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hey im jaxron, the developer of rotector. just wanted to share why i started rotector
when i first looked at existing initiatives in this community last year, i saw a lot of unprofessionalism, infighting, petty drama, blocking people over nothing, especially in terming communities where the work matters most. so i knew i had to do things the right way and not just be a knockoff
i kinda understand why roblox has such a negative impression of community moderation efforts. when youre trying to solve a real world problem, you cant afford that kind of immature behavior. the EASI appeal process used to require people to rap or write lyrics. while predators trying to appeal might "deserve" humiliation, it felt inhumane and unprofessional to me. their system has also gotten criticisms for flagging victims and investigators instead of differentiating them. someone i know who actively takes down inappropriate servers got rejected in appeals with the response "its fate" and is currently a staff member on our team. another person got rejected apparently because they were a furry with a fursuit. im sure you know who these replies came from. if their appeal system was like this, i can only imagine the kind of false positives...
every other initiative out there wants to replace roblox moderation. but we took a different approach by bringing protection directly to users through our browser extension. even if roblox takes larger action against these accounts, there will always be a gap between when predators are active and when they finally get banned. victims are created in that window which we want to prevent
we also only flag users with clear predatory behavior and compelling evidence. our detection has been battle tested since october 2024 with specific improvements like preventing cascading flags through friend networks, especially in highly social communities like furries where legit users could get caught up
and another thing very unique about our detection system is our outfit detection. we have the capabilities to detect texts on clothing as well as inappropriate items like shaders, "wedgie" leotards, fetishwear and much more which is a deal breaker
the EASI system was also heavily developed using LLMs and old technologies which make it sloppy. rotector was always built with performance & efficiency in mind and i obsess over preventing false positives and negatives. so if i see a single false positive, it triggers me. you could show me that rotector has false flags and i'd fix it immediately lol
our entire detection methodology is also open sourced and transparent. we have 1,389 groups in our system including hard to detect condo groups and niche communities like age regression, vore/nom, inflation, and fart rp just to name a few. i dont think any initiative has managed to flag this many groups so far. every user in our 80k+ database was flagged based on proper evidence, not assumptions or guilt by association. we're compliant with privacy laws and honest about everything we do
i would say rotector isnt perfect at all, which is why were open to collaboration. we can easily integrate lists from other initiatives into our extension as we've done with one of our partners at BloxDB. this includes EASI as well if they're willing
the potential of rotector is limitless. any roblox user could install the extension and see status indicators on users anywhere on the platform. an update already in progress focuses on helping the terming community by gamifying it through what we call warzones as well as objectives, leaderboards and rewards. cant share much on it yet though but it'll be pretty fun
if you want to learn more, visit rotector.com with some FAQ at the bottom of the site
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Tell me why Rotector is the WORST extension ever made. (gooners are allowed to comment)
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@RealSchlep @Roblox Schlep you should lwk ask Rotector to flag the owner of the game
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