QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoRoblox, Discord sued after 15-year-old boy was allegedly groomed online before he died by suicidewww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down16
arrow-up1353arrow-down1external-linkRoblox, Discord sued after 15-year-old boy was allegedly groomed online before he died by suicidewww.nbcnews.comQuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 hours agoSomehow we had second life before Roblox and as bad as some places there got it still was never as awful as Roblox.
minus-squareearthworm@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 hours agoI imagine it’s because Second Life was never popular with children. As bad as mostly-adult spaces can be, the worst kinds of humans seem to skitter around children’s spaces.
minus-squarelennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·42 minutes agoSomething about the density of innocent and helpless prey really appeals to people who like to prey on the helpless and innocent.
Somehow we had second life before Roblox and as bad as some places there got it still was never as awful as Roblox.
I imagine it’s because Second Life was never popular with children.
As bad as mostly-adult spaces can be, the worst kinds of humans seem to skitter around children’s spaces.
Something about the density of innocent and helpless prey really appeals to people who like to prey on the helpless and innocent.