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Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms

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Re: Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms

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Post by nomel »

tboyd47 wrote: post #17
milesvp wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I refuse to let my kids play Roblox. "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy ...". That place is full of kids scamming each other, and I've not heard many good things about the company either. I was once trying to tell my child about this in a public setting, and a nearby older kid was just smirking knowingly about all the things I was talking about. Gambling, theft, foul language. Frankly, it…

It always seemed like a gateway drug to gambling to me.

I've made a couple games with my kids, and these types of comments are very confusing to me. Roblox is a storefront for user made games. There's no single experience. Is this in reference to the "loot box" style mechanics that some games use?

Re: Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms

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Post by nomel »

onemoresoop wrote: post #2

Yikes, ads for kids is atrocious

This comment seems is fairly disconnected from the reality of what the average kid experience these days. Television, Youtube, Hulu, Peacock, TikTok [1], gaming consoles, and the vast majority of iPhone and android games are all full of ads. 80% of kids have access to tablets/phones [2].

[1] 50% of kids are on TikTok. https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2023/03/new-data-pro...

[2] 80% have access to tablets. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/04/tablets-more-...

Re: Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms

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Post by lyk2005 »

milesvp wrote: post #13
onemoresoop wrote: post #2

Yikes, ads for kids is atrocious

I refuse to let my kids play Roblox. "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy ...". That place is full of kids scamming each other, and I've not heard many good things about the company either. I was once trying to tell my child about this in a public setting, and a nearby older kid was just smirking knowingly about all the things I was talking about. Gambling, theft, foul language. Frankly, it…

How do you partake in the real world without it warping your personality? Being scammed of your virtual items is not that different to being scammed of real money once you are an adult. Growing up with multiplayer games, Roblox can be categorized as an immersive sim with a virtual adult world inside of it that can teach kids a great deal about life. I myself got interested in money from Runescape, where I was scammed and scammed others. Since you brought an example I have my own, I ended a friendship over Runescape because I trusted my friend and he stole all my items. I cried for a week but then I moved on and learned to identify bad actors. You choose to shelter your kid, and that's okay because you are the parent.

Re: Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms

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Post by itishappy »

nomel wrote: post #23
onemoresoop wrote: post #2

Yikes, ads for kids is atrocious

This comment seems is fairly disconnected from the reality of what the average kid experience these days. Television, Youtube, Hulu, Peacock, TikTok [1], gaming consoles, and the vast majority of iPhone and android games are all full of ads. 80% of kids have access to tablets/phones [2]. [1] 50% of kids are on TikTok. https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2023/03/new-data-pro... [2] 80% have access to tablets. http…

I'd argue those stats are also atrocious.

Re: Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms

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Post by littlestymaar »

endtime wrote: post #14
onemoresoop wrote: post #2

Yikes, ads for kids is atrocious

FTA: > The company in November began testing the video ads — that will be served to users who are 13 years and older Maybe by kids you meant 13-17...but I feel like teenagers are not exactly a demographic that never sees targeted ads (e.g. through social media, on YouTube, etc.). (Full disclosure, I work for Roblox, but not on anything related to ads. Obviously representing just myself and not my employer.)

> Maybe by kids you meant 13-17...but I feel like teenagers are not exactly a demographic that never sees targeted ads

Since DSA targeting ads to minors is forbidden in the EU though.

Re: Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms

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Post by babypuncher »

nomel wrote: post #23
onemoresoop wrote: post #2

Yikes, ads for kids is atrocious

This comment seems is fairly disconnected from the reality of what the average kid experience these days. Television, Youtube, Hulu, Peacock, TikTok [1], gaming consoles, and the vast majority of iPhone and android games are all full of ads. 80% of kids have access to tablets/phones [2]. [1] 50% of kids are on TikTok. https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2023/03/new-data-pro... [2] 80% have access to tablets. http…

That doesn't make it OK.

Re: Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms

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Post by edvards »

babypuncher wrote: post #27
nomel wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comment seems is fairly disconnected from the reality of what the average kid experience these days. Television, Youtube, Hulu, Peacock, TikTok [1], gaming consoles, and the vast majority of iPhone and android games are all full of ads. 80% of kids have access to tablets/phones [2]. [1] 50% of kids are on TikTok. https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2023/03/new-data-pro... [2] 80% have access to tablets. http…

That doesn't make it OK.

We have ads everywhere. Teaching kids on how to handle ads is rather reasonable.

Re: Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms

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Post by [deleted] »

milesvp wrote: post #13
onemoresoop wrote: post #2

Yikes, ads for kids is atrocious

I refuse to let my kids play Roblox. "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy ...". That place is full of kids scamming each other, and I've not heard many good things about the company either. I was once trying to tell my child about this in a public setting, and a nearby older kid was just smirking knowingly about all the things I was talking about. Gambling, theft, foul language. Frankly, it…

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Re: Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms

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Post by idle_zealot »

edvards wrote: post #28
babypuncher wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That doesn't make it OK.

We have ads everywhere. Teaching kids on how to handle ads is rather reasonable.

Or we could stop normalizing mass manipulation on an unprecedented scale.
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