Creator spotlight program is problematic in its current form

[AceDevArnav (Ace)]

The “requirement” of this said program was never meant to be 100% ‘educational’. It was brought back to highlight creators for their amazing work.

@Noble_Draconian

They were essentially glorified workhistory portfolios & free game advertising for the creator being featured

This glorification is to empower these selected creators. Knowing such fun things often brings up a nice atmosphere in the community

@Noble_Draconian

Why was this program brought back if it’s still not going to fulfill its original purpose? Why is Roblox still pretending it’s about education when it’s not meeting that goal?

The ‘education’ part of it was never completely emphasized as Roblox’s goals. The goal is (assumed by the majority) to simply promote the work of the creators and put them (you guessed it) in the spotlight.

@Noble_Draconian

Furthermore, the program in its current form is not an open or fair opportunity to creators. In order to be featured through the program, you either need to know / be friends with someone internally, or someone internally needs to know you, which leads to a sponsor. There is no application process or similar, which makes it very easy for Roblox to push certain agendas and makes the program vulnerable to things like nepotism and other forms of bias, which does not scale very well.

I believe this is the article you are looking for :-

https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/13265567553812-Getting-Featured-on-Roblox-Marketing-Channels

https://corp.roblox.com/submit-for-featuring/

As said in the attached screenshot from the ‘application’ above, the point of this program is nowhere near being an education oriented sort. We already have other things for that, especially the Creator Events Program you mentioned.

@frecklesnspectacles

Thank you for the feedback and ideas for content! The purpose for bringing this back is to celebrate creators and give insight on their journey to others in the community. I agree there is an opportunity to highlight creators in other ways and we’re exploring that. This is just the first of what we have planned, so stay tuned.

This was the original reply from a Roblox admin confirming the program’s agenda.

Early creators get inspiration from such stories, learning about the creators’ interest, work and future plans. Not everything has to be all strict and knowledge oriented but also to create an aura of interest and happiness within the community.

This program has a LOT of scope and the amount of creators this can inspire is worth way more than educational posts and it was one of the great decisions taken by Roblox to reinstate this program for the good.