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| 28 Jan 2017 07:14 PM |
We were over a good friend's house the other day and their kids were really into this online game called Roblox. So while at their house I let my two kids start accounts because it looked to me like it was owned by Lеgo (I found out later on it is not). The kids played around with Lеgo like characters in sparse environments and generally looked like they were having a good time. Both kids provided my еmail and I received one back fairly quickly. Things seemed simple enough until today....
My security system on my son's laptop kept flashing a warning about it not being Parental Safe. So once I figured out what my ######## was, I realized that it was not the site itself but the URLs from the advertising that was being served.. (ROBLOX FAIL) I've been buying online advertising since 1998 so I started to get worried. The ads were being served by your typical ad networks and the ads themselves didn't seem kid friendly. In fact a lot of ads were from Verizon and AT&T. Then I thought to myself - cookies..... As this screen shot shows the top 728x90 banner ad has the name Chicken7578 which my son kept saying that's his friend's name so that it must be his friend's ad. Once I saw that, I clicked on the ad but it was blocked by Bit Defender (my security system). (ROBLOX FAIL) Seems a little bit of a stretch that was his friend's account, but I've seen worse in online advertising and I know that can be done in Fa########o why not Roblox....speaking of social networking
I reviewed what Roblox is and it is a moderated game/forum where user's can generate games. Sure it claims it meets Government restrictions for being kid privacy safe (1998 COPPA) but as opposed to liberal minded folks that think bureaucrats in Washington can determine what works for the masses, I don't; especially when you view that game right in the middle of the homepage (ROBLOX FAIL) User generated game content means that well you are never sure what will pop up. Like this game entitled "Can You Blow Up The Eiffel Tower? - Nuke". That's not something I want my little kids playing or even seeing - especially surrounded by a suspicious looking banner ad that looks like it is using a friend's account in the ad. (ROBLOX FAIL) When I examined the sign up process again I realized there are no real confirmation checks to get parental permission. Your kid can open up a moderated account without your permission. BTW - that Blow up Eiffel Tower game still appeared on the home page for an account not confirmed. Finally, this isn't a game built by a company you know has a track record for being kid friendly. It uses Lеgo looking avatars but has nothing to do with Lеgo. Their About Us link has very minimal information which again worries me. Google only turned up info that they are funded by a venture capital firm and angel investors - again not a big return on searches. (ROBLOX FAIL) Is Roblox safe for your under 13 year old kid? Well I uninstalled the game and left it on the block list. That user generated game about blowing up the Eiffel Tower surrounded by suspicious looking banner ads was enough for me. Throw in that they try to look like Lеgo, I can't find out much about them online (other than Googling Roblox Sucks), and they stand behind a Government Act as why they are child privacy safe was too much for me. |
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| 28 Jan 2017 07:16 PM |
| Is the next national_security? |
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| 28 Jan 2017 07:27 PM |
I don't think parents would say "ROBLOX FAIL".
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| 28 Jan 2017 07:32 PM |
| I reviewed what Roblox is." This quote is evidence that this thread is ba(t because OP joined in #### and doesn't know what ROBLOX is. |
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| 28 Jan 2017 07:35 PM |
its also bait cuz OP has 7k forum posts lmao. no parent is spending that much time on the forums
"I don't like sand. It's coarse, and rough, and gets everywhere." |
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| 28 Jan 2017 08:02 PM |
| Uhh the #### ## ###### ##### game was not offensive it's just for entertainment because people like ####### up ###### |
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| 28 Jan 2017 10:26 PM |
ROBLOX was never supposed to be a kids game. Its a development platform. Of course, people have to go along and bring their six year olds on, and people started making kids games.
I am living proof ROBLOX is a powerful engine. |
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| 28 Jan 2017 10:31 PM |
| ROBLOX is more than safe for children. Their chat filters have got to be the strongest in the world (That's an over exaggeration, by the way, but they are very strong). Moreover, this game is targeted directly to children and everything is moderated by humans. |
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| 28 Jan 2017 10:57 PM |
| ROBLOX is safe for children on some measures, but not on others. For one, they don't censor swear words, but do censor almost every other word. (Which is not a problem if you can find a game with sane people who do not swear.) But, however, they message players and say to not click on the scams, which is a good message for small children who know no better. And about the ads that play before you start a game, Ad Blocker can fix that. But if ROBLOX bothers you, your son might like Club Penguin. |
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| 28 Jan 2017 11:01 PM |
"They don't censor swear words" Yes they do. One cannot type the letter "f" into the chat without it being censored. |
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| 29 Jan 2017 12:06 AM |
| Awww.... I cant last any longer with these soccer mom threads... Help... |
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| 29 Jan 2017 12:10 AM |
| MAYBE JUST CLICK ON WHY DO WE USE ADDS ####### HUH? ## ### IS GONNA ###### ROBLOX just because of an add. |
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| 29 Jan 2017 12:56 AM |
| i like how all this is coming from a cancerous kid who thinks hes trying to help the community and is probably ##### from his next door neighbor's #### who he grabbed when they were asleep but the funny thing is they stole that from some one who stole a christmas tree from some one and who stole 100$ from the ##### kid... kinda ironic to me. This is siggy. he does not like people. he will bite |
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| 29 Jan 2017 12:58 AM |
| why are there serious replies on this thread |
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| 29 Jan 2017 03:07 AM |
| Welp, ROBLOX claims its "Powering Imagination" and you want your kids to have a good Imagination, Don't you? |
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| 29 Jan 2017 11:47 PM |
| Pun, it didn't censor you saying F, and it doesn't censor people saying the full words. |
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| 30 Jan 2017 12:07 AM |
I actually read all that xd
Adblock solves the ad problem btw. |
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| 30 Jan 2017 11:57 AM |
Number 1 Use adblock. Number 2 "Can You Blow Up The Eiffel Tower? - Nuke" So? what wrong with blowing an eiffel tower in a video game? Number 3 This isnt lego. Number 4 If you dont want your son going in supicious game. then just watch him. il add something there gross games now. |
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