Well I read up and it states that… So even a giveaway of just Tokens (my game’s in-game currency) is somehow offensive.
I can clear myself of this if I remove the Robux giveaway. But again, I feel I would be committing a scam, or something that resembles it.
Ik for a fact many developers have given away in game currency so I wouldn’t worry about that at all, one again for the other one I would privately negotiate with the winner / disclose that roblox does not allow you to giveaway robux and try to compensate for your server in some way. if they are a fanbase hopefully they will understand.
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One thing I saved myself from is that I didn’t extort likes for the giveaway. I just stated in the game’s description & title GIVEAWAY AT 10K LIKES. Which I’m hoping helped me dodge a bullet, because I could’ve said… LIKE THE GAME AND I’LL DO A GIVEAWAY. It was a marketing method, but it wasn’t an ill-intended one. I didn’t swindle anyone or trick people with what I said.
These rules are pretty unfortunate and very obstructive especially to legit creators like myself that just want to be nice and friendly to my community. This sucks. 
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Alot of people feels that way, some kind of limits in exchanges, unfortunate indeed but there are good reasons over this, Roblox did attempted several “occassions”, for example, The uses of Mobile Ads years ago, it got abused as it give robux even as a free user, the solution over this was to add a cooldown to Ads, which actually made developers spams it regardless, everything that exists with this kind of liberty are very abused, The only way Roblox want to make accessibility equals for everyone is to have everything automated, so yes, you being super mega legit still leads to nowhere.
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As it states in the TOS you can’t do that.
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Yes I am aware now. I wasn’t before I did it.
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I think your best pet with all things said it to wait for roblox to reply and sort it with them, since it was not done with ill / self gaining intentions they should hopefully be understanding
I just want to put it out there for the record. There is currently a Roblox Accelerator that is hosting a Robux giveaway competition for their game as well. I suppose there’s a double-standard for this whole thing.
It really leaves a bad taste in my mouth if there’s no way for me to get some kind of trusted reputation with Roblox so they can let me do this kind of thing.
I’m pretty sure you’re allowed to give away giftcard codes that give robux since I’ve seen plenty of devs doing it and this thread:
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/robloxs-policy-on-giveaways-contests-has-become-unclear/30621
says that it’s fine. Doing it for likes isn’t allowed, but it’s better to follow through with the giveaway than scam your fanbase. You would probably get in more trouble for offering a giveaway and not following through since scamming is a lot worse than a giveaway that breaks a minor rule you didn’t know about.
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Well I just went through with replacing the giveaway for Robux and I’m instead giving away more Tokens. I’m hoping Roblox and my fanbase will understand and forgive my ignorance. And that this won’t happen again in the future.
There has been no winners yet anyway, so it’s not like I took money away from people. I just had to switch what I promise to give. I’m just trying to do the right thing here.
If you give Robux through a gift card, you aren’t breaking the rules more than you already would with the tokens and your fans get what they originally expected.
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Can I do this without cash? Because I currently do not have the cash on hand to buy people Robux gift cards.
So can we give away gift cards in a ROBLOX game?
I’m pretty sure that’s how the rules work, yes. The point of having a code is that it’s easy to give it to someone as a gift. It wouldn’t be a really useful gift card if you couldn’t give it to someone as a gift.
Speculation
I’d assume their reasoning is something like this:
When selling Robux: A user buying/getting Robux through you and not Roblox makes them lose out on a potential buyer. You (if you’re selling it) make a profit without having to go through DevEx or spend any money and the user doesn’t have to pay as much since they’re not buying from Roblox. So Roblox loses money in two ways.
As opposed to gift cards:
You’ve paid money for the Robux before redeeming it. They don’t care whose account redeems the code; they don’t lose any money.
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Alright.
Is there an email like DevRel I can reach out to assure this follows guidelines?
Ignorance is never a defense - this is against the Terms of Service and you’ve kind of dug yourself into a hole here. On the one hand, the ToS explicitly forbid Robux giveaways:
However, you may (dependent on the T&C of the seller) give away codes for Roblox vouchers
Not really, as e-cards are the only legitimate way to follow through on what you have promised.
And as a further warning, changing what you give away near the end of the giveaway could be construed as breaking of Section 10 of the Community Rules:
Changing the giveaway prizes after you have already benefited from it, having reached 4th on Top Rated? I would personally 100% define this as a deceptive practice, if not a scam.
The Roblox rules apply equally to everyone on the platform - that’s how it stays fair. If you do want special treatment, I recommend researching before you do stuff like this in the future, and making sure you’re not breaking any rules.
If you want to do some damage control, I recommend contacting DevRel
devrelations@roblox.com
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Thankfully Roblox is still run by humans and not robots.
Ignorance is not a defense of course not. But intent definitely matters when fixing morality problems. And I had no ill intent in what I did, I wanted to give back to my community and apparently that breaks a rule that I didn’t know existed. Roblox does not expect every developer or member to recognize and understand the rules and policies front-to-back before doing things. Mistakes happen, and people learn.
And as much as what you say is true, I believe Roblox will allow some leeway for people that have good intents and make genuine errors or lapses in judgement. This is why there are appeals. Especially when nobody was harmed, nothing was stolen, and nobody was scammed.
But we shall see, soo far nothing has happened. And if Roblox does take moderation (which most people I’ve talked to about the subject doubt they will) I will give my full and honest testimony and appeal in the most respectful way possible.
Thank you for the reply. 
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Gift card giveaways being allowed make no more sense than giving readied Robux via group payout in a giveaway.
Both can be lied about, both should be equally moderated. The Robux that the group has comes from somewhere, same with the gift cards. Either which way someone paid for the Robux, and it all either goes back to Roblox, or someone pays it out via Dev-Ex.
I’m not alone when I believe this rule should be re-looked at. The rule being there makes sense, though I believe the cons outweigh the pros and I don’t believe it should be a rule, there shouldn’t be a double standard. 
Whoever buys the gift card spent money on it. They’re not going to sell it for less than it cost them. You can earn Robux by selling stuff without spending any money. You wouldn’t value that Robux as much, since you haven’t spent money for it. You’re much more likely to sell that Robux for less than Roblox’s prices. If you buy a gift card and sell it for less than Roblox is selling it, you’re losing money and probably won’t be able to keep it up. If you sell Robux that you paid nothing for, there’s nothing stopping you from doing it with all your Robux.
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But you aren’t allowed to sell Robux.
The Robux earned in groups was already paid for. Buying a Robux card and gifting it to someone is the same as gifting Robux that you already have. Again, someone paid for that Robux to be there. Robux doesn’t appear out of nowhere in a developer’s hand. The consumers of the developer paid for that Robux. And I just wanted to give back. I didn’t sell the Robux. I was giving it away for free, that someone else had previously paid for at some point.