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i clicked on that abuses of child developers link and am now very sad about all the fond memories i have had with early roblox.. imagine roblox but open source and run by cool people ;-;
im going through college and stuff rn because i wanna make something similar for vr, ive got a long way to go tho :(
*Thousands of adults will meet children
The whole list of predictions is brain melting:
10. A Fortune 500 company will use a Roblox experience as part of their recruiting process
9. A school will integrate a full K-12 curriculum with Roblox, including language classes with schools in other countries and virtual field trips
8. For 17+ verified people in 17+ experiences: Thousands of adults will meet for the first time in Roblox dating experiences and subsequently form real life relationships
7. Roblox employees will spend more time using Roblox for remote meetings than with video
6. We will share a universal civility metric, and show that for most players, it increases over time
5. Some Roblox creators will make more money from selling physical merchandise on Roblox than virtual merchandise
4. Roblox will be a frequent communication channel for my family
3. A top fashion designer will be discovered on Roblox, without having any experience in physical fashion
2. A musician will perform live to over 1 [million] people on Roblox, using a phone for motion capture
1. A Roblox developer will be valued at $1 [billion]What is it with every techbro group and trying to make an "all in one" app/service for people? First Musk with Twitter, now this. Do the bourgeoisie know something we don't about AI? Has the singularity been achieved and we're all about to be plugged into the matrix, and they're just fighting over which brand gets to be that matrix?
I think they really want to make a profit-driven version of WeChat
Yeah I almost included that list in the post, every part of the list is horrifying. Roblox should be nationalized or shut down and their executives investigated.
Jesus fucking Christ I hate this stupid everything app metaverse bullshit. Every bougie wants to be the one to do it and none of them do it well! Overambitious idiots ruining things that were perfectly fine (even if Roblox could be called that) by chasing trends and current fads (:kelly:) that just pinky promise them more money, power, and influence.
totally normal children's game
they cant pull a minecraft and stick to being a kids game for multiple generations?
Minecraft being pretty damn good at it's core gives it appeal to any age group even if the target demographic is children. Roblox isn't really comparable to Minecraft it terms of core ideas and design.
i kind of really hate the vibes roblox gives me and i dislike that it had a resurgence in popularity over recent years
"Adults"
Some young 18-24 adults might be interested esp for the nostalgia factor. My uni has a roblox server where someone recreated our campus in it. Someone also played roblox music at some big outdoor party once, in a sorta ironic way, but it was somehow hyping everyone up
I doubt many people will use this tho
We need civility metrics
death to america
As always
There's literally no reason to use Roblox over any "real" dating platform unless you're explicitly looking for children
AND I BET THEY'RE GETTIN' SCENE GFS THERE. FUCCCK. I'M SO JEALOUS.
EVERY GOD DAMN SITE WOULD BE BETTER THAN THIS ONE FOR TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE TO LOVE.
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