Allowing people to vote for any project they think is cool is an interesting departure from voting systems of most other Hack Club programmes (most of the time your project will battle for votes in a series of 1v1…
I wouldn't be surprised if their plan is to keep compatible with 5.1 and adopt newer features where feasible/compatible. Luau, another language with the explicit goal of extending Lua 5.1 in a compatible way, has a…
I suppose, though I feel what most people in this thread are thinking of is updating the existing if statement to also work as an expression, which does have plenty of implications (not that I think they would be bad,…
A comment <https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/issues/1475#issuecomment-47...> has already been made on the issue regarding the ternary operator, recommending `if x then y else z` over `x ? y : z`. This is exactly how it's…
Congrats on the 1.0.0 release! Being able to write custom tooling in Luau using the Luau parsing APIs will be awesome. Hopefully it makes updating tools to use new Luau features easier – at the moment I have a workflow…
Finally. The option for me to enable Copilot data sharing has been locked as disabled for some time, so until now I couldn't even enable it if I wanted to.
No. Many legal cases were brought against Roblox due to these claims. Roblox implemented their new safety and age checks, and since then, none of these cases have progressed since because the evidence the provided by…
> But like trust US bro We don't have to trust them. We can make an educated guess right here based on the analytical data Roblox provides, both for the entire platform & tailored to each experience, the price of Robux,…
> I was being sarcastic with my how ridiculous post. I see. I apologise for failing to pick that up. > There is no single exchange rate between dollars and Roblox on a platform > Meanwhile an account with 6k Roblox at…
> How ridiculous The default app store cut for most other platforms (Google Play, Apple App Store) that Roblox operates on is 30% (and similar for other distribution platforms, such as Steam), so in the grander scheme…
> What are you, their PR agent? To clarify, no <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47334849>. I don't have any affiliation with Roblox Corporation, and I hope this will be able to make clear to you that my intention…
Not really. The lower tiers are only less efficient on platforms that require purchase through an app store or other payment processor that takes a large cut. Buying through a gift card or through the Roblox website or…
The point of the discrepancy between purchasing Robux and converting to fiat is to allow Roblox themselves to be able to pay for the infrastructure and support they provide to developers. If the rates were equal, there…
Are you using gambling as an example here? I don't fully understand the relation. There isn't any way to gamble Robux for more Robux on the platform, and in the cases which are arguable (such as on-platform item…
> But they aren't finding the kids on discord because Discord is not a social network that links pedophiles with children. Roblox is that. If being more open and public correlates strongly enough with "links pedophiles…
> Further there’s no App Store cut when people buy this stuff on PC. Plenty of PC Roblox users use a version of Roblox downloaded through the Microsoft Store, whom charge a 12% cut on all money spent on gaming apps…
I'll admit I read deeper into your argument than what you actually wrote. Comparing with a platform like a digital distribution storefront, the infra & support & other OpEx still has to be paid. Could be argued that the…
The problem is that the external platforms that the children progress to generally have much laxer protection systems than Roblox does, and thus end up more vulnerable. I just chose Discord as an example as they're the…
I'd like to hear your reasons for this. From what I see, most discussions on child exploitation on Roblox eventually make clear that the exploitation happened outside of Roblox, most commonly on Discord. Moreover, it's…
The main reason this argument exists is because of Roblox being difficult to compare with other platforms. For the most widely used platforms/engines/storefronts in the industry, the main payout model is that the…
Fair enough, and you certainly shouldn't feel any shame for it. I apologise if I came across as if I were a shill or paid promoter (not the first time I've been accused as such), I've just been part of this debate for a…
I suppose it could be considered steep for anyone making a multiplayer game while managing the hosting for themselves on a tight budget. Developers with strong knowledge of monetisation strategies can make good revenue…
I do not work for Roblox. These links are to profiles I control, and I have been a developer on their platform for several years. It's given me great programming experience and a lot of strong connections, helping me…
> Supports here does not actually mean they get paid that money. What 'supports' here does mean is that the difference between what Roblox takes as their share to pay their own expenses and what is paid out as profit…
The 2 videos linked here are nearing 5 years old now and have been refuted many times, including by some of the developers mentioned in the article. To condense it as much as possible: The 1st video hinges on a point…
Allowing people to vote for any project they think is cool is an interesting departure from voting systems of most other Hack Club programmes (most of the time your project will battle for votes in a series of 1v1…
I wouldn't be surprised if their plan is to keep compatible with 5.1 and adopt newer features where feasible/compatible. Luau, another language with the explicit goal of extending Lua 5.1 in a compatible way, has a…
I suppose, though I feel what most people in this thread are thinking of is updating the existing if statement to also work as an expression, which does have plenty of implications (not that I think they would be bad,…
A comment <https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/issues/1475#issuecomment-47...> has already been made on the issue regarding the ternary operator, recommending `if x then y else z` over `x ? y : z`. This is exactly how it's…
Congrats on the 1.0.0 release! Being able to write custom tooling in Luau using the Luau parsing APIs will be awesome. Hopefully it makes updating tools to use new Luau features easier – at the moment I have a workflow…
Finally. The option for me to enable Copilot data sharing has been locked as disabled for some time, so until now I couldn't even enable it if I wanted to.
No. Many legal cases were brought against Roblox due to these claims. Roblox implemented their new safety and age checks, and since then, none of these cases have progressed since because the evidence the provided by…
> But like trust US bro We don't have to trust them. We can make an educated guess right here based on the analytical data Roblox provides, both for the entire platform & tailored to each experience, the price of Robux,…
> I was being sarcastic with my how ridiculous post. I see. I apologise for failing to pick that up. > There is no single exchange rate between dollars and Roblox on a platform > Meanwhile an account with 6k Roblox at…
> How ridiculous The default app store cut for most other platforms (Google Play, Apple App Store) that Roblox operates on is 30% (and similar for other distribution platforms, such as Steam), so in the grander scheme…
> What are you, their PR agent? To clarify, no <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47334849>. I don't have any affiliation with Roblox Corporation, and I hope this will be able to make clear to you that my intention…
Not really. The lower tiers are only less efficient on platforms that require purchase through an app store or other payment processor that takes a large cut. Buying through a gift card or through the Roblox website or…
The point of the discrepancy between purchasing Robux and converting to fiat is to allow Roblox themselves to be able to pay for the infrastructure and support they provide to developers. If the rates were equal, there…
Are you using gambling as an example here? I don't fully understand the relation. There isn't any way to gamble Robux for more Robux on the platform, and in the cases which are arguable (such as on-platform item…
> But they aren't finding the kids on discord because Discord is not a social network that links pedophiles with children. Roblox is that. If being more open and public correlates strongly enough with "links pedophiles…
> Further there’s no App Store cut when people buy this stuff on PC. Plenty of PC Roblox users use a version of Roblox downloaded through the Microsoft Store, whom charge a 12% cut on all money spent on gaming apps…
I'll admit I read deeper into your argument than what you actually wrote. Comparing with a platform like a digital distribution storefront, the infra & support & other OpEx still has to be paid. Could be argued that the…
The problem is that the external platforms that the children progress to generally have much laxer protection systems than Roblox does, and thus end up more vulnerable. I just chose Discord as an example as they're the…
I'd like to hear your reasons for this. From what I see, most discussions on child exploitation on Roblox eventually make clear that the exploitation happened outside of Roblox, most commonly on Discord. Moreover, it's…
The main reason this argument exists is because of Roblox being difficult to compare with other platforms. For the most widely used platforms/engines/storefronts in the industry, the main payout model is that the…
Fair enough, and you certainly shouldn't feel any shame for it. I apologise if I came across as if I were a shill or paid promoter (not the first time I've been accused as such), I've just been part of this debate for a…
I suppose it could be considered steep for anyone making a multiplayer game while managing the hosting for themselves on a tight budget. Developers with strong knowledge of monetisation strategies can make good revenue…
I do not work for Roblox. These links are to profiles I control, and I have been a developer on their platform for several years. It's given me great programming experience and a lot of strong connections, helping me…
> Supports here does not actually mean they get paid that money. What 'supports' here does mean is that the difference between what Roblox takes as their share to pay their own expenses and what is paid out as profit…
The 2 videos linked here are nearing 5 years old now and have been refuted many times, including by some of the developers mentioned in the article. To condense it as much as possible: The 1st video hinges on a point…