context: lead dev was caught grooming children a few years ago and was kicked off the project. the new lead dev now got caught for the same thing and the whole community imploded and the remaining devs decided t axe the project

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      Hasnt the minecraft-type community (and i’d consider terraria a minecraft-type game. 2d, side scroller, and arcadey yes, but still a minecraft-type) always had a problem with people being creepy towards kids?

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        14 hours ago

        Has it? Genuine question here. I feel like you cant make that kind of statement without backing it with some kind of evidence.

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          5 hours ago

          I’m not the original guy you asked and I’m not presenting any genuine evidence, but it isn’t so much that the games are causing groomers to appear because they lack community guidelines or terms of service or are outwardly open to letting anyone play. No, it’s more so that these games are insanely popular among children and the pedos are chasing after the kids wherever they happen to coalesce. It could be Minecraft or Roblox, it could even be something like TF2 or Quake or even Microsoft Flight Simulator. The game itself doesn’t matter, what matters is that they’re on the prowl for kids and will follow them wherever they go and try to talk to them however they can

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        14 hours ago

        Terraria isn’t really a community type game. It’s way different than what minecraft became, or Roblox.

        Regardless. You’re taking my quip about all the pedo politicians too seriously.