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> I surprised her back when I did user-testing

Wait till she gets tough PR reviews.

This block is ugly, and our team does not like looking at it :P



Remember that robblox investigation, were they interviewed that 12 year old that already talked like a burned out developer, feeling cheated out of the revenue. The children yearn for the mines..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ



Yikes...

Scratch and Roblox conspiracy to create an army of child developers? :O


Please do not conflate Scratch and Roblox!

Scratch is open source software created by a nonprofit foundation to promote education and creativity.

Roblox exploits children for profit and I quite literally believe they are violating child labor laws.


> I quite literally believe they are violating child labor laws.

Couldn't agree more the more I learn about them.


I would actually be very interested to hear from a lawyer—or at least someone with legal knowledge—why Roblox hasn't been prosecuted for this. These children are creating value for the company, and they're being compensated via a currency which can be converted into dollars. How is that not payment for work?

If Robux could only be converted into Amazon gift cards, I would still argue that was a labor violation, but I could at least understand why the case was murky.

Can Uber hire 16-year-olds to drive for them without a work permit as long as they're paid in special UbiCoins which are converted into dollars later?


AND This damn kid WORKS FROM HOME every darn day and doesnt even let me know on Slack!




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