2014 like-botting incident

In August 2014, an unknown Roblox user used alternate accounts with the intention to abuse the Game Ratings feature by automatically joining games to force them onto the Popular sort of the Discover page. The user targeted rich and famous players, such as and. Due to many innocent players being terminated as a result of the incident, criticism was spread within the community for poor investigation from administrators. It is unknown if the user who caused the incident was found or faced any consequences.

Criticism
The incident was met with criticism from the Roblox community for receiving poor investigation. Multiple innocent users were terminated despite being targeted by the culprit. The community also criticized how Roblox refused to unban these users.