Parent reviews for Roblox

We allowed our daughter (age 10) access to Roblox because the website claimed that communication could be limited to only people whose profiles were accepted as friends for kids under 13. THIS IS NOT TRUE AND IS VERY DECEPTIVE. Only private messaging is limited--communication with ANYONE playing the game is available at all times, just not private, leading to a much greater privacy risk than we had anticipated. While she enjoys the game, she has also experienced (to our dismay) her first online bullying due to this inability to control who interacts with her. (You can report people, but not unless you do it immediately when the event occurs and know their username, which is not always on display) . Also, many of the games within Roblox are more violent than we had expected from a platform that markets itself for children. Some users are even attaching "particles" that blast audio bits or visual images that are sometimes pornographic. This is not allowed but it can happen before the game shuts it down. Which brings me to my last issue: Our experience with Roblox customer service has been truly one of the worst I have ever seen. You cannot call to speak with someone directly; you have to call and leave a message for a callback, so I tried the email function. I exchanged multiple messages and each time got a reply from a different person, and even after six or seven replies from different people, there was no interest in helping with a relatively simple question--how to reset a lost password. They would not allow her to do this through the password reset button because we did not have a credit card on file, even when I offered to add one through customer service and to verify her account ownership by answering any questions they wanted to ask (list of friends, device IP, recent logins, etc). Now my daughter cannot ever log out of the game or she loses everything she has created in the game. I cannot believe that she is the only young child who has forgotten a password and does not have an open credit card attached to her account. When I pointed out that the question had not been answered even though I had politely asked each of the 6 or 7 people for help, I got the reply that "we cannot help you with this issue." Very disappointing. We feel a little scammed between the lack of actual security provided to the children's communication and the inability to provide a simple service like a password reset without a previously associated credit card. Several of my mom friends and I agree that letting our kids have it is one of our biggest regrets in terms of parenting decisions. There are much better, equally fun games out there without the safety risks.

Honestly as a person who actively plays Roblox I personally believe that if your child is under the age of 13 parents shouldn't allow their kids to play. It has people who act very idiotic and say inappropriate things or commit inappropriate actions. The Roblox censor system is very bad so alot of kids can replace or add letters to be able to say the word. For example, the word fuck, they could say "fvck" . Also, don't waste your money on the games currency also known as "Robux"; it's a waste and the currency gets spent fast. So alot of money can get spent.

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Hey, i'm Matteo and I play roblox as a twelve year old. Sorry it says i'm and adult, I honestly don't know how to change it. Don't think that i'm saying Roblox is good because I play, only because this is simply my opinion. So in ROBLOX you get to do many things- play games made by others users (Don't worry, ROBLOX shuts down any inappropriate games and bans or warns the user that made the game), buy Limited/Limited U items and trade, make games, and make friends. Now, of course all parents worry about that "Make friends" part. In my opinion, as long as your child knows not to give out any private info, it's fine to make friends. Like right now I currently have 11 friends, and 7 are in real life and 4 online. I do warn parents and families that the community isn't the best. It is full of online daters. But here is some simple advice. Stay away from roleplaying games like "Boy And Girls Dance Club" or "Robloxian High School. If you stay away from those games, you'll have a fun time. Currency- The virtual currency in ROBLOX is what us Robloxians call Robux. The smallest package is 0.99 USD for 80 robux, biggest being 200 USD for 22,250 robux. There is also "Builders Club" which is 6.99. If you get robux, I recommend buying Builders CLub first if it's in your budget, as 22,250 robux goes up to 35,000 robux at the same price of 200 USD, and the other robux packages go up aswell. And for parents overreacting calling us "toxic players" we are far from that. I hope you guys found this helpful. Sincerely, Matteo (A.K.A D_dge)

Though, i've personally moved on from ROBLOX, I gave my account to a little brother of mine. Now, usually, ROBLOX would be top-notch when it comes to moderation, though can sometimes be a little strict. Other than that, they were reliable back in 2013. Since a game called 'Meepcity' was released, my brother was playing it constantly. I never actually paid attention to it, since you know, ROBLOX was pretty reliable when it comes to moderation. Now, yesterday, I caught him inside a home, apparently getting a 'Lapdance'. I confronted him about the dangers of what he called 'ODing', and I took back the account by force, and told him to never play the game again. My little brother is 12, and it's kinda shocking on how much information ROBLOX can feed my little brother. This convinced me to temporarily go into my older alternative account from 2011 to see what is actually up with ROBLOX, today, by going into one of the games called "The Streets". So far, i've been constantly harassed, and even been 'cursed out', sometimes even called 'Bad'. Not to mention that the game is filled to the brim with exploiters. It is not a joke, ROBLOX actually changed, from a redesign to even the community becoming a toxic wasteland. ROBLOX's moderation team will barely do jack-shoot about Online Dating, or even put out punishments for these so-called rules that they want you to follow. I understand that moderation is hard, but come on! It shouldn't be THAT hard to monitor a simple chat, than ban them. ROBLOX's moderation isn't the worst thing ever. The worst thing, besides the community and the moderation is the consumerism. Oh my god. ROBLOX back in the day used to give others without a membership a chance to profit. From making shirts, t-shirts, to even making games, and coding games, so that you can learn to become a successful game developer. Which is always useful, and helpful towards the younger audience, but now you basically have to PAY to actually make money. If you're planning on making money without paying actual money, I suggest giving up, cause there is practically NO WAY to make money, without being forced to go into your wallet, especially when Tix got removed. Overall, this site has went downhill, and turned into a completely, toxic community that is not safe for your children. I would usually say 'Do whatever your heart desires', but this is an order: STAY AWAY FROM THAT SITE.

There is bullies everywhere, and every server there is bullies! My daughter was playing roblox and someone hacked a game, and put a picture in the sky of a scary girl! Also, there is a lot of sex, violence, drugs, and dating in the game. And, I think ROBLOX should be shut down NOW!

This game is a portal to really bad stuff. My 16 year old warned me to really watch my 8 year old on it . . . I didn't and there was hard core porn, violence, links to spending money and I have really tight parental controls on our internet. This site does not do a good job flagging parents if the child has gone off the reservation, so to speak. Don't use or use within eye sight of you always.

If you can't afford to spend real money prepared to be called a 'noob' and be constantly made fun of by so-called pros (who usually buy and dress in the most expensive and 'cool' clothing) and at times you even get singled out just because of your appearance. It's messed up and I feel like the game developers are money-hungry, why else would the only accessible way to get Robux is to spend your hard-earned money in order to customise your character, buy fun stuff and unlock cool features in this game. They don't even offer daily logins to get them, or watch videos or do surveys to get them. But the worst part of all is the bullies - many 7-12 year olds are exposed to the negativity and I think the company should really do something to minimise the bullying. I think the whole 'pro and noob' thing wouldn't have existed if the game actually had a way to get robux for free by doing offers, etc.