Moderation Notifications & Appeals in Studio

[MeshOfPaul (Paul)]

Yep @ChasingSpace had a similar request. I’ve sent it to the team to talk it over.

[Krant19worlddv (Krant_dv)]

can you add a tool to review assets if it is moderated or not so we can know if we can upload this on the platform or not instead of getting a warning ?

[TomPlays63 (Tom)]

Amazing update roblox, really appreciate the work done to studio over the recent days.

[MeshOfPaul (Paul)]

I think something like this is actually in the works! Unfortunately I don’t have details to share.

[Krant19worlddv (Krant_dv)]

omg i am glad to hear that it is in work because it is a very needed feature for all creators

[FutureWebsiteOwner]

Nice Update!

However, Moderation needs reworking imo. Us devs should not be paranoid when uploading lots of assets at once.

[MODERATION ISSUE] How am I supposed to Mass Upload Images/Assets?

I recently got banned for 1 Day for two separate assets that got moderated. I worked a few days on creating loads of assets for a project I’m working on and I decided to mass upload all of them today. These assets included about 70-80 images. How am I supposed to Mass Upload Images without the worry that my account will be moderated and it affecting my work schedule? There are 17+ experiences on Roblox now too, so as much as I don’t understand the moderation, why can’t it just tell me and mo…

[SelDraken]

100% This, about 9 years ago, my place while at its height, was removed, and I was banned for 3 days, I wasn’t sure what the actual reason was, but I assumed it was free models. During my ban time, I was able to get into studio and clean up the place, and remove all free models and other things I thought might go against TOS. That time was invaluable in getting my game back up and running quickly as soon as I was able to publish again.

[Modern_Developer2201 (ModernDev)]

Wouldn’t it be good if you could have an option to download a placefile to your laptop so you could still continue to work on them in another account while you’re banned?

[xRainbowFusionx (FusionPaws)]

This is actually great, but does it apply to local files

Edit: I should use my brain and look next time.

@MeshOfPaul

Local files shouldn’t automatically close on account status change.

[computerph1_DEV]

can we atleast work on offline places (saved to disk)?
like if i get a false ban so i still want to make updates

[Visuile]

Oh! Is that what this was meant to be for? I’m not sure why I have this.

[nothing_1649 (gom_a)]

finally, they added an instant ban button so you can take a forced break from studio i can’t wait to use this

[PeZsmistic]

Thanks! Given the way things work now, this is a great improvement.

A good future would involve differentiating creator and player accounts in some manner, so that moderation can affect only the domain it pertains to with more appropriate consequences. Hoping the team responsible for this has something like this on their roadmap.

[PysephDEV (Pyseph)]

Would just like to voice an appreciation for the transparency and communication by staff on this thread. As this is a full-time job for many developers now, as PeZsmistic mentioned, this communication goes a long way.

[0bBinary (Binary)]

I personally don’t like the idea where it kicks the creators off team create. It didn’t do so before, and it impacts my development speed tremendously especially when a ban is false and/or for non-development reasons. (aka: a literally unnecessary delay)

[itsAzot (Azot)]

Ofcourse this studio behaviour is much better, but still if you’re banned for only 1 day the moderation isn’t fast enough to review your appeal within 24 hours so it doesn’t really give any “faster way to appeal incorrect moderations” as you mentioned…

[TQNY2]

@MeshOfPaul

Yes this is just one little piece of a larger effort to make moderation less of a hinderance. This includes reducing false positives and other things

These false positives & moderation errors are a nuisance - and encourages (forcefully) not to post/comment on this platform - or keep it to a minimum.

I got a warning for a post that even YOU gave a like… so it tells me that somewhere there’s whiners (or liberals) that moan just about anything.
If someone complains about another post - and after review nothing is found - that person should get a strike themselves.

On the Studio ban - there is literally no point to it.
How would you chat in Studio & bully or use bad language anyway ?
I thought the chat feature was taken away in Studio (or on it’s way out) ?
If the offense wasn’t done in Studio - why should the penalty affect it ?

I don’t think the penalty should be applied in creativity at all… and as said…

@PeZsmistic

The ideal would be if Studio could simply not lock you out instead, and instead just block access to publishing and asset creation.

This should be the correct approach

EDIT: Thinking about it - maybe Roblox should use Musk’s GROK as a moderator… who understands humour & sarcasm

[TQNY2]

This is probably the best reason to have an ALT acc to sign in (as a backup Dev) and continue developing in such occasions… and can still edit any place (unless that is against TOS too).

For genuine infractions the bans are warranted, but from personal experience, the warnings are flimsy, and one’s creativity shouldn’t be interfered with.

My 1st warning was for a decal (image) that portrayed a bar from a western theme.
I learnt quite fast how bad moderation was… yet allows ingame bottles doing the same bar setup.

[Ben_Est]

Cool release but what’s the worst that can happen if creators can still work on their experience for the duration of the ban? Or simply dealing with the warning while having the studio open? Maybe restrict asset uploads if that’s the issue? Overall platform progress shouldn’t be halted unless it’s a permanent ban imo.

With that said, good progress. Thank you for moving in a better overall direction. I seem to have fewer unnecessary asset upload bans/warnings these days.

[Timelens]

Though this sounds like a good idea, I’d be concerned that users might just use this tool to essentially test the system to work out how to create bypassed assets without facing repercussions.