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I realy really really really really... well you get the idea. I would pick all different kinds.
May I become a curator please?

Well, they can't really know, I guess they will just have to live with it if a bad curator is picked. If the curator picks inappropriate projects, then the curator could be impeached. Again, I am not a member of the Scratch Team, so I really don't know.

boogawk wrote:

How do you know if the people who want to be curators really will be good curators?
They could be hypnotizing you in just this message? I have heard of that....... Anyways, do you look at their projects, comments, posts, etc. to determine whether they'd be a good curator? >BLUSH< I would like to be a curator, but you must judge people on something......
see, I've noticed you tend to accept people who seem to have done more posts, people who write longer, more detailed posts....... I'M CONFUSED!
^_^boogawk

The Scratch Team also looks at users who have had a good history on the Scratch site such that they will unlikely abuse the curator system.

About the long, detailed posts issue: an awful lot of people requesting to be curator have forgotten or ignored this:

andresmh wrote:

As you submit your application to be a curator, please tell us more about you and your goals as a curator. This will help us make our decision.

Those who follow this rule will more likely to have longer posts because they describe in detail who they are and what they want to accomplish as curator. Those who didn't follow this are likely to have itty-bitty short posts that are more likely to be overlooked.

I am interested in games that are just, well, all-around good!  I am not very picky, but I can tell by a scratch project if it is good.  I have lots of friends who are good scratch programmers, and I would discuss the game or clip with them.  I will admit, however, honestly, I am not a very good programmer.  I would really like to be a curator.  My goals as a curator would be to please all other scratchers who visit the main scratch page.  One more thing, I would not post projects that have been repeatedly shown recently.  Thank you for reading.

Last edited by CharlieAZ (2009-06-16 19:09:56)

I have a question: How often when will a curator be picked?

i would like to be one i would put unpopular projects so they would get views

I would love to do this! I have sonic videos and games that are awesome!

I'm not saying I want to be curator that that badly, but it's not fair, because by accident I uploaded an inapropriate word to scratch just because of a mis- spelling, and since that's now in my history, I'll never be made curator, even if I wanted to. Boo hoo.
Any suggestions?

Can I be a Curator? I like games that when you download it, you sit their scratching your head wondering how it works!                       

ElPapa wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

The Scratch Team also looks at users who have had a good history on the Scratch site such that they will unlikely abuse the curator system.

How could you abuse the job of curator?

Well, the curator has his/her choices of three projects on the front page at any time. Abuse of the curator system can range from posting posting projects by bribery to posting inappropriate projects.

Last edited by cheddargirl (2009-06-18 22:43:30)

ElPapa wrote:

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cheddargirl wrote:

Well, the curator has his/her choices of three projects on the front page at any time. Abuse of the curator system can range from posting posting projects by bribery to posting inappropriate projects.

But wouldn't innapropriate projects already have been removed or flagged? And also, what do you mean by 'bribery' as such?

Some inappropriate projects can still escape through the cracks (that is, they may go unnoticed for a while until someone flags them down and they are removed); there also also projects with a certain degree of violence that which, although allowed, are just not considered front page material (there's a whole discussion about this. You can read it here). And when I mean bribery, I mean getting the curator to feature a project in exchange for something else in return (for example, adding a Love It! to a curator's project in exchange for a feature).

Favoritism towards friends could also be another abuse of the curator system (I suppose here one could argue that a curator could believe that his/her friends projects are good enough to be featured, but I believe you'll understand what I mean here by 'favoritism').

coolperson wrote:

would the ones displayed on the front page be in your favs, or when you become a curtator, is there a special button?

They would be your favs.