PSA: Stop Playing Roblox, Immediately
This is a PSA going out to those who care about this platform: It's done for, folks.
I know that it seems like I'm being a downer again.. but it was already doomed when 2023 rolled around, and it just recently hit it's point of being virtually unplayable. This update has killed any support remaining for the platform.
No matter what we've done to convince them that they're doing the complete opposite of what they're saying, they are hellbent on "protecting the kids", when this recent update has somehow made it even easier for the disgusting people to do their disgusting actions.
They've practially refused to ban any troublesome people, leaving them still on the platform to perform their heinous stunts, including actual criminals on the platform that has done actual crimes.
They've banned the people who are attempting to take down said troublesome people because supposedly that would ruin the economy, including innocent people who have nothing to do with said actions.
They've banned an innocent YouTuber off their platform because they were doing the right thing for said platform, causing a now month-long lawsuit that if won could potentially ruin off a lot more of their economy.
They've removed every classic face and replaced them with the crappy dynamic faces, using AI to recreate them, which has resulted in utter monstrosities, and have removed other things such as badges, t-shirts and other content.
They've turned a blind eye to dramas that have killed entire games, because they refuse to step in, despite the fact that them stepping in could really help out with their player base loss.
They added age verification, in such an intrusive way, that it has endangered actual people. If you were hit with this restriction, you couldn't chat at all unless you gave up your identity, which essentially made roleplay and games that heavily relied on chat functions useless. To them, this is just one step in many to attempt to "protect the children", when in all reality.. to us, they're making it easier for disgusting people to perform disgusting things, and stemming from this update, we've seen entire disappearances of children. When children are disappearing because of this platform, it's immediately a bad sign that things are going to get worse.
And if all of this wasn't bad enough, their most recent update has proven that they have gone off the deep end.
There will be three entire platforms now.
A Kids platform, which restricts users to the same ID verification rules we've been facing with but worse, a Select platform for Teens, which is Kids but like lessened in strictness and base Roblox.
This is bad, because whole entire games are being restricted by this.. Yes, playing games on Roblox might end up having an ID check.. but it gets worse!
Publishing games to the platform requires an age verification check if you're posting it to base Roblox... and an ID VERIFICATION + a Roblox Plus subscription, a.k.a. the thing that's going to eventually be replacing Premium (which for those already subscribed to Premium, they will now lose their Premium benefits eventually instead of just being transferred to Plus) if you wanna post it to all ages.
Yes, you heard me right. If you want to publish games, you now need to give up your entire identity. What. And because no one will be willing to give up their identity just to publish games, this move will fundamentally cripple their stocks beyond recognition, because not enough games will be made in order to upkeep costs.
It's over. We can't save the platform. No one can. There's nothing left TO save. People are leaving, history is slowly being wiped from the platform, chat is slowly becoming silent, your ability to make games has been made irrelevant and the nefarious people now have full reign on what happens on this platform. I'm convinced that they wanted this to happen. They knew their platform was dying, so they chose to kill it themselves.
We all need to quit for good, and I've come to the realization that none of us can fix what has been made irreversibly broken. This platform deserves a mercy kill, and I'm here to guide you towards it.
For one, if you are a developer, I suggest packing your bags, and downloading everything you have in there. Migrate all of your projects to a better engine.
For your better engine, I'd highly suggest moving over to Godot, as it's surprisingly very quick to adapt to once you've done so.
Some people on Reddit has even said that Godot's multiplayer support is nearly close to Roblox's own multiplayer support. Then, close everything in your Roblox Studio. Close your games for the foreseeable future, so that no one can play it anymore. Don't delete them, as it will free up database space, just close them.
This may reduce your profits, but it will also reduce the amount of people playing your game, which will also reduce the amount of people playing Roblox in general. Regardless, doing this will help with bringing down one pillar of the game, the developers.
Next up, if you're a player, a veteran, or you've just closed your developer stuff, here comes the part you might end up not liking: Abandon your account.
Do not delete your entire account, as this will cause their database space to free up. We need to fill it as much as possible while not using the platform in general, so that they cannot repair their services. The reason why we want to fill it up as much as possible, is that when comes time for Roblox to go under maintenance, the database space would be filled up enough for them to start panicking.
Abandoning the platform may sound harsh, but they can't stop us all from just performing an exodus on the entire platform. After all, the only way you would stop, then would require a breach of law. You have the freedom to leave.. Take that freedom. This is the only way to monumentally hurt their profits. Before you abandon your account for the foreseeable future however, do whatever you can to save your memories, screenshot or screen record your avatar, or transform your avatar into a 3D model that you can use outside of the game via this tutorial.
Regardless, after this, you must leave your account, and everything you've ever done in the platform behind after you're done. Forget your password too while you're at it so that you may never log in again. This will help with bringing down the second pillar of the game, the playerbase.
Finally, urge others to do the same. Link this Rentry across any social media of your choosing, Twitter, Reddit, etc. Make it known that we have had enough. Reply to others with this Rentry, and tell them that Roblox isn't worth making a fuss anymore, and to just let go of the game once and for all.
And while you're there, tell your favorite YouTubers to stop making content related to Roblox. This may hurt their revenue, but it will most definitely hurt Roblox's profits more. Besides, YouTube has already been hurting Roblox YTers in terms of profit, so what else is there that's left to lose?
This will take down their third and final pillar, the YouTubers and force them into making a decision.
Now that you've left behind your Roblox account, there's actually a place that welcomes you more than they do: Polytoria! A Roblox parallel with around 100k people, and while it's not as massive as Roblox, it's a place that actually likes you a lot more than Roblox would ever like you.
You may switch to there, however, there are a lot of other games that you may switch to, like Garry's Mod, etc, etc. Regardless of such, think of this as your nuclear bunker, just in case this tutorial actually does manage to force Roblox into performing the nuclear option.
Remember, grasping onto a dying platform, believing in hope, will only disappoint you further when they continue making bad decisions.
As long as you know that and you take the hint, you'll be prepared for anything.
Make your decision as soon as possible.