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"My first message would be, if you're not comfortable, don't let your kids be on Roblox. That sounds a little counter-intuitive, but I would always trust parents to make their own decisions," the company's director noted.

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[–] libra00@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Even though this amounts to 'how dare you expect us to moderate, I have to agree: parent your kids or don't have them.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That statement is fine in a vacuum, but I think the mega platform almost exclusively marketed towards children should also maybe not do child labor with extra steps. This guy isn't being reasonable, he's shifting blame.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Oh sure I'm not saying Roblox isn't an evil corporation that exploits children and functions on child labor, but responsibility for moderating what a child is exposed to falls solely on the parent(s).

[–] ThisGuyGetsIt@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I miss the wild West cluster fuck internet. Things were calmer when everyone was arguing with eachother. People came away from debates with the same opinion but at least learned a thing or two along the way. The sad thing about moderation and censorship is that there's unintended consequences when we apply half measures. I my opinion moderation is an all or nothing deal. I'm on the don't moderate anything and let people have shouting matches end of the spectrum.

When there's minor moderation people self censor and it's hard to gauge someone's true opinion, which in my is more harmful than full censorship where you tow the party line; because everyone knows the party line and can figure out what is actually being said.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It is entirely possible to moderate too much, to quash the voice of your community in your rabid attempt to keep the community free of trolls and such. As with most things in life, there is a balance to be struck in the trade-off between the wild west and the gulag.

[–] ThisGuyGetsIt@feddit.uk 1 points 39 minutes ago

Have you listened to the Jamie Loftus podcast on mensa?

It demonstrates both ends of the argument beautifully. Very insightful show; I hated the presenter afterwards but I think her insight would mesh well with your point of view.

I don't think trolls are in any way relevant to the moderation debate. People have the right to be stupid and other people have the right to talk shit about opinions they perceive as stupid. If you don't want someone who potentially is going to shit on your opinions don't post those opinions on a public forum.