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It's sad to see this feature go.  For a lot of kids this was the only exposure that their projects would get.  It's good to see that it is still possible to get the list of new projects by selecting "See More" in the surprise projects.

I guess that means there isn't going to be any chance of my projects getting viewed, because they don't get much views anyway. 

Last edited by JoelP (2007-08-06 18:41:35)

You can still see the new projects by clicking on Projects on the top menu. I am sorry for removing this feature. It is really sad. Do you have any suggestions?

I agree with Yayalec.  While I understand that there are some reasonable causes for the removal of the front page newest projects section, I think that it might be a good idea to have a link at the top of the page that says newest projects.  Although it really shouldn't hurt exposure too much because you can still post you stuff in galleries and make forums announcing it to get it out there. : )

No!!! The newest projects section has been removed!!!     I wil sure miss it. Many members rely on the newest projects section to get their projects viewed and loved. How else is somebody supposed to see a project that somebody else just created, unless you have them as a friend or you're in the same gallery as them. I think this might discourage some Scratch members because their projects would not be viewed and loved as much. People would think that if not many people watch their projects, what would be the point of creating them? I mean, I understand why you guys are doing this, but couldn't you guys just create a tab or something leading to the newest projects? It's really sad to see the newest project section just.......... disappear. (Sorry if I sound mean, but I just miss this section already.    )

Last edited by plumberry (2007-08-06 22:53:46)

Yeah, that's true. But I think some people kinda get frustrated at having to click on projects, then find their project, click on their project, and wait for their project to load. After a while, it'll probably become frustrating.    People might start to look like this face to the left of me! 

Last edited by plumberry (2007-08-07 01:46:59)

How about, if the project looks fishy, check it out, if it's innapropriate, delete it. hten your projects can get more noticed. Now I know you can just press projects, but people don't actually do that! They only check them out if the name sounds interesting, "hmm, looks cool, lets try it out." Another suggestion is that before the users upload thier project, the somputer asks them for a rating, that says what this game has that is innapropriate. If there is violence or nudity, the game should could go onto the internet, but not show on the newest projects section on the front page. It's really a pain creating links on everones projects to check out my projects, because then the makers just delete it!

another one is, it could only take one flag for a project to be removed

But at least we can view the new ones on the "Projects" page.

Analyzing the statistics of the site after the newest project section was removed and considering the pros and cons people in the forums and members of the Scratch team, we have decided to bring back the newest projects to the front page. Thanks everyone or your input. In a few weeks, we will start working on better mechanisms to filter inappropriate content. In the meanwhile please help us monitor the site by flagging inappropriate content.

When you flag something as inappropriate the creator of the project does not know who has flagged their project, only the Scratch team reads your comments.

from what i see now it is back on the front page

Woohoo!  its back!