What a clickbait headline
He literally said it. And then dodged the followup questions multiple times.
He didn’t answer how it’s click bait, he just downvoted you and me. I think he’s upset that child predators can’t get away with things.
How is it click bait?
Edit: You just downvoted me and didn’t answer, so you have none and just like talking.
It’s not, he’s just a corposcum-sniffing fanboy.
He’s a corpo huffer who loves to defend companies ran by pedophiles as far as I can tell.
Makes sense when you look at his profile. Dude says anything a company wants him to.
Not the person you asked, but I think it’s clickbait because it presents the word without context in such a way as to provoke an emotional response. It sounds like maybe he thinks he can make money off of child predators. The subheading “Who said CEOs don’t have a sense of humor?” also implies that he said it jokingly.
You can read the original interview here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/podcasts/hardfork-roblox-child-safety.html
I think “CEO of Roblox downplays problem of child predators on the platform” or “CEO of Roblox dodges questions of child safety” very accurately describe how the interview went and are not misleading. (The original headline is kid gloves bullshit, and I’m not happy about that either.)
e: Realized the Futurism article literally says “Baszucki didn’t downplay the issue of child exploitation as some might expect.” He did absolutely did at multiple points in the interview.
It sounds like maybe he thinks he can make money off of child predators.
That’s how it sounds in the full interview, too. He doesn’t explain, but that’s what it sounds like.
Yes, that’s what the CEO wants.
An opportunity it’s, like Dexter? But instead of murdering murderers he rapes child rapists?
Almost!
Their greed has messed up their perceptions. Just disgusting.
He’s already a paedo himself, so this isn’t surprising. He looks young, but I think there’s a huge reason for it.
Simulated underage children! We call them honey pots… you can add one to your kids account for an extra $50 a month.
The problem we provide for free, the solution however is $50/month.
Capitalism in a nutshell
How many robux is that?
Newton: I mean, look, Dave, I can tell you’re getting a little bit frustrated here.
Baszucki: I’m actually not frustrated. I just, I’m so excited to talk — I thought we were going to be talking about fun, funny things in the industry and all of that. So I’m not frustrated, I’m just kind of figuring out how much fun time I have with you guys and how much fun time we have versus kind of this superfocus. But I’m happy to talk about whatever you guys want.
“I don’t want to talk about our predator problem, I want to talk about getting kids on our platform”
Guy sounds like a predator exploiting kids himself.
Their whole business model is exploiting children.
Roblox was a great idea from an acedemic lab on child education and STEM, but as soon as it was successful it went off the rails.
Silicon Valley has always been pioneered by rapists. SV has always been about breaking boundaries and coercing consent
The company itself preys on children. The largest developers prey on children. It’s not always the body that predators are after. It often is the vulnerability and naivety.
An opportunity to get cozy with the president, to have paid accounts without moderation features
Sue them out of existence. They are not going to stop.
PaaS, pedo as a service?
Opportunity to put them in the morgue where they belong, right?
You want to go back and reword that?
In bazuski’s defense, he’s a moron.
This guy has a certificate in SWOT analysis and he is gonna use it
Maybe I’ve already had an aneurysm and this reality is merely a terrible delusion borne of that.
Reality is that ethics are subjective restrictions we place on ourselves and each other. When these restrictions aren’t maintained, the choice of harming another for one’s self benefit loses its inherent consequencial dread.
Those who don’t fear the results of their actions cannot weigh the possible risks involved. And when there are no risks seen, only the possible benefits remain.
Really leans into CEO is just a serial killer in a different setting.
Can we not be slandering the zodiac killer?
