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A good view into how a particular "content" platform treat the people creating their content like complete garbage. Oh, and it's also literal child labor I think. https://t.co/UfnaOkimdi
— Nordic Weasel Games (@WeaselNordic) August 20, 2021
I owe my soul to the Roblox company store
— Michael Gartenberg (@Gartenberg) August 19, 2021
https://t.co/u694TZSPBo
Here I thought other content platforms were greedy. Roblox takes 75% (possibly more) of game sales from developers who make games in it, and on top of that, pays people in robux which has a minimal withdrawal, encouraging more in-game spending.https://t.co/g1h5SNXpAU pic.twitter.com/W3EzHhWjF3
— DatNoFact ↗ (@datnofact) August 23, 2021
Nobody is forced to do anything. You have the CHOICE to make any content on the platform.
— michael (@m_kargus) August 21, 2021
To say they are “forced” or “exploited” to make content FOR the platform is misleading. https://t.co/7sTPt8oVW7
A new report argues that Roblox's success is built on exploiting young game developers, many of them children, making content for the game. https://t.co/8l9USA1evY
— WIRED (@WIRED) August 20, 2021
This @Quinns108 story about how Roblox—which at 200 million users is the most popular game in the US—is essentially running a scheme to exploit child game developers, is completely eye-opening. They're using company scrip, taking a *75%* cut, and more.https://t.co/iREkNOQxV8
— Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant) August 19, 2021
Incredible video that breaks down into detail the economics of Roblox https://t.co/CTm5ZDE3RV
— An-Tim Nguyen (@AnTimNguyen) August 19, 2021
1/2) Not at all a surprise to me or industry colleagues, yet, in a creative if (further) warped way, the long-crooked business model offers a happy alternative to certain established publishers and well-known development studios . . . https://t.co/EmOfUmAsdu
— Eric M. Scharf (@emscharf) August 21, 2021
Roblox suggests its kid devs can "earn serious cash" through the platform. @Quinns108's investigation shows how, when kids try and fail to make it on Roblox, Roblox profits. Our write-up: https://t.co/qmRjjLeNch
— Cecilia D'Anastasio (@cecianasta) August 19, 2021
Just yesterday my son was telling me that making games on Roblox is not lucrative and gave an off the cuff estimate of how many downloads will net how much money and after splitting with his friends - it will be so less for each.https://t.co/jDjlODT2Wa
— V. (@vibhurishi) August 20, 2021
Roblox is a $45bn platform built largely by children working for scrip https://t.co/xYETXvOlMu https://t.co/j4ArOwXDvC
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) August 21, 2021
Hooooooooooly shit this video is a must-watch.
— Eric Pope (@MrPope) August 19, 2021
Roblox has fascinated me since I became a dad and suddenly became aware of this MASSIVE business that I had zero exposure to beforehand. https://t.co/Ra684PQxE3
Kids are learning some very adult and mature things on this site that is why many have decided to end their children using this child platform adults have encroached on. Kids should just be playing games having fun they should not…https://t.co/Df8VVhaPxy https://t.co/QilOINB4Fo
— Joshua P. Rapke (@jprapke) August 19, 2021
My 9 year old earned 6 Robux this month after making several game experiences https://t.co/m1ITw592gk
— ЯoЬ J૯ωɿէէ (@rob_jewitt) August 19, 2021
I started on the platform many years before Developer Exchange existed. I worked on Roblox because it allowed me to essentially express creativity through a new medium. I’m not an artist, but I turned out to be a fine programmer, and I owe that to Roblox. This article is wrong ? https://t.co/eAZb4pOBgh
— Evan Pickett (@realEvanPickett) August 20, 2021
Whether true or not, reinforces requirement for robust protections of the young and vulnerable in the developing #metaverse https://t.co/m7ngu78uK3
— Neville Hobson (@jangles) August 23, 2021
My jaw dropped at "Roblox takes a roughly 83% cut of money made on the platform" before hitting the floor at "but that's our best estimate because the number they give isn't accurate" and falling through at "because they pay devs in in-game currency with an awful exchange rate" https://t.co/NH2HGJ8VkT
— Andrew Nestico ??? (@PracticalTAS) August 19, 2021
A new report claims that the massive video game platform can exploit young developers.On Roblox, Kids Learn It’s Hard to Earn Money Making Games https://t.co/lVbXZUsmxW
— Interactive Media Management at Algonquin College (@immalgonquin) August 19, 2021
Roblox: MAKE US CONTENT OR ELSE
— BSlick // “All Right There", OUT NOW ? (@BSlickComposer) August 20, 2021
kid developer: ok bu-
ROBLOX: NOW
kid developer: *shaking and crying*
ROBLOX: There there, that’s a good little developer
(This is a fake story, and has never happened, and doesn’t happen, sound ridiculous right) https://t.co/d6NizlDHml
You don't get a market cap of 45 billion dollars without exploiting a few people. https://t.co/aJjOWWI2rM
— Input (@inputmag) August 23, 2021
$RBLX On Roblox, Kids Learn It’s Hard to Earn Money Making Games https://t.co/VfmWLDsXFv
— North Bluff Capital (@bluff_capital) August 19, 2021