{"id":7583,"date":"2019-02-15T17:07:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T17:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/pewdiepie-roblox-lifts-ban-after-social-media-backlash\/"},"modified":"2019-02-15T17:07:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T17:07:35","slug":"pewdiepie-roblox-lifts-ban-after-social-media-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/pewdiepie-roblox-lifts-ban-after-social-media-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"PewDiePie: Roblox lifts ban after social media backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Online social game Roblox has reinstated PewDiePie’s account after banning the popular YouTuber over an “inappropriate username”.<\/p>\n

PewDiePie revealed the ban in a video on his YouTube channel<\/a> to his more than 85 million subscribers.<\/p>\n

Other users then reported that they had received bans or warnings simply for mentioning the YouTuber’s name.<\/p>\n

PewDiePie’s account was eventually reinstated, with Roblox calling the ban “incorrect”. <\/p>\n

“Roblox is committed to providing a safe and civil platform for our players, including blocking memes that represent or are synonymous for behaviour that falls outside of our community standards,” it said in a post on its developer forums.<\/p>\n

“In December, ‘pewdie’ became one of these negative memes on Roblox. As such, we began blocking the creation of new usernames that incorporated the term.<\/p>\n

“The legacy account that PewDiePie used in his livestream was incorrectly banned as part of the administration of this policy.”<\/p>\n

PewDiePie took the whole affair in his stride.<\/p>\n

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Others hit in the crossfire<\/h2>\n

Even before PewDiePie made a video announcing the ban, several people took to social media after they noticed a “purge” on anything related to the YouTuber.<\/p>\n

Some claimed that<\/a> items purchased in-game which featured PewDiePie branding had been removed from their accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Others said that they had received bans for writing<\/a> “subscribe to PewDiePie” in the game’s chat.<\/p>\n

And Roblox player Rogos, who features in PewDiePie’s video, said that his account was disabled simply for writing “hi PewDiePie” when he saw the popular YouTuber in-game.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, some of the game’s players have questioned the authenticity of the “pewdie meme”.<\/p>\n

“I have never seen anything like that on Roblox,” said KonekoKitten in a YouTube video.<\/a> “Back in 2018, in December, not once did I see it.” <\/p>\n

It may refer to the “subscribe to PewDiePie” messages that became ubiquitous with the latter part of last year.<\/p>\n

Various paid adverts appeared in Roblox at the time<\/a> urging people to subscribe to his YouTube channel, with some even reporting receiving direct messages about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But others have suggested that even if this ban was accurate, it would be next to impossible to follow as they were not aware of it.<\/p>\n

“The ‘pewdie’ ban is not in the rules,” said Ericzona on Twitter<\/a>. “Why was there no public warning for this ban?”<\/p>\n

It is not clear whether users will face sanctions in the future for discussing PewDiePie in the game platform’s chat. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n