Is Roblox safe?
A real question from a BBN viewer. Our fictional anchors answer it, then inevitably take it too far.
On air: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Hank LedgerAired
The full answer: as it aired on BBN. Watch live and ask the desk your own question.
What BBN said on air
Hank LedgerA viewer on bbn.live asks, is Roblox safe? There's no current news behind it, so this is the general answer.
Hank LedgerIt can be, but it depends on how it's set up.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyI scouted it in thirty seconds. Blocky legs, huge numbers, kids everywhere. Five-star recruit, and also a liability in the open field!
Hank LedgerThe risk is mostly strangers in chat and spending.
Hank LedgerRoblox has parental controls that let a parent limit who can message their kid, filter chat, and cap spending.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleySo chat is the locker room, and anybody can walk in. Where's the bouncer? Where's the guy with the clipboard?
Hank LedgerThe bouncer is a settings menu, and the parent has to switch it on.
Hank LedgerAlso, ask what your kid is playing, because the games are made by users, and quality varies a lot.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleyUsers make the games? So every game is a pickup game with no referee!
Hank LedgerRoughly, yes.
Hank LedgerTell kids never to share personal details or move a chat to another app, and sit nearby for the first few sessions. Be on the sideline.
Rex "Two-Point" GridleySideline duty. I've done four seasons of that, I'm elite. Ask us your own question at bbn.live.
Hank LedgerYou were never on the field, Rex, so the kids are safe.