I’ve gotten 3 warnings on a single day because one of my car’s symbol-maps contained a signature 
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And can we PLEASE GET SOME DEVELOPER PRIORITY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS MODERATION?
It’s important to note that while there are many comments on this thread about how developers shouldn’t get better treatment, you also need to take into account that larger developers upload 10-20x, if not more, the content that regular users or hobbyists do, also having money attached to the games they create - There really has to be some sort of quality assurance in that regard, as a developer can’t just let their account “cool down” if it’s gotten a restriction. A 3-day ban is not a death sentence to a regular user, but it can be a developer. It costs us real money, often.
I have had my modeler get banned multiple times for uploading assets directly to our game. Roblox’s automation will pick up on the names of textures, random pixels, heck… When making a supermarket game we were moderated for having nutrition facts on the back.
Roblox has practically given developer’s PTSD knowing that if they’re making a large-scale game there is a chance half of their developer team will be wiped out by content deletion and small temporary bans. It is insidious.
Roblox likes to pretend they’re a “Real” game engine for “Real” games and “Real” developers these days, but they’ve failed to update how they deal with their userbase in a way that actually allows that to happen in any way.
I’m out here wondering why a competitor of mine literally got away with scamming likely millions of robux out of their users, in part because of roblox’s terrible moderation policies, (They put a game under ‘pending review’ but then allowed the developer to re-upload it rather than appealing, with anything prior purchased being permanently gone because of that), but you’re telling me my perfectly legitimate development operations of which I’m spending huge amounts of time and resources into… that’s what gets moderation?
I have complained about roblox moderation for over 10 years and I won’t stop until something actually happens. Nothing ever happens though, it’s always the same low bar.
Stock holders don’t care about diarrhea on the platform they fund, but boy do they love automation. Unacceptable, as always.
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Hey roblox, can you and your assinine moderation policies deal with THIS maybe instead of ABUSING your actual audience???
Shame. Shame is the only thing roblox should feel about it’s state of moderation. Pathetic shame.
Thousands of people being actively manipulated right now, and Roblox is slow & excessively lenient. This is something I saw on the front home page. There is no way moderation could not know about this.
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scamming isn’t allowed anywhere however it still exists
nobody is saying anything about the millions of children being manipulated on other platforms, are they? this is not to say the moderation team is doing their job, but it’s impossible to completely prevent this type of stuff
I struggle to find any articulated point in your response here. No offense. It feels like a non-sequitur.
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i dont think its a non-sequitur
lots of these games exist and its impossible to get rid of all of them on a daily basis
ok?.. And?..
It’s a non sequitur if it has no point. This is a thread talking about Roblox moderation, and it’s extreme lack; Not a global politics thread.
Nobody is saying to get rid of “all of them”. This is a game with 3.8 million plays and 600+ active players on the front page.
Getting rid of it is widely considered a bare minimum in effort.
There is no reason to mention literally anything you have mentioned.
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do you not realize many more of these exist on the front page and beyond
they may not involve robux but other in-game items or accessories
they also have the same if not larger stats than the one you mentioned
Okay?.. Thanks for the comment I guess.
This could have been a more neutral addition to the conversation about how Roblox’s inadequate moderation goes farther than we think, but instead it feels like an awkward call-out where you’re stating information that supports what I said as if it’s contrary to what I said.
Yes. Roblox moderation bad. That’s kind of the point of the topic indeed. You discovered the point of the topic - Congratulations.
I still don’t understand the purpose of your responses to me. It might be best if you just call it a night.
Personally, I have not seen what you describe, but if it’s as bad as you think by all means please share that information, your experience, and how it has impacted you - It’s good information, but not in the way you’re wielding it currently. “Scamming isn’t allowed anywhere and also did you know there’s even more scamming than you think?” just feels like a weird series of replies here.
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Mind telling me what the terroristic part of that image is, or the part of that image is that makes it a real life tragedy? Nobody died and nobody blew up as far as I know
Also, I once was BANNED FOR 1 DAY for making a server-side script builder (So I could easily run code in my own games to test them)…
Someone did die, actually. The event itself does count as a real life tragedy since its a real image from that event from someone committing a heinous act of violence. If AI moderation detected that, I’m impressed because it’s not one of the more well known photographs from July.
(btw, I’m not even making any direct reference to that “event” as I’m replying to this comment due my own uncertain how sensitive moderation on the Dev forum can be)
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This needs to be added. Having your account terminated just because an AI made a mistake is absolutely horrible. Especially since roblox support is not the fastest in the world, and even that is mostly bots, the only way you get a real human is if you phone roblox. Even then you have a chance of being ignored.
The development discussions threads talk about moderation a lot but no roblox staff seem to have an opinion on it.
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/roblox-crosswoods-situation-discussion/3111345/90
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/roblox-moderation-needs-to-be-addressed/1709732/3360
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/is-roblox-really-safe-for-children/3141256/600
There’s countless more. Literally just search up “moderation” on the search bar, make it #development-discussion filtered and boom you have a countless amount of threads.
Insane.
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I think it should be clear that you shouldn’t give automated moderation this much power over the platform
Infact, apparently someone got terminated over having specific badges with inappropriate stuff (which were GIVEN OUT BY THE GAME). And I genuinely dont understand on why not removing badges instead of taking harsh action.
If anything, there should be humans involved in this too, not just automation. I know it doesn’t sound as easy as it does, but it’s about time.
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i mean yeah please do
like i dont want to be banned for a week cuz i published an update like the guy in the screenshot
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How about just a review instead? Just assuming and banning like the ai does is the worst. If they bothered to have someone review the report, like a flag system for example then I think I and many other uses would be better off.
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Really depends what they did. This is a super stupid reason to be worried to update your game. Also are you sure its real? People can easily fake these.
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i know zion, in the screenshot he actually released his roleplay game about his oc and the game legit got banned cuz of “terrorism”
oc in question: orange fedora brickbattler
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technically my case isnt as bad as getting banned, but i got warned for uploading a gamepass that “contained” a link, taking people off-site. ill just say, THERE WAS NOTHING. NO LINK. IT WAS A PHOTO OF 5GUM.
i contacted roblox support, they did absolutely nothing because they needed to verify ownership of the account (it was a different account, i didnt have an email added)
now yes, maybe i shouldnt upload gum pictures on roblox (even though thousands of people did and do), but come on, atleast specify it was for copyright or something
literally, if you want to take a look just look it up and the first result that shows up in images is the one I uploaded
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Recently had my main account terminated through an “enforcement ban” for being an alt of my brother, who was also banned. ROBLOX banned my brother for an asset he uploaded in 2018, for “terrorism”. We don’t know what the asset is (because it was uploaded over 6 years ago) so we can’t even tell if the moderation was legitimate. On my end, I’m like 7 appeals deep, all generic copy paste denials, and I can’t even reply with evidence of account ownership. It’s outrageous.
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