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Cat-lover, game developer, translator, programmer, content creator, lead researcher for @Roblox_RTC All opinions are my own (pfp by @kor1cat 💜) 🇹🇭

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@MafuSaku
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2 months
It was a pleasure meeting all of you wonderful people at the 2nd Roblox Creator Meetup in Bangkok! Got to see some familiar faces, connected with other devs, ugc creators, artists, staff, and more. Thanks for having me as a volunteer💜 #Roblox #RobloxDev #RobloxDevs
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@MafuSaku
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5 days
oh.
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@MafuSaku
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24 days
Roblox's CEO comments on if Roblox will fix the safety problems with the platform in a few years. "I’m going to go more out of the box than that. Roblox is an amazing platform right now for your kid."
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24 days
Roblox's CEO says he "loves" the idea of a prediction market on Roblox and that it sounds very fun and obvious. "I actually think it’s a brilliant idea if it can be done in an educational way that’s legal."
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@MafuSaku
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24 days
Roblox's CEO says the company continues to view metrics on safety systems and AI, and that a parent is the ultimate arbiter of responsibility. "If a parent out there, for any reason, is not comfortable with their kid being on Roblox, who am I to say, right?"
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24 days
Roblox's CEO comments on screen time for children. "I’m actually kind of supportive of it in a way."
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24 days
David Baszucki is not frustrated, he is excited to talk and wondering how much fun time he has on the podcast.
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24 days
Roblox's CEO commented on AI systems not being reliable but stated that he is confident in the technology of AI and that the systems are getting better.
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24 days
Roblox's CEO comments on declining the Hindenburg Research article that there had been a decline in spending on trust and safety. "First off, Hindenburg is no longer in existence, correct? So, you should report on that. The other thing is, have you researched that information?"
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24 days
Roblox's CEO reassures parents that Roblox thinks ahead and that safety is at the core of the platform. "So a month into the company, 200 people in, we said, 'Let’s stop everything, let’s go build a safety system, and let’s let the four of us go and become moderators.'"
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24 days
Roblox's CEO comments on why there is an open-ended text communication feature and why it's core to how Roblox works. "There’s enormous benefits for having people be able to communicate, and we think we see those benefits. There’s a lot of kids who find their peeps on Roblox."
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24 days
Roblox's CEO comments on users directing other Roblox players off-platform, citing, "I would say the techniques are much more sophisticated than that. We’re constantly getting better than that, and sometimes it’s adversarial."
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24 days
Roblox's CEO comments on the predator problem on the platform, stating, "I think we’re doing an incredible job at innovating relative to the number of people on our platform and the hours, in really leaning into the future of how this is going to work."
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24 days
Roblox's CEO comments on lawsuits alleging how easy it is for predators to get around Roblox's filters and says he wants to keep everyone on the platform and says why age estimation: "We’re not doing this because of any laws that are coming; we think it’s the right thing to do."
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24 days
Roblox's CEO talks about chat filters, the memes behind the aggressive filters, and why Roblox always opened up chat for everyone to begin with without age-based chats.
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24 days
Roblox's CEO talks about users faking their faces with age estimation through video game characters, stating that if they find weird signals and behaviors, they will ask for another age check again.
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24 days
Roblox's CEO talked about the ages of users on the platform, stating over two-thirds are over 13 and the fastest-growing ages are 21 and up, while also saying that "there’s a fair amount of accuracy to that."
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24 days
Roblox's CEO elaborated on facial age estimation, saying, "I think long-term face scan isn’t the only signal," and reiterated that the images aren’t stored.
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27 days
From my understanding, this is what I've gathered so far with Roblox's age estimation policies and Persona's general policies.
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