cool update guys, make sure to show all my games on today’s picks and then it’s even cooler
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The point is that he shouldn’t have “As a trans person” in that post. @iGottic being a trans person doesn’t give them some sort of status or authority that makes their post more important, and it shouldn’t.
It’s just like me saying “As a woman” in front of every message a send. It’s unnecessary and just taking advantage of contemporary values to try to feel more important.
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At this point we’re starting fights just to fight huh.
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As if it wasn’t clear in the post, Roblox formerly asked if you this:
IGottic IS apart of those communities, andso, adding that she’s a trans person (which is in the listen communties), and her opinion on the question being there.
She’s telling how she’s being unfairly boosted for something that doesn’t have to much relevance
(I somehow found the Twitter of IGottic when scrolling on Twitter, She explained it short and sweet:)
It would be weird to talk about why you shouldn’t get boosted for something without knowing the person getting boosted
To me, the question shouldn’t have that much relevance. Yeah diversity is great and all but the picked games should be based off the game, not the creator(s) community status
common sense, dude…
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They probably added it to further their point
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My current project doesn’t have enough content or monetization ability for me to be comfortable with submitting it. That said, I think the sort is a nice idea. It doesn’t serve my needs of wanting to find more niche specific content, but yeah. I see that some would greatly enjoy this.
I’d love if this was available on PlayStation and Xbox. I assume those platforms are not easy to work with -maybe a push limit for updates- as to why they aren’t supported here. Could this be responded to?
Maybe because people don’t support console as much? I know that games used to show up on console, and be recommended, even if that game did not support console. I’m not sure if that issue got fixed. But if not, I assume that’s gotten in the way of things.
Edit: The issue mentioned above is apparently fixed. I’ll do some testing when I can to confirm.
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Don’t I as a minority have a right to speak on why I believe my community has right to affirmative action.
Igottic isn’t the only minority here.
Do I not also deserve a voice in the matter?
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Probably just an outage. If it doesn’t fix, make a bug report.
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I never said you don’t have a voice, although your voice probably isn’t really the more “majority” one
To me, being in those communities shouldn’t boost a game out, the game itself should boost itself up.
We’re all different and I wan’t to know more about your stance on the question.
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Amazing update!
This seems really interesting and I just finished filling in my survey.
Glad to see ROBLOX doing more things like this!
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The goal of affirmative action is to end socioeconomic disparities.
I used to wonder why my community had to suffer so much. The politics were super confusing. It was said to me, “The area you come from started out as low income housing, and the needs of the community were neglected. Housing is not enough to fix poverty.”
And that’s as simplified as it can get.
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This is very exciting news! I wish best of luck to everyone here, this is an amazing opportunity for small Roblox developers! 
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the fact this is only for games that have pc, mobile, and tablet support is kinda iffy. for small games or newly made games, you really just have to focus on one platform for a little while. not only so you’ll build up an audience there but also because it takes time and thought into redesigning your controls from PC to mobile or vice versa.
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You will not believe the disappointed sigh that came out of me the moment I saw the thumbnails they used…
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Seeing the AI art made me sad. Doesn’t Roblox have a better catalogue of stock images to choose from?
Anyways, it’s a cool idea… the discovery page becomes more irrelevant by the day.
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There is absolutely no politics involved here.
What everyone here is stating is that all games should be judged on the basis of merit. It’s an equal playing field for everyone: suggesting some should be elevated above others implies that those minorities aren’t capable of succeeding themselves and is ironically then just discrimination.
Many people from these groups have spoken up against this (along with everyone else I’ve talked with). I advise you to re-read people’s replies and actually take a bit to consider what you are advocating for.
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Thank you, You basically summarized everything I’ve been saying.
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The worst part is they are literally knock offs of real games!
It’s based off of real game names, not really classified as a “rip off”
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Before I start, I want to say that I respect your opinion wholeheartedly, and I do understand where you are coming from. I don’t want what I’m about to say to be of any offense to you. Apologies in advance if any offence is taken.
As an Asian (regarded as a minority group in North America), my ethnicity is often at the forefront of the negative effects of affirmative action. With a culture that prioritizes achievement, good grades, and high performance, affirmative action has done nothing but harm the high-achievers of my ethnicity. Many individuals of Asian descent have worked very hard for achievement only to be shadowed by another individual who has not worked half as hard as them. I find it appalling that many individuals preach to “bring up minority groups” but fail to understand that social initiatives like affirmative action are not a net-gain scheme. In fact, in most cases, it results in a net loss.
Take a look at something like the Harvard Admissions Scandal, which clearly depicts the negative impact of affirmative action upon individuals in which affirmative action is not targeted towards. Here is a chart with related figures:
Take the non-highlighted figures with a grain of salt, as I could not fact-check the validity of the figures.
Here is the official document from the US Supreme Court to verify some of the figures:
As you can clearly discern from the image provided, there is a blatantly big hole in admission rates for the top Asian American students and the average African American students. Despite being at the 10th decile (better than 90-99% population, or 40-49% above the median), Asian Americans face an admissions rate more abysmal than African Americans of the 4th decile (better than 30-39% of the population, or 11-28% below the median; i.e., below average). Affirmative action takes away from one for the benefit of another. Unfortunately, admissions to schools aren’t the only thing affected by it.
The saying goes, “You give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. If you teach a man how to fish, he will eat for the rest of his life”. Affirmative action only gives the fish to select marginalized groups of individuals, not teach them how to catch them. If you simply apply the lazy approach and just give marginalized communities compensation in the form of money, exposure, or quotas, the affected group of individuals will have a very hard time learning to do things themselves. If you keep giving somebody money, that individual will be very likely to be dependent on that money, as they haven’t learned to earn it themselves. To alleviate socioeconomic disparities, we shouldn’t strive to force-feed resources to the needy, but invest in things like schools and proper infrastructure that have a lasting impact on marginalized communities rather than the current short-lived impact of unfair representation.
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