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== MSE6 ==
 
== MSE6 ==
 
{{Main|Community:MSE6}}
 
{{Main|Community:MSE6}}
[[File:Ae145a62dea2334707916d658e69b85d.png|right|thumb|MSE6's Avatar]]
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[[File:MSE6 Current.png|right|thumb|MSE6's Avatar]]
[[Community:MSE6|MSE6]] is a former Roblox [[Administrators|administrator]]. She was heavily criticized by players on the Roblox Talk and Off Topic [[forums]]. She was often accused of abusing her moderation privileges, allegedly [[Ban|banning]] users for invalid, inappropriate, or outright false reasons and giving out inappropriate and harsh punishments. Although they presented little evidence for their allegations, many forumers believed MSE6 to be the sole administrator responsible for all inappropriate moderation on Roblox.
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{{Player link|MSE6}} is a former Roblox [[Administrators|administrator]] from 2009 to the mid 2010s. She was heavily criticized by players on the Roblox Talk and Off Topic [[forums]]. She was often accused of abusing her moderation privileges, allegedly [[ban]]ning users for invalid, inappropriate, or outright false reasons and giving out inappropriate and harsh punishments. Although they presented little evidence for their allegations, many forumers believed MSE6 to be the sole administrator responsible for all inappropriate moderation on Roblox.
   
 
== In-Game Report System ==
 
== In-Game Report System ==
 
{{main|Report Abuse}}
 
{{main|Report Abuse}}
   
Roblox allows for a user, in-game, on the website, or otherwise connected to Roblox to report another player's behavior to the admins. Using the report tool sends a message to the Roblox moderation team. The moderators then check the chatlogs and other Roblox assets to determine what moderation actions are needed.
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Roblox allows for a user, in-game, on the website, or otherwise connected to Roblox, to report another player's behavior to the admins. Using the report tool sends a message to the Roblox moderation team. The moderators then check the chat logs and other Roblox assets to determine what moderation actions are needed.
 
[[File:Roblox safety tip 4.png|thumb|A Roblox safety tip telling users to report players who make them feel uncomfortable or are violating Roblox's rules]]
 
[[File:Roblox safety tip 4.png|thumb|A Roblox safety tip telling users to report players who make them feel uncomfortable or are violating Roblox's rules]]
   
 
Multiple players have claimed that they have been [[Ban|punished]] for something they did not do or for something that does not break Roblox's rules. This has led many players to believe that Roblox's report system is primarily automated and designed to reprimand any user who is reported enough times. Players also believe that reports are rarely read by the moderation team because players are not instantly moderated as soon as a report is sent. Roblox has reassured players that reports are read, though it may be delayed due to the high volume of reports they receive at any time.
 
Multiple players have claimed that they have been [[Ban|punished]] for something they did not do or for something that does not break Roblox's rules. This has led many players to believe that Roblox's report system is primarily automated and designed to reprimand any user who is reported enough times. Players also believe that reports are rarely read by the moderation team because players are not instantly moderated as soon as a report is sent. Roblox has reassured players that reports are read, though it may be delayed due to the high volume of reports they receive at any time.
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== Pewdiepie's Ban==
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On February 10, 2019, Pewdiepie, (known as pewdie123t32 at the time) returned to Roblox and created a livestream known as "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S5lAKyLaqQ Playing ROBLOX! to stop Tseries (once and for ALL)] ". The livestream was mainly ROBLOX gameplay. Game developers eventually caught on and changed their game title that would convince pewdiepie to join. The livestream reached #3 on Gaming according to YouTube Statistics. After an hour of streaming, his game and his account were terminated. The livestream was also stopped by YouTube.
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About a month before the stream, Roblox Developers created a new rule stating that any mention about Pewdiepie, whether uploading his face to decals or talking about him in communication areas, was against the rules. About two months before the incident, the account "Pewdiepie" was banned.
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Due to the amount of criticism and backlash by many Roblox community members, Pewdiepie was unbanned on February 13, 2019. Despite unbanning Pewdiepie, Roblox has also made the phrase "pewdie" blacklisted. 
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== Code Reading ==
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On March 19, Roblox made a post on the [[developer forum]] (found [https://devforum.roblox.com/t/clarification-on-code-flagged-for-safety-review/488833 here]) stating that they have been and will continue to read developer's code and administer warnings and account deletions for scripts that do not follow Roblox rules. This caused controversy within the development community, as Roblox did not formally ask for consent to read closed source code. Over 1,000 replies were made within the first four days of the post being public.
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[[File:AccountTermChatFilter.png|thumb|Termination for custom chat filter]]
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During this debacle, a user by the name of {{Player link|ReverbAnnoucer}} received a termination for the usage of a custom filter on top of Roblox's [[Chat/Filtering|chat filter]]. Roblox later edited the post saying that "adding additional safety for the sake of your players in the form of an extra chat filter will not get you punished.", however ReverbAnnoucer's account was never reinstated, and many developers believe that moderators will not take the time to check the usage of the script prior to moderating it.
   
 
== Filtering System ==
 
== Filtering System ==
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== Rules ==
 
== Rules ==
Roblox's rules have been criticized for various reasons because community members call it "unfair." These reasons include:
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Roblox's rules have been criticized for various reasons because community members call it "unfair." These reasons include but not limited to:
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* No links to outside websites (such as YouTube videos or profiles), due to users linking others to shock sites and malicious pages.
 
 
* No inappropriate places such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Nazis, the execution of the late Iraqi dictator [[Wikipedia:Saddam Hussein|Saddam Hussein]], ISIS executions, or places containing adult content. They recently added pubs and bars to this list, but many places like [http://www.roblox.com/CLUB-BOATES-place?id=38578583 Club Boates] and [https://www.roblox.com/games/531452294/Club-Insanity Club Insanity] still contain a bar.
* No talking about religious or political content, due to the violent 'flame wars' that are generally sparked by the discussion of it.
 
 
* No discussion of ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' or ''Teen Titans Go!'' in Off-Topic.
* No debates and rebellions.
 
 
* No swear words
* No inappropriate places such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Nazis, the execution of the late Iraqi dictator [[Wikipedia:Saddam Hussein|Saddam Hussein]], ISIS executions, and places containing adult content. They recently added pubs and bars to this list, but many places like [http://www.roblox.com/CLUB-BOATES-place?id=38578583 Club Boates] and [https://www.roblox.com/games/531452294/Club-Insanity Club Insanity] still contain a bar.
 
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** If you type a word that is filtered by the chat filter, it will appear as pound signs (#). This has not always been the case, however, as before pound signs were used, the whole message would just appear as [ Content Deleted ].
* No discussion of ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' and ''Teen Titans Go!'' in Off Topic.
 
* No swear words.
 
** If a swear word is typed into chat, it used to appear as hashtags (#) instead, with the same number of letters as the swear word to others. It was changed to "[Content Deleted]", but now it appears as hashtags again. Before hashtags were first used, the whole message a player sent is seen completely blank in-game.
 
 
** Some players may alter swear words, by either replacing certain characters with symbols or letters, removing certain characters, and adding new characters, just to bypass the filter.
 
** Some players may alter swear words, by either replacing certain characters with symbols or letters, removing certain characters, and adding new characters, just to bypass the filter.
** Some words, such as "[dang]" and "hell", are not filtered, which allowed many users to get away with using the unfiltered words toward others.
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** Some words, such as "damn" and "hell", are not filtered, which allowed many users to get away with using the unfiltered words toward others.
** Most filtered words are solely English ones, leading to some players swearing/cursing in a different language. However, this is bannable.
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** Most filtered words are solely English ones, leading to some players swearing/cursing in a different language. However, this can be moderated.
* No politics or anything related to politics.
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* No [[Wikipedia:Knuckles the Echidna#Ugandan Knuckles meme|Ugandan Knuckles]], Big Chungus, or anything related to them.
 
* No depictions of romance, including [[Wikipedia:Shipping (fandom)|shipping]].
* No [[Wikipedia:Knuckles the Echidna#Ugandan Knuckles meme|Ugandan Knuckles]] or anything related to it.
 
* No depictions of romance, including [[Wikipedia:Shipping (fandom)|shipping]] works.
 
* No copyrighted music.
 
* No going to 3rd party sites that offer Free Robux.
 
 
* No distorted or excessively loud audio.
 
* No distorted or excessively loud audio.
 
* No images that include blurry, tiny, or unreadable text.
 
* No images that include blurry, tiny, or unreadable text.
 
* No underwear-related clothing or "naked" avatars.
 
* No underwear-related clothing or "naked" avatars.
* No posting about moderation actions.
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* No posting or mentioning about moderation actions..
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* No Confederate flags or clothes with red armbands.
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=== LGBT ===
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In 2018, Roblox began filtering terms used within the [[wikipedia:LGBT|LGBT]] community, as they were often being used as derogatory terms. This caused criticism in the LGBT community. Later, many of the terms were removed from the filter, including words such as "gay", "lesbian", and "bisexual".
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===Framing===
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During 2019-2020, many accounts that were 10-12 years old were deleted. During this time, a person could send an email to roblox.com/support and create a false report claiming that an old player's account had been compromised. This led to hundreds of old accounts being [[Ban|terminated]]; one notable case was with {{Player link|ambusher11}}.
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This stems back to when [[parent account]]s were still a feature on Roblox, in which users could pretend to be the parent of a victim's account and claim that fraudulent purchases were made on the account. This would often cause the account to become terminated from Roblox.

Revision as of 00:13, 23 May 2020

MSE6

MSE6 Current

MSE6's Avatar

MSE6 is a former Roblox administrator from 2009 to the mid 2010s. She was heavily criticized by players on the Roblox Talk and Off Topic forums. She was often accused of abusing her moderation privileges, allegedly banning users for invalid, inappropriate, or outright false reasons and giving out inappropriate and harsh punishments. Although they presented little evidence for their allegations, many forumers believed MSE6 to be the sole administrator responsible for all inappropriate moderation on Roblox.

In-Game Report System

Roblox allows for a user, in-game, on the website, or otherwise connected to Roblox, to report another player's behavior to the admins. Using the report tool sends a message to the Roblox moderation team. The moderators then check the chat logs and other Roblox assets to determine what moderation actions are needed.

Roblox safety tip 4

A Roblox safety tip telling users to report players who make them feel uncomfortable or are violating Roblox's rules

Multiple players have claimed that they have been punished for something they did not do or for something that does not break Roblox's rules. This has led many players to believe that Roblox's report system is primarily automated and designed to reprimand any user who is reported enough times. Players also believe that reports are rarely read by the moderation team because players are not instantly moderated as soon as a report is sent. Roblox has reassured players that reports are read, though it may be delayed due to the high volume of reports they receive at any time.

Pewdiepie's Ban

On February 10, 2019, Pewdiepie, (known as pewdie123t32 at the time) returned to Roblox and created a livestream known as "Playing ROBLOX! to stop Tseries (once and for ALL) ". The livestream was mainly ROBLOX gameplay. Game developers eventually caught on and changed their game title that would convince pewdiepie to join. The livestream reached #3 on Gaming according to YouTube Statistics. After an hour of streaming, his game and his account were terminated. The livestream was also stopped by YouTube.

About a month before the stream, Roblox Developers created a new rule stating that any mention about Pewdiepie, whether uploading his face to decals or talking about him in communication areas, was against the rules. About two months before the incident, the account "Pewdiepie" was banned.

Due to the amount of criticism and backlash by many Roblox community members, Pewdiepie was unbanned on February 13, 2019. Despite unbanning Pewdiepie, Roblox has also made the phrase "pewdie" blacklisted. 

Code Reading

On March 19, Roblox made a post on the developer forum (found here) stating that they have been and will continue to read developer's code and administer warnings and account deletions for scripts that do not follow Roblox rules. This caused controversy within the development community, as Roblox did not formally ask for consent to read closed source code. Over 1,000 replies were made within the first four days of the post being public.

AccountTermChatFilter

Termination for custom chat filter

During this debacle, a user by the name of ReverbAnnoucer received a termination for the usage of a custom filter on top of Roblox's chat filter. Roblox later edited the post saying that "adding additional safety for the sake of your players in the form of an extra chat filter will not get you punished.", however ReverbAnnoucer's account was never reinstated, and many developers believe that moderators will not take the time to check the usage of the script prior to moderating it.

Filtering System

Community Sift features 1

Some of CommunitySift's advertised features

In early to mid-2014, many users were affected by an update that caused many words to be filtered. Roblox's filter system tags out inappropriate words with #, but in this instance, many appropriate words like "a", "my", "don't", "the", "well" and "yes" were flagged. Roblox uses CommunitySift, a context-based chat filter that utilizes a sliding scale risk tool for words and phrases. It is presumed that the filter after this update was set to a higher level that flagged content that it assumed was inappropriate.

Rules

Roblox's rules have been criticized for various reasons because community members call it "unfair." These reasons include but not limited to:

  • No inappropriate places such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Nazis, the execution of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, ISIS executions, or places containing adult content. They recently added pubs and bars to this list, but many places like Club Boates and Club Insanity still contain a bar.
  • No discussion of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic or Teen Titans Go! in Off-Topic.
  • No swear words
    • If you type a word that is filtered by the chat filter, it will appear as pound signs (#). This has not always been the case, however, as before pound signs were used, the whole message would just appear as [ Content Deleted ].
    • Some players may alter swear words, by either replacing certain characters with symbols or letters, removing certain characters, and adding new characters, just to bypass the filter.
    • Some words, such as "damn" and "hell", are not filtered, which allowed many users to get away with using the unfiltered words toward others.
    • Most filtered words are solely English ones, leading to some players swearing/cursing in a different language. However, this can be moderated.
  • No Ugandan Knuckles, Big Chungus, or anything related to them.
  • No depictions of romance, including shipping.
  • No distorted or excessively loud audio.
  • No images that include blurry, tiny, or unreadable text.
  • No underwear-related clothing or "naked" avatars.
  • No posting or mentioning about moderation actions..
  • No Confederate flags or clothes with red armbands.

LGBT

In 2018, Roblox began filtering terms used within the LGBT community, as they were often being used as derogatory terms. This caused criticism in the LGBT community. Later, many of the terms were removed from the filter, including words such as "gay", "lesbian", and "bisexual".

Framing

During 2019-2020, many accounts that were 10-12 years old were deleted. During this time, a person could send an email to roblox.com/support and create a false report claiming that an old player's account had been compromised. This led to hundreds of old accounts being terminated; one notable case was with ambusher11.

This stems back to when parent accounts were still a feature on Roblox, in which users could pretend to be the parent of a victim's account and claim that fraudulent purchases were made on the account. This would often cause the account to become terminated from Roblox.