PM
You, dear sir, have my support.
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FollowTheLOL is online. FollowTheLOL
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20 Nov 2016 03:15 PM
How about you stop being a potty mouth
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awesomegladpablo is not online. awesomegladpablo
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20 Nov 2016 03:16 PM
@Follow

OP is not trying to be a potty mouth. He just wants the filter to censor words that are offensive WITHOUT also censoring appropriate words, and he has recommended to ROBLOX some ways to do that with age and email.
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FollowTheLOL is online. FollowTheLOL
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20 Nov 2016 03:17 PM
ROBLOX wants a reputation for being kid safe, though
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awesomegladpablo is not online. awesomegladpablo
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20 Nov 2016 03:20 PM
@Follow

And they have that reputation. A little too much of it.

I got my entire reply censored on one of my own posts just because I was trying to clarify to someone that their name was censored, and that I couldn't type it in a post.

What we want is not freedom to say whatever bad word we want, we just want the good words to be uncensored.
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FollowTheLOL is online. FollowTheLOL
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20 Nov 2016 03:22 PM
They just don't want people bypassing the filter, so they have to censor random words.

Or maybe the filter is just broken in general

I guess the filter is annoying, even the 13+ filter I use censors many words
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gottem_good is not online. gottem_good
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20 Nov 2016 03:28 PM
You are not seeing the point. The point is to give those who are 13 and older to effectively communicate with a milder censor system.


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awesomegladpablo is not online. awesomegladpablo
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20 Nov 2016 03:30 PM
@gottem

Who isn't seeing the point? Me, or Follow?
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gottem_good is not online. gottem_good
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20 Nov 2016 03:32 PM
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FollowTheLOL is online. FollowTheLOL
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20 Nov 2016 03:44 PM
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