To be fair, the problem is that these groups are going after people IRL, as per the article

  • Akt0@reddthat.com
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    6 days ago

    To be fair? Yes, let’s be fair and let the article spout… whatever, I didn’t pay for it.

    A child playing a game is still experiencing the real world. There are important distinctions between games and reality, but this has to do with the platform. I don’t know how far these vigilantes “go after” their suspects or how they verify their information points to the correct individual, so I cannot defend them; but to say that real people interacting through a game is somehow lesser than being in person diminishes the problem. It’s the same problem Yahoo chat rooms dealt with in 2005. For the platform, or the FBI, or any other government agency to focus on the vigilantes instead of the paedophiles speaks volumes on its own.

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      6 days ago

      the fact that disturbs me is roblox ignored these issues for so long that a movement had to form to stop the predators, instead of roblox doing their fucking jobs and creating a safe platform for kids to enjoy.

      coupled with the child labor bullshit, and their blatant copying of other IP (see peak telling users to pirate the game instead of playing the shitty roblox clone)… they’re an awful company