The Truth About John and Jane Doe

Do you know the true story of John Doe and Jane Doe on Roblox? Because it’s not

what the rumors made it sound like. Back in 2017, Roblox players started panicking.

Stories spread that John Doe and Jane Doe were “hackers”, that they’d return on March 18th to

delete accounts and ban players forever. Kids logged off. Some even said goodbye

to their friends. But here’s the truth. John Doe and Jane Doe were never hackers. They were test accounts

created by Roblox in the early days of the platform. Roblox needed placeholder users to test features,

and those accounts just happened to have realistic names. Nothing more. So where did the

fear come from? In 2017, Roblox announced that all inactive accounts would be