Context matters. In the context of roblox, it shouldn’t even be on the site because 99% of time there’s going to be <18 (or even <13) people using it.
Saying “come groom me” is accurate because what’s one of the major issues people have with content moderation? If Roblox allows the accessories to exist, they are complicit with the way they are being used
I agree with your opinion. It seems I have underlooked at that one, thought it might go under sexual. That’s ridiculous to say though. I’ll remove belly from my post.
I get it that this has multiple meanings, one of them acting weirdly, but this is just blatant sign of word being used as acting sexual.
I wonder when will Roblox moderation finally get up and actually start doing stuff? Probably never.
Public UGC is in catastrophic state and will just continue to deteoriate further as time goes on. Roblox moderated three of their official assets and also moderated black colored UGC. Do I even have to hope for moderation to improve at this point? This is just utterly embarrasing.
i think the problem with this is a lot of gen alpha terms in general, or “brainrot”, comes from an inherently sexual background (think “edging”, “gyatt”, “gooning”). but by the time these are used by 5-12 year olds, the context and meaning is very easily lost and most children have no idea of the connotations behind the word.
in addition, the words are often used in an ironic way or to mean something else; most people talking about “munting” on tiktok, for example, are definitely not doing what the word implies. with these words it’s really hard to strike a fine line between explicit content and unknowing kids.
i completely agree though that some of the content mentioned should not be allowed on the platform.
(also the urban dictionary definitions of words tend to not be an accurate representation of the way they’re being used in real conversations)
You claim that wearing the “freaky” accessory on Roblox is equivalent to saying “come groom me”. It is an exaggerated interpretation. Yes, it can have sexual meanings in some contexts but it’s also important to remember that it’s often being used in a joking way.
It is not accurate to say that wearing the “freaky” accessory is the equivalent of inviting grooming.
Jesus Christ, the audacity to come to someone’s forum post about your disgusting behaviour and brag about the amount of money you’ve made from it. You are a horrible person if you believe that this is acceptable and you should be ashamed. You along with the 3 people who upvoted you are seriously suspicious if you believe marketing sexually explicit content to children on a children’s platform is acceptable.
Ridiculous
I understand the implications that because it is “brainrot” that it’s not meant to be taken in a sexual context. However, wouldn’t that mean that everything else that has a separate definition from the initial one also no longer assumes the original context? You can’t just pick and choose, and make exceptions to your own logic when it benefits you. Yet you and others are.
For example, ‘gyat’ started as an exclamation that streamer Kai Cenat would say during events on his streams. It evolved into an ironic (and in ironic) way to acknowledge an attractive woman. Now, does that mean that no one can ever say “Gyat damn!” in a non-sexual content? No. You can’t just exclude other terms from that same logic if you accept that logic as your own.
You can’t actually rely on that. You can’t just say “it’s a joke, lmao” since you don’t know what the user’s intent is behind wearing it. The problem I (and lot of others) have is the fact that “freaky” (with the cursive font) has a sexual origin and is often used in a sexual way. ESPECIALLY, with this:
I’d rather keep that kind of content off the platform; anybody can say “i’m joking” when they’re not.
It’s similar to that Jenny minecraft head in the catalog, on its own it looks fine, until you bring up the fact that it’s from a porn mod
tl;dr user intent is unreliable
That’s true, but I showed the cursive definition for a reason. (Ancedote) 90% of the time, definitions from the urban dictionary fit conversations I have with people
(This may seem unrelated to your post because this was intended for a different one)
Generally directed towards: @zuovez @Bestspyboy
Adding onto this, if one of the connotations of ‘freaky’ is ironic, doesn’t that also mean that the other connotation of ‘freaky’ (sexually deviated or hypersexual) is also a valid interpretation? If so, why should it still be allowed? I mean, the only reason that a word like ‘cell’ (used to, it’s no longer banned) was banned is that it could be used to refer to a cellphone number, which directs <13 users off platform. Its other connotation (a confinement for inmates) is not taken into account. So why should it be for ‘freaky’?
I’m not even asking this rhetorically. I am genuinely interested in your reasoning for this.
Well this turned into the “badass” situation all over again, it’s pretty much this exact post but targeting a specific word
not defending the ugc creators here, just reminding people of context. my opinion remains that ugc with any sexual connotations whatsoever should not be allowed anywhere near a platform with so many young children playing it. i do feel though that calling these creators “disgusting” is a little far
roblox UGC is a mess and has been for a while
it makes them money so they dont care
its really sad
The best response.
Crazy that there’s innuendos for innuendos now
I totally get where you’re coming from. Seeing this on a primairly kids’ focussed platform is pretty disturbing. The meanings of the word “freaky” is not something that should be around kids at all.
This isn’t the first time something like this has happened, though. A while back “Straight pride” flags popped up, and yet, they’re still there.
One way to fix this might be a big cleanup, a massive “banwave” to get rid of all the inappropriate stuff. Until then, reporting these items is the best we can do to help the moderation team.
I hope this post helps bring this problem to Roblox’s attention.
if they make a banwave theyll lose money
they only care if its limiteds (since limited clones also lose them money)
they sadly wont do anything
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