[gfody]

Roblox is like the AOL of a generation - I was 13 when I first got into programming thanks to AOL and it wasn't because AOL had created a programmable platform and API. AOL incentivized busting into chat rooms, punting other users, exploring hidden areas, and generally doing all sorts of stuff that could only be done programmatically by manipulating the client with whatever IPC APIs your OS made available. This is basically how Mark Zuckerberg got going too, so very possibly the world's next Zuckerberg is hacking on Roblox today.

[chrisco255]

I remember punting. At one point AOL suspended my account for a month for running a punter. I also remember searching various chat rooms and sites trying to find crackz and warez for expensive software like Adobe Flash, so I could make animated videos. Good times!

[artificial]

Faders and other proggies! Hmm, one of the fun ones was something like this: {s /con/con to attempt playing a sound which turned out to be a device?

[otabdeveloper4]

There won't be a "world's next Zuckerberg", the virgin soil has been claimed and the moats they built to ensure their ownership can only be taken down by concerted government action.

[chrisco255]

Really? Gen Z barely even participates in Facebook & IG. I don't think the moat is as impenetrable as they would have you believe. At any rate, the next Zucks are being made on blockchain today, not Roblox.

[otabdeveloper4]

> Gen Z barely even participates in Facebook & IG.

Whatever 'Gen Z' participates in will just be bought by Facebook. Witness WhatsApp.

And blockchain is a financial scam, comparing it with Facebook (which is a real thing even if exploitative) is silly.

[chrisco255]

There's real value being created on blockchain, sorry if you don't see it but you will be left in the stone age if you don't pick it up:

https://defipulse.com/ https://rarible.com/ https://uniswap.org/ https://status.im/ https://godsunchained.com/ https://aave.com/ https://gitcoin.co/