Scratch

Isn't there some thing that if your project gets flagged, it is removed from the front page? Maybe some people flagged it because you blow people up in it.

Wolfie1996 wrote:

I think the Scratch Team can tag a project in a way that means "It's not appropriate for everyone, but most people should be able to view it with no adverse effect". Don't quote me on that, 'cuz I'm not sure... I remember reading something about it a looong time ago (or, I think I read something like that  ).

If that's the case, then maybe it's the fact that there are human victims? I don't know the exact rules governing projects on the frontpage... But that might be it 

In my opinion furries are more inappropriate than blocks of pixels. If they have blocked it Then it's surely out of some grudge, as a lot of other violent projects with human victims make the front page all the time.

Was it on the homepage before? If yes, which column was it in?

EDIT: Now I have checked it. It's true that it's kind of unsuitable to all people.

Last edited by mathematics (2010-07-04 12:39:18)

Yo Ansa

That clears some stuff up.. but I was actually posting things I'd read on the site before by other people, so yeah, there's a lot of confusion about this.

RHY3756547 wrote:

Nobody that has seen it so far has considered it "scary". You seriously underestimate modern children; Why would someone as young as five be on here anyway?

To learn how to program, and view and share cool projects.

This is just the way it is on an all ages site viewed by children and parents from around the world. Many people have different standards when it comes to content, and in order to be inclusive we feel the best compromise is to make sure that projects, comments, and posts are appropriate for all ages.

Lightnin wrote:

RHY3756547 wrote:

Nobody that has seen it so far has considered it "scary". You seriously underestimate modern children; Why would someone as young as five be on here anyway?

To learn how to program, and view and share cool projects.

This is just the way it is on an all ages site viewed by children and parents from around the world. Many people have different standards when it comes to content, and in order to be inclusive we feel the best compromise is to make sure that projects, comments, and posts are appropriate for all ages.

Well duh, but how many 5 year olds do you know that go on scratch? Children below 8 or so don't give about programming and if they do, then they're mature enough to not cry themselves to sleep over a project which contains mild violence. I'm surprised you guys blocked it ASAP.

And calebxy, agreeing to someone without really understanding what they are saying doesn't get you extra brownie points with the higher order.

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RHY3756547 wrote:

Lightnin wrote:

RHY3756547 wrote:

Nobody that has seen it so far has considered it "scary". You seriously underestimate modern children; Why would someone as young as five be on here anyway?

To learn how to program, and view and share cool projects.

This is just the way it is on an all ages site viewed by children and parents from around the world. Many people have different standards when it comes to content, and in order to be inclusive we feel the best compromise is to make sure that projects, comments, and posts are appropriate for all ages.

Well duh, but how many 5 year olds do you know that go on scratch? Children below 8 or so don't give about programming and if they do, then they're mature enough to not cry themselves to sleep over a project which contains mild violence. I'm surprised you guys blocked it ASAP.

We are constantly reviewing projects that never or have yet to reach the front page. I'm sorry you feel like it's unfair, but it's not personal.

re: younger kids on Scratch.
There are enough.    Look at the Scratch Stats.  And aside from that, it's our stated goal to make Scratch available to younger children, as well as teenagers and adults. I understand that you feel that most kids of age 8 and up are not sensitive to low levels of violence, but we disagree. I'm afraid our position on this is unlikely to change.

I personally liked the project a lot, I can tell you work really hard on it. It is is also fun.

I completely disagree that it's something personal.

If you receive notifications often I am pretty sure they are either automatically generated or based on the specific comment or project that was reviwed by one of the people monitoring the site. It is not a reflection of you as a person. That said, if we find that a person is generating too much work for us, we decide to block accounts. It is all a matter of how much time is spent dealing with a particular account.

Now in terms of what is appropriate, I don't think the discussion should be about age it should be just about content. Age appropriateness depends a lot on culture and geography: for example, it is my understanding that in Europe people are more sensitive towards violence than they are about sexuality, in the US it seems to be the opposite.

I think the Scratch Team has decided that projects involving some kind of violence towards human beings is not something that should be displayed on the front page. That decision is a decision made based on the kind of values we want to emphasize on the website. We do understand that in the US, the media is OK showing violence against people to people of all ages, but our standards are independent from the standards of the US media.

andresmh wrote:

I personally liked the project a lot, I can tell you work really hard on it. It is is also fun.

I completely disagree that it's something personal.

If you receive notifications often I am pretty sure they are either automatically generated or based on the specific comment or project that was reviwed by one of the people monitoring the site. It is not a reflection of you as a person. That said, if we find that a person is generating too much work for us, we decide to block accounts. It is all a matter of how much time is spent dealing with a particular account.

Now in terms of what is appropriate, I don't think the discussion should be about age it should be just about content. Age appropriateness depends a lot on culture and geography: for example, it is my understanding that in Europe people are more sensitive towards violence than they are about sexuality, in the US it seems to be the opposite.

I think the Scratch Team has decided that projects involving some kind of violence towards human beings is not something that should be displayed on the front page. That decision is a decision made based on the kind of values we want to emphasize on the website. We do understand that in the US, the media is OK showing violence against people to people of all ages, but our standards are independent from the standards of the US media.

Actually, here in the UK it's pretty much the same, but nobody really cares about either.

RHY3756547, not everything gets to be your way, as my dad says. It's up to the Scratch Team to consider it appropriete or innapropriete. You don't need to make a big deal about it. I know you worked hard on it, but not everything is anybody's way (One of my dad's quotes) Seriously, sometimes you have to cool it and worry about other stuff. Okay, I am saying to many of my parent's quotes!

icecreamandcake wrote:

RHY3756547, not everything gets to be your way, as my dad says. It's up to the Scratch Team to consider it appropriete or innapropriete. You don't need to make a big deal about it. I know you worked hard on it, but not everything is anybody's way (One of my dad's quotes) Seriously, sometimes you have to cool it and worry about other stuff. Okay, I am saying to many of my parent's quotes!

I don't think you should be saying it's a quote unless you're getting the words right. What you're saying he said doesn't really make too much sense. "Not everything is anybody's way"? I think you might've meant something different, or forgot the real words and improvised.