Yet how could a moderator know someone is under age from these links, it doesn’t make sense to put them under review if there is no way to check if they should be moderated.
They’re the moderators, they’ll know how to check. (not just based on link but they could check profile/previous posts/previous reports/etc)
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Their talking about what they have seen. I doubt they would legit put that if they didn’t see that in this, As it would be spreading rumors and false info.
The new moderators are… Questioning at best.
I would not trust them having the ability to ban my/any account.
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They already have such ability as they have been assigned global moderation powers. But they are well trained, and if you are above age you should be fine in this regard.
Yeah, this part falls short. The new moderators are closing and opening random posts, flags or not, bad or not…
Maybe that’s what they were told to do? Not here to speculate though, this isn’t even related to the OP. If you have questions the dev engagement team will be able to answer them, so just ask them.
You’ll never catch me COPA! Hahaha!!!
Jk, I’m older than 13. What do you mean by web and www?
Yes, the DevForum should be restricted to 13+ only since there could sometimes be links outside of Roblox that can be unsafe for users aged under 13.
i think devforum is already restricted to them, because usually when an underage user goes into devforum, it’ll give them a message like “you can’t be on devforum” for example
It actually isnt for their safety, rather, the text of rule is in place to prevent >13 from their data being collected. Companies cannot use (deceptive) practices in order to get this information from them.
The differences between COPA and COPPA is that COPA has an injunction since '09 - can’t be enforced.
(I’m not a lawyer, though, basic reading gets the general consensus.)
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This might be a good idea, but I have some objections. (idk what that means but it sounds cool)
I am 13+, so don’t call me out or something random by the way:
Users who want to create things go on the forum to ask for help, so lets say, I was 10 years old who just found out about the forum. I want to fix this problem I can’t figure out, so I try to log on, but I am under 13. Limiting me from doing so, and its a specific problem so I can’t find anything else on it.
Even if its a rule, in conclusion I think everyone should be allowed on the forums, as long as they don’t cause trouble.
It doesn’t really matter what we, or anyone working at Roblox, thinks about this. None of these people have any influence on the matter.
The restriction is enforced legally by COPPA: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act - Wikipedia
Allowing 13- on a free-form text forum with users of all other ages is a difficult problem from a legal pov. It’s why so many platforms have a 13+ threshold.
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Ah that makes more sense. Didn’t think of it that way
No no no no no! I dont think you’ve seen this but there’s a thing called COPPA which everyone has to agree with
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Wait wait wait, people are seriously reporting underage users on the DevForum? Even if they are just trying to get help or report a bug? Am I the only one thinking this is a little too far?
I understand the whole COPPA thing, but it’s like if you were learning to drive and ran a stop sign and your dad called the police to press charges against you. Except this time you’ve done nothing illegal.
This is a forum, not some free-form social media platform. People come here to learn and get help on development, not send text-to-text messages and send photos around.
Imagine I told you I was under 13, what next? To the witch stakes? C’mon people, we’re better than this.
Yes, by the forum’s rules, they’re not supposed to be here.
If you said you were <13, the forum moderators would investigate before taking action:
Honestly I’m glad this thread is back up. Throughout the lifetime of this thread a lot of people seem to now understand the concept is use a detection system for web.Roblox instead of www.roblox. It still would put the user under manual review and possibly under a temporarily paused account. This is no different than what is done already by DevRel except they manually have to find these users.
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If you understood COPPA, you would know that under 13 users are indeed breaking the law, or maybe their parents are, either way it’s illegal.
No, it’s closer to if you were learning to drive, ran a stop sign, and a police officer pulled you over. Which is justified. Not that you would get a ticket unless they were having a really bad day, but it is still illegal. We aren’t family.
Really? A Community Editor literally just called it a “free-form text forum” on Apr 20, just above you. Either way, there’s really no difference, people still can post “unmoderated” (as in, there is moderation, but there is no filter.)
Myself and quite a few people use the “messages” feature to do this (don’t cancel me)
Yep.
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