Tell me about Roblox

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Dd2 (10)has asked if she can install Roblox on her phone - no aim, she uses it to watch YouTube & play games. Apparantly all the girls at school have it & chat on it.

Quick search on here confirmed why my spidey senses had woken up, but a lot of the threads are old.

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My ds has it (10)and plays silly games and chats to some school friends including one who has moved abroad. Every now and then I look at the tablet (Kindle Fire) and ask who the various names are and check he's only adding people he knows in real life. Dd no longer has it on her tablet because she added some people she didn't know.

My ds has it,he's 8. All his friends have it. I have my own profile and play with them sometimes.

I'd say it's OK as long as only you can install or uninstall it, and read the riot act about conversation on it being just like real life, no bullying, etc.

Is it possible to restrict the chat function, or the games they play?

You need to put some strict rules on it... Make sure it isn't connected to any credit card or accounts because a friend of our's son racked up a £700 bill on it.... We also banned ds from making friends with anyone he doesn't know in real life. Fortunately he has pretty much given up playing it now and to be fair he did enjoy it, but it's definitely one to watch out with

i banned it in my house, as my son was getting a LOT of very explicit messages and requests from perverts constantly. He was about 13/14 at the time and he tried to hide these messages from me, so i couldnt trust that he wouldnt enable chat again. We got net nanny set up pronto, and roblox banned

My oldest two had it for a bit - I locked it down so that no one could chat to them. BUT. it turned them into monsters. They were addicted. Son was shouting at it constantly (frustrated when he couldn't do certain levels etc). He wasn't enjoying it at all but couldn't peel himself away. Daughter had a play date and her and the friend basically got into an argument over it.

So I told them that "the trial had expired" and deleted it.

You can restrict the messaging and friend requests so strangers can’t speak to them but I agree with PP, it turned my DC into monsters too and is now banned.

My dd is 10 & she plays Roblox on her laptop. She plays with her school friends too. I make sure to check her messages to be on the safe side

I only let dd add friends she knows in real life too

My DD is 9 and she plays it whilst facetiming her friends from school who are playing at the same time. She only plays on a game called Bloxburg, and is mostly interested in decorating her house. I've made an account and will sometimes loiter on it to keep an eye on her and the messages that come through on the public chat. It's pretty harmless but as with everything I would recommend monitoring it if you're worried.

Hey there, I saw this thread through Google and thought I might as well reply. ROBLOX can somewhat be split up into different parts; The traditional section, and the roleplay section. So I’m assuming you want to stay away from the roleplay (RP) area, because that’s where it can get a little dirty. Games like Adopt and Raise a Cute Kid is a good example - ODers (Online Daters) tend to populate this section, and they are the kind of players to do that “Say 123 for a BF” stuff. Certain roleplay-games are run by standalone player groups, which serve to hold the moderators of their game, who do their best to try and stop this from happening.* Traditional games on the other hand don’t really require communication, but it is very helpful; take the hit game Jailbreak for an example. No needing a boyfriend or anything like that, just get a car, drive to a bank, and rob it. Just a fun little game to pass the time. These are usually intended for little children, whereas certain roleplay games try for a teenager fanbase.
*Whilst group-owned roleplay games are good, there are usually strict criteria to participate in them, such as correct grammar. If your child wants to be a survivor in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, I’d recommend the ATF (After The Flash) series. There’s little to no ODing, and the rules aren’t too strict when it comes to grammar. Just be sure to use an asterisk when completing an action, and quotation marks when speaking to someone. They should get the hang of it quite quickly!

• ROBLOX Roleplayer and Builder

This is what Roblox is, create adventures, play games, role play, and learn with their friends in a family-friendly, immersive, 3D environment.
This is mostly played by children base on my observation.

DD(6) has it. She's not allowed any friends,messages or in game chat. I check it frequently and she plays near me anyways and asks me to help her out or just to show me around her "world" in Meep City. So far the only messages she's received have been spam.

I said no to dd. There's too much that sets my spidey senses tingling, and the message above from the Roblox player finishes it for me. "little bit dirty" sounds like coy speak for filth, and I'm not knowingly opting to expose dd to that. She's made it very clear she wants to chat to her school friends through it, and this has influenced my decision, because they fall out often enough over what one has supposedly said in school, the potential for fall outs increases massively if sm/online chat become involved.

Thanks for the opinions, it's useful to hear from people who's children do use it.

Roadblox is the only programme that somehow bypassed my password protect against installation and was an absolute nightmare to uninstall.

It was a no from me

Roblox is a deep hole and when you fall into it you can't get out.. please be robux wise

Good to know, my DDs didn't asked for it but if they will do, I'll say no.
I cannot understand why kids have to be involved in potentially dangerous apps. Is there the possibility to make kids safe apps? Yes, and it's plenty of them, I will allow only installations of these.
If all the parents would monitoring and not allow risky apps probably apps developers would be much more focused on making safe apps than dirty or unethical ones just for attractive commercial purpose.