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🪅Too weird to not be believed😵‍💫

@Roblox the Massive Online Gaming Platform Rife W/ Scams & Abuse, & uses children as free labor 🎮😵

thefederalist.com/2021/09/03/the… #roblox #RTC #gaming @SophNar0747 @Grummz @YellowFlashGuy @TheQuartering @RealClownfishTV @neontaster @InsideRoblox

Thanks go to People Make Games who first did the legwork on this story & it was their report that inspired me to cover this story

Great channel that is very informative & interesting

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#gaming #gamers #peoplemakegames

Roblox is Yuge,

Arguably most popular video game on earth,
40 million players login in daily to play 50 million different games (experiences)

The size of 7 Ubisoft's,
Next closet competitor is Nintendo
#gaming #gamer #gamedev #roblox #YouTube #twitch #streamer #robux #kids

During Covid Roblox's popularity shot up 165%📈

Parents in Europe & North America used the METAVERSE as a safe entertainment platform for their kiddos

Creating $49 BILLION Market Cap🤑
#roblox #gaming #gamers #Metaverse #metaverse #StocksToBuy #Crypto gizmodo.com/the-roblox-boo…

So many kids ended up playing Roblox during the Pandemic that an estimated 2/3rds of American children age 9 to 12 have played on the platform🎮

#roblox #robux #Metaverse #gaming #videogames #gamers #gamedev #RTC #RobloxDev #education #children #publicschool #EntertainmentNews

🤔but what Parent's don't know is that
Roblox is the biggest scam in video games ever🤯

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Roblox earns its income via 2 main measures,

1. technically free-to-play, many of the cosmetics & levels which the player might want to access are locked behind a paywall that requires Robux,

which are purchased via a Credit or Debit Card
#roblox #robux #gaming #gamer #RTC

Roblox is not shy about this, & is infamous in gaming circles for making it as easy as possible for tykes to accidentally use their parents' credit cards

a TON of stories of parents shocked to find a $1000 bill from the Roblox Corporation

businessinsider.com/personal-finan… #roblox #robux

techraptor.net/gaming/news/ro…

This is the primary method the Roblox Corporation uses to pay the bills

In addition, the Roblox Corporation also relies on IP & merchandise deals to help pad the numbers💵💳

fastcompany.com/90671240/vans-… #roblox #robux #rtc #gaming #gamer #RobloxDev #RHOBH #Video #tech #USA

What should shock Parents & everyone else😮

Is Roblox relies on using children as their game developers & scams them out of the money they might earn🕹️

thefederalist.com/2021/09/03/the… @AbbyJohnson @bungarsargon @kittypurrzog @ggreenwald @wesyang @ConceptualJames @bdomenech @benshapiro

Roblox pushes hard on social media, youtube channel, official app & website to encourage kids to come develop games for the Roblox Corporation & become popular & get paid💸

Its not subtle 👇
#roblox #robux #gaming #RobloxDev @bariweiss @thehonestlypod @redlianak @EdtheSock

This is a GIANT scam,

Robloxs main selling point is it contains over 50 million different games, which they call experiences

most are low quality & rather forgettable

Achilles Heel is this means Roblox must constantly churn out new content
#roblox #robux #Metaverse #gaming #gamers #FridayFeeling

Which is where the kids come in,
instead of paying to develop these experiences themselves,

Like a Dickensian novel,
Roblox farms development & its costs to children

These kid developers, & there are potentially millions of them (Roblox says it has 8 million active developers)

Do the work for Roblox to create more content,

Yet very few ever get paid even a little bit,
Because there is a CATCH
#roblox #robux #metaverse #EnterRealm #kids

Cuz 50 million experiences,
only a small percentage of experiences ever see players engage w/ the content

On the Roblox App, only the top 1000 are featured, & only the top 200 prominently,

Means few developers will ever see players check out their game
thefederalist.com/2021/09/03/the…

Roblox knows this,
so the company offers their kid developers to pay ROBLOX to advertise their design on the app page,

Cost & rates determined by online auction on Roblox, looks a little bit to me like gambling,

Sometimes this works, most of the time it doesn't
#roblox #robux

Roblox not only persuades kids to waste their time creating content for Roblox, but it makes money off Junior by encouraging kids to pay the Corporation for a shot at stardom

Incredibly sketchy, BUT WAIT THERES MORE!
#roblox #robux #robloxdev #gamedev #Minecraft #Fortnite

On the off chance, Ur kid is able to attract players, the Corp does all they can to never pay him or her

They do this the same way as the company town at a West Virginia Coal Mine, by only offering to pay devs in company scrip, Robux
#roblox #robux #gamer

If U want to withdraw #Robux into Ur bank account, it requires 100,000 Robux minimum ($1000 USD)

(difficult to obtain for even moderately successful developers)

Rate going back is determined by #Roblox
U only make 1/3rd of what Roblox says Ur scrip is worth, $350 dollars or so

No copyright on Roblox,

Roblox enlists school children to develop content, try to trick them into paying Roblox & on the off chance the kid makes a big game, make it impossible for the kid to get paid

Oh & a bigger dev may steal their idea
thefederalist.com/2021/09/03/the… #roblox #robux

1 Trying to get kids to spend Mom & Dad's Credit Card

2 Trying to get free labor & money out of kid developers

Isn't the end of the sketchiness

Roblox is also home to prolific scammers, pedophiles & Political Extremists
wired.com/story/roblox-o… #roblox #robux #Metaverse #gamer

While entertaining, IMO

U should never leave kids alone w/ Roblox unless an adult is nearby

Roblox is sketchy as hell🦹
Abusive towards players & devs

Constantly looking for an angle to take money from Ur Wallet 💵
thefederalist.com/2021/09/03/the… #gaming #gamer #gamedev #roblox #robux

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