When I was younger there wasn’t any money to be made off of games. The best you got was in-game currency to buy hats with or whatever. Roblox made its money off of builders club and ads run on free accounts.

There where some games run by adults, but most where young adults who started developing their game(s) in their teens. The majority where goofy messes filled with random pre-built assets.

There definitely where pedos on the platform. It was an online kids game in the oughts. Online moderation was basically like the fucking wild west back then.