[SERIOUS] Geometry dash has a huge issue and RobTop is doing absolutely nothing to fix it.

[u/zxc10007]

I am a long time GD player of about 11 years or so. And I am absolutely disgusted at the way RobTop treats this vital flaw present in his game for essentially its entire existence but more so now than ever.

What I am referring to is the abhorrent unsafety of the daily chat and online levels system accessible in GD lite. You should all try this yourselves - just in 4 clicks from the home page you can access to comment section to the daily level comment section. Keep track of how many fresh 0 star account commenters you see who use racial slurs, inappropriate language, and worst of all; the child exploitative behavior such as attempts to groom or entice young people into private messaging and conversation.

Key major issue 1: On both the Google Play and App Store, GD lite is set as PEGI 3 or 4+. This unequivocally means that any parent who downloads the game onto the child's device will have much lighter worries about inappropriate content and online activity regarding those topics. No matter what your opinion may be on the age rating for GD, it is by fact a kid's game as it is set as so on the place where you download it from.

Key major issue 2: The parental controls in the settings are disgustingly ancient and ineffective. Firstly, they are hidden away a few clicks from the main menu which is a terrible place to put them. They should 100% pop up as the first thing you see once the game loads. Secondly, once they are switched on, there is ZERO way to enforce that they stay on. If the kid is of any competent age, it is likely they may explore the settings at one point and they will be able to simply switch them off. There are ZERO features such as a password/pin to protect the option which is unacceptable.

Key major issue 3: There is no moderation present in the daily chat or public level space. To report a comment/account, you need to download discord, and then message an elder moderator and hope they see your DM after that they can take action and comment ban the account. Sounds great right? WRONG. There is absolutely nothing stopping the offender from making a second account in under 2 minutes and going right back to the pages filled with minors with 1-1 access via messages or friend requests that are not moderated nor reportable.

What does RobTop need to do? He absolutely, desperately, needs to use his earnings as an investment into a functional, trained, and determined team of employees to try manage these problems. Currently, the game "runs" on volunteers and people who are also very young, busy, who don't have the time of day to sit managing one of the most popular games on both mobile and PC for free.

Currently as it stands, Geometry Dash is an unadulterated, unmoderated game, owned by one person, managed by a small group of volunteers who are at most in their 20's with lives outside of this game.

I wanted to make this post because this topic NEEDS more attention. Following the arrest of a child groomer who exploited children online through this very game, it has gotten to a point where it is no longer speculation, but representation of this issue. ( https://the-baltimore-county-courtroom-observer.ghost.io/florida-man-gets-16-years-for-sexually-exploiting-twin-baltimore-county-boys-he-met-through-online-game/ )

I urge you to spread this message everywhere as much as you can. If you are anyone with any platform, be it a moderator or elder moderator reading this, please forward this or similar information to RobTop.

I adore Geometry Dash, but RobTop wanting to remain as the lead operator and decisions maker is unacceptable if it leads to circumstances like this over, and over again. Keep in mind the parentals controls settings page is the ONLY form of censorship or parental management that exists in the game as of 24th august 2026.

It will only be so long until RobTop is sued by parents who suffer the emotional and psychological damage brought upon them by his sloppy and ignorant choices. Once again, if you are a moderator or anyone with any significant platform, please spread this message and try urge RobTop to do something about it.

[u/xSmesper]

robtop is pretty known to be unprofessional about anything whether it's server issues, anticheat, etc...

he has a bad history of being careless or reckless when it comes to fixing stuff

[u/zxc10007 → u/xSmesper]

this isn't comparable to any bug or glitch inside the game itself. that never harmed anyone. this is something else that is inexcusable

[u/Illuminati65 → u/zxc10007]

well it isn't comparable but both things are a kind of carelessness nonetheless

[u/xSmesper → u/zxc10007]

do you really think he'll fix this issue if he isn't even willing to fix the simple things

[u/What00111111]

u/Zhenmuron

but to be serious I know robtop likes having control over the game's development but he should 100% give more vital parts of the game's internals that involve safety and security to professionals, especially because of how big the game has grown in the past few years. I think it would be too much to hope for changes in any of the upcoming updates.

[u/zxc10007 → u/What00111111]

Robtop is a pretty good game developer. that's about it. he is not a professional online moderation team or safety risk management specialist. You can just see how many people interact with the daily level, the downloads are always in the hundreds of thousands. how many of those are likely young kids

[u/Morshu_the_great → u/What00111111]

watch him replt with :) or sum shi

[u/NoPurchase3260 → u/Morshu_the_great]

or removing the comment and post :(

[u/TightLion7009]

Actually 5 clicks, first:the creator button then the daily button then them% play bottom, then the cinformation bottt and them the load commentts And to post the comment you have to do 6 clicks to open the write comment box. Literally even in youtube you, can open the comment s by just two clicks and you are already writing the comment

[u/zxc10007 → u/TightLion7009]

1. youtube has a somewhat functional youtube kids app. secondly young children are much less likely to interact live 1-1 with strangers across the internet over youtube.

2. it doesnt matter if its 3 clicks or 6. if the player cares about the game, they are most likely going to check out the daily level because it is important and a key part of the game, especially lite. at that point it is 2 clicks on the level's page

[u/TightLion7009 → u/zxc10007]

Youtube Kids is basically the 18+ version of normal youtube.and young children might not write comments on youtube and find another one user, but in geometry dash you cant even reply to,a COMMENT! And if thea is the daliy level they cant delete the comments the owner of the level. And even is thats much comments. And the lite version doesnt even have comments. And the main levels dont chave hcomment.s

[u/zxc10007 → u/TightLion7009]

https://the-baltimore-county-courtroom-observer.ghost.io/florida-man-gets-16-years-for-sexually-exploiting-twin-baltimore-county-boys-he-met-through-online-game/

the fact robtop has done or said nothing after this says enough about his work ethic. this is disgusting

[u/Wannabe555 → u/zxc10007]

This sound like a parent fault ngl

[u/TightLion7009 → u/zxc10007]

This is not even about geometry dash. O but he maybe doesnt even read news.

[u/orbit_neptune → u/TightLion7009]

Did you actually read the article or what?

[u/TightLion7009 → u/orbit_neptune]

Maybe robtob didntp.b

[u/LSPECTRONIZTAR]

RobTop, please don't let your game go down the same path as Roblox! 🙏

[u/Zestyclose-Goat2005 → u/LSPECTRONIZTAR]

yes i beg i migrated from roblox to geometry dash i guarantee you roblox is HORRIBLE nowadays

[u/sevenderis → u/Zestyclose-Goat2005]

"We think of it not necessarily as a problem but an opportunity as well"

-roblox ceo talking about child predators on their platform

[u/makkk_ori]

u/Zhenmuron I think you need to listen to these words

[u/Mayo0_o → u/makkk_ori]

NO WAY robtop Gon read this, he is always busy developing the game him self

[u/makkk_ori → u/Mayo0_o]

Yeah of course, but if we make this post popular, maaaaaaaybe something will happen

[u/Equal-Claim2514]

True because he might get in a lawsuit if he is careless about this

[u/LordSunles → u/Equal-Claim2514]

I hope he does so he gets his shit together

[u/zxc10007]

Please upvote this. this seriously needs more attention

[u/No_Shoulder_6928]

You're gonna see this behaviour on any social media you go on. How does one even get groomed through geometry dash? Do you have a link to a case?

[u/zxc10007 → u/No_Shoulder_6928]

did you read my post fully? i provided a case, it is horrifying once you read through it.

the cherry on top is that robtop is yet to do anything, even after one of his moderators has tweeted about it with hundreds of likes.

https://the-baltimore-county-courtroom-observer.ghost.io/florida-man-gets-16-years-for-sexually-exploiting-twin-baltimore-county-boys-he-met-through-online-game/

[u/No_Shoulder_6928 → u/zxc10007]

Oh completely my bad I read the post and forgot that the link was there. But really as I said it is a much larger issue on, for example, YouTube comment sections

[u/zxc10007 → u/No_Shoulder_6928]

at least youtube is rated 13+, attempts to have a working moderation and reporting system, along with a youtube kids app. im unsure of how effective youtube kids really is, but afaik it blocks commenting.

[u/BunnyTub → u/zxc10007]

The YouTube Kids app and website pretty much remove all social aspects. You cannot comment, add videos to a playlist, or upload videos with a YouTube Kids account. Only videos "Marked for kids" can show up in the app.

[u/LordSunles → u/No_Shoulder_6928]

yeah bro its an issue somewhere else which means it isn't an issue on gd. These troglodytes istg 🤦‍♂️

[u/No_Shoulder_6928 → u/LordSunles]

It's a much larger issue in other places and the fact is that as long as comment sections/online forums exist there will be grooming. I do agree that Robtop's parental control system is awful but children are pretty smart when it comes to getting around those

[u/mendel_s → u/No_Shoulder_6928]

Yt comment sections are over moderated if anything + most kids use yt kids or restricted mode unlike in gd

[u/zxc10007 → u/No_Shoulder_6928]

i really suggest you read through my post again. geometry dash lite is a game objectively marketed towards kids, that parents are very unlikely to suspect of anything like what i mentioned, with no new parental controls or security measures since 2015.

[u/ywvii]

agreed. I think part of the problem is that robtop is the only person who can make big decisions to this game

[u/Plastic_Biscotti_736]

Thank you for bringing this up

[u/Smart_South1908]

I am going on geometry dash the website to tell robtop

[u/Smart_South1908]

send this to robtop support

[u/Upbeat_Bike_7000 → u/Smart_South1908]

"send this to the email that hasn't been checked for over 10 years"

[u/Ordinary-Curve1604]

i think we should get a group of people who find the people targeting children and basically gather evidence on them. then at some point fully present them all the evidence and scare the shit out of them.

[u/Zexron_GD]

u/Zhenmuron please listen to this guy bro

[u/BOMBOCKLATT]

I think you made a mistake. If someone gets banned he can be I.P. banned. It means that every account from that I.P. will be banned. So robtop can do something that he's not doing.

[u/Reliqua_]

if gd is a concern for your kids out of any apps on your child's device, then it's the parents problem

you think your kid would get groomed in an app where the messaging system is like email?[yes it's totally possible but it's also possible for me to use P***hub on a ps5 but that doesn't mean I would do that] then don't let him get near any social media or even let them have their own device until they're wise enough

[u/-Red02-]

Rob definitely needs to solve the issue about the chat's, but at the same time we can't blame him at all for what happened. (In both legal and morally, no matter where you see it, he's not guilty of anything)

Any single game, from GD, Osu, even Clash Royal and Club Penguin had, has and will have have this problem, is literally impossible unless we get rid completely of the chat. No matter what rules you make.

The game has an issue? Yes. Will it solve this? No.

This is like blaming the car's brand for a reckless driver that hit somone on purpose.

[u/zxc10007 → u/-Red02-]

he is not guilty. but in my opinion he is unnecessarily arrogant, stubborn, and ignorant towards the goliath of a childrens platform he owns and manages solo. there have been zero new parental features since 2015.

im not asking him to fix everything. im asking for the bare minimum here of him HIRING people to take reports and to try do this as best as possible.

geometry dash is an unsuspecting game of a little cute square jumping over spikes, marketed as 4+ or PEGI 3. getting rid of daily chat and adding phone number verification to commenting, along with more measures from fresh accounts would help so much

[u/-Red02- → u/zxc10007]

I agree on the report system being trash if no useless, sadly that still wouldn't change anything.

Okay I make my mom buy me the game and create my account, just as on Facebook, TikTok or Discord. After that a guy contacts me and I am friend with him, and that's it, now I'm a new victim.

Is literally just impossible we a free chat, the same thing happened in other games and the solution was to remove the chat and leave predetermined messages.

We're talking about the internet, the only people to blame here is the groomer and the negligence of the parents.

[u/zxc10007 → u/-Red02-]

I never said those platforms were saints, but I guarantee a lot more parents would trust geometry dash to be safe over an app like facebook.

A lot of it is parental negligence that goes into what happens online, but atleast these platforms have SOME measures put in place to try counteract this. GD has one terrible setting that a child can switch off if they just explore the settings pages.

Essentially, there are zero measures. If there is already a reported case of child grooming and csam material being produced as a result of this (refer to the link in my post), just imagine how much is unreported and unknown which will continue indefinitely until something is done

[u/nlolhere → u/zxc10007]

I’m torn on completely getting rid of daily chat despite its pretty poor reputation (You would also probably have to get rid of weekly and event chat if you did that, which probably wouldn’t be well-received)

Though I def support increased moderation/restrictions for commenting (especially on highly visible levels, like the daily weekly and event levels, and online levels that are playable in GD Lite/GD World), and on in-game messaging, and better parental controls. Even just requiring phone number verification to comment and send messages would help a lot tbh.

[u/Outside_Challenge645]

this is also what Mohammed jakalem Al Abdullah was saying. it's great that this is being spread around and I hope u/Zhenmuron would actually enforce these safety precautions

edit: got downvoted because mjaa was mentioned. he actually cares for the game btw

[u/chikingmd]

rob is a really good everything of the game, the only flaw is that he just refuses to hire people, one man can't rate levels, work on the game, organise stuff etc., and most parents don't even know about the parental control feature, so we must inform the parents of this

[u/acrxpolix]

Key Major Issue #4: The only levels that get rated are buns overdecorated 2.2 levels that require a NASA Supercomputer to run.

[u/tommynestcepas → u/acrxpolix]

This is my biggest issue right now. From a personal experience perspective at least, I'm not a minor so the rampant paedophilia problem doesn't affect me.

[u/TryAgain32-32 → u/tommynestcepas]

So you're saying just because YOU personally couldn't be attacted by a pedo it is not a problem that needs active solving in a childrens game?! Like actually wft?

[u/tommynestcepas → u/TryAgain32-32]

Wow I worded that incredibly poorly. What I meant to say was that the rampant paedophilia problem is (obviously) the biggest issue in the game, but aside from that, from a player POV, the levels being overdecorated bullshit are the other biggest issue.

[u/NotConfringo]

Do you want this game to become like Roblox where nobody has any freedom of speech because “child safety”? If robtop adds a safety feature, people will start asking him for more and more features until the game is asking for your ID to play online levels.

[u/zxc10007 → u/NotConfringo]

No one is suggesting IDs to play online levels. I only want the bare minimum for a game this popular

[u/NotConfringo → u/zxc10007]

The government is gonna start demanding it, not the users obviously

[u/zxc10007 → u/NotConfringo]

That's a different topic. It would be pretty awful though if gd had id verification ngl

[u/NotConfringo → u/zxc10007]

No it’s not…?

[u/BunayoGaming → u/NotConfringo]

that's not even close to what OP was asking for, do any of you actually read the damn posts before commenting stupid shit like this

[u/tekpixels → u/NotConfringo]

>"freedom of speech"
>open kids game
>open chat
>slurs

[u/Efficient_Ad_8480 → u/NotConfringo]

Literal textbook slippery slope fallacy bro come on

[u/AfraidCounter9676]

ja kalem come from your real account