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#1 2011-05-09 16:10:53
- trekkie2000
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- Registered: 2009-02-15
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Spam projects?
Almost every time I visit the home page I see at least 1 of these things under most recent with names like this: S2U4L19P2. Upon closer inspection of the users profile, I find about 20 pages of similar projects. There are like 10 users doing this. What new, horrible spambot has entered the scratch world?!
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#2 2011-05-09 16:13:24
- scimonster
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Re: Spam projects?
I know about this. 
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#4 2011-05-09 18:11:27
- trekkie2000
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Re: Spam projects?
kimmy123 wrote:
They might be school projects
I looked into that, but think about it. I mean, 500 scratch users all of which create 50 projects each, all of which appear to be a scratch cat with a "When flag clicked forever (Random block inserted here)"
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#5 2011-05-09 18:13:50
Re: Spam projects?
trekkie2000 wrote:
kimmy123 wrote:
They might be school projects
I looked into that, but think about it. I mean, 500 scratch users all of which create 50 projects each, all of which appear to be a scratch cat with a "When flag clicked forever (Random block inserted here)"
Maybe they are new kids trying out scratch 
Last edited by kimmy123 (2011-05-09 18:13:59)
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#6 2011-05-09 18:33:47
Re: Spam projects?
kimmy123 wrote:
trekkie2000 wrote:
kimmy123 wrote:
They might be school projects
I looked into that, but think about it. I mean, 500 scratch users all of which create 50 projects each, all of which appear to be a scratch cat with a "When flag clicked forever (Random block inserted here)"
Maybe they are new kids trying out scratch
It probably is.
It can get really annoying.
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#7 2011-05-09 18:38:37
- Thugs4less
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- Registered: 2010-05-02
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Re: Spam projects?
Agreed....
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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#9 2011-05-10 17:32:46
- gettysburg11
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Re: Spam projects?
It's usually a whole class in South Korea or one of those other Asian countries that did a project, with each one usually very similar to the other, and then the teacher had them be uploaded all at the same time.
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#10 2011-05-11 19:38:09
- trekkie2000
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Re: Spam projects?
O ok, I get it now. S#U#L#P# is "Scratch version #, Unit #, Lesson #, Part #
Could a mod close this topic at some point?
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#11 2011-05-22 13:30:43
Re: Spam projects?
cmy2 wrote:
huh... I never really look at those projects.
Me too.
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#12 2011-05-22 13:32:45
- scimonster
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Re: Spam projects?
trekkie2000 wrote:
O ok, I get it now. S#U#L#P# is "Scratch version #, Unit #, Lesson #, Part #
Could a mod close this topic at some point?
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#13 2011-05-22 14:49:11
Re: Spam projects?
trekkie2000 wrote:
O ok, I get it now. S#U#L#P# is "Scratch version #, Unit #, Lesson #, Part #
Could a mod close this topic at some point?
Certainly! But, in the future, we'll find it faster if you reported the topic.
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