It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over

Post by tomgp » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 6:38 AM UTC

philistine wrote: post #85

technion wrote: post #75

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I'm fairly convinced that some of the Roblox controversy is a witch hunt. I have no knowledge of whether there have been legitimate issues, but the outcry I've seen on social media discussing Roblox and child safety often looks like a concocted story, and last month my social feeds were flooded with parents encouraging you to spread the word that Momo[0] is now spreading through Roblox and causing large groups of kid…

Watch both People Make Games video about Roblox and try to argue that the company should not deserve all the public controversy it is getting. They are actively stalling any moderation and protection because their profit margin would be severely diminished. Children's safety versus money, the choice is oh so simple. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY

Post by neiman » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 6:39 AM UTC

RUN12 wrote: post #235

curiousgal wrote: post #230

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> what kids say when they don’t want to own up to the consequences of their actions. Oof. They're kids. Cursing here and there is not the end of the world.

Minecraft does not ban users for profanity. The list of ban offenses is currently: Hate speech, sexual content and soliciting improper contact, real life threats, exposing the personal information of others, posting links to malicious software, impersonating staff, cheating/exploits (this includes anything that would negatively affect another person’s gameplay experience), general commercial spamming Profanity is con…

Post by ouid » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 6:41 AM UTC

tiahura wrote: post #267

ouid wrote: post #258

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I'm going to use profanity wherever the fuck I want. Especially on a fucking videogame. You are not entitled to have the rest of the world stop saying fuck because you don't want your child to hear it. Moreover, Microsoft doesn't have the right to impose this restriction on the "license" I purchased from a different company a billion fucking years ago. Malleable licenses shouldn't exist. We need real consumer protect…

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Post by watwut » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 6:42 AM UTC

ShroudedNight wrote: post #211

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> because god knows when I played Minecraft as a kid I saw so many conversations that weren't exactly appropriate. And how much harm did this cause? Because I saw the same, but I don't see it having any real negative effect.

I also have the same question. In my limited experience as the father of an eleven year old, it has continued to be much more productive to redirect profane or vulgar expressions of frustration away from people and towards problems ("Swear at problems, not people.") than to bubble-wrap their vocabulary.

Post by bspammer » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 6:44 AM UTC

autoexec wrote: post #89

armchairhacker wrote: post #56

I strongly disagree with Microsoft's stance. But I also think the issue is way overblown. You can simply mod servers so that they don't have this chat reporting. If everyone in the Minecraft community is so opposed, just create and exclusively join modded servers. Does not matter if they get labeled "Not Secure" if 90% of well-known popular servers have it, and there are tools and tutorials everywhere which make it s…

> revoking people's access to what they bought on shoddy evidence - if this actually starts happening to a lot of people I hope they get sued I wouldn't put my money on them winning that one. It's wrong, but the laws were written by and for companies. I don't think a judge is going to say that a company who runs an online service can't ban users for violations of their policies. Hell, if the law cared about making su…