Scratch

PW132 wrote:

Why do we even need "Most Remixed?" I mean look at it right now, all 3 of them are coloring contests with cats. All 3 of them. We really have no use for this bar. Can we just get rid of it? Please?

Shouldn't this be in the suggestions forum? 

This kind of either belongs to Suggestions, or All about scratch..

Scratch focuses heavily on remixing, so the bar is a good idea on paper, but in reality the projects that make it there are just... well, not frontpage worthy at all.

The worst part is, to many people it's just an easy way of getting frontpaged without putting in any effort, which is why we have so much remix spam 

Sigh. This has been brought up so many times.
I think they should move it down.

Last edited by scimonster (2011-08-25 05:51:09)

I think they said somewhere that they like it because it helps get new users noticed and supports a community of avid remixers 

I wish it had interesting stuff like engines though D:

scimonster wrote:

LS97 wrote:

scimonster wrote:

Sigh. This has been brought up so many times.
I think they should move it down.
http://scratchloveit.netne.net/topicrat … ;type=post

You know you can do that with Stylish? I moved the newest projects down and restyled the entire forums 
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11532575/forums … estyle.png

Whoa that looks... weird. Cool though.

Yeah well, I'm used to it. Now when I go on a different PC the normal Scratch looks weird and too basic 

scimonster wrote:

LS97 wrote:

Scimonster wrote:

Whoa that looks... weird. Cool though.

Yeah well, I'm used to it. Now when I go on a different PC the normal Scratch looks weird and too basic 

I know "Scimonster" didn't come with the dictionary. Did you add it? 
Oh, and can I have that style?

Wow, the things people see with a simple picture 

Sure you can! Beware it's not at all finished and I also suggest hosting the pictures on there yourself, since I might be moving mine off dropbox. Assuming you have Stylish:

div.blockpost h2 {
 background-image: url(http://mod-share.webuda.com/styles/blueTiles.jpg) !important;
}
div.blockform h2 {
 background-image: url(http://mod-share.webuda.com/styles/blueTiles.jpg) !important;
}
div.blocktable h2 {
 background-image: url(http://mod-share.webuda.com/styles/blueTiles.jpg) !important;
}
.pun th {
 background-color: #AAF !important;
}
#brdmenu {
 background-image: url(http://mod-share.webuda.com/styles/blueTiles.jpg) !important;
}
a {
  -webkit-transition: color ease-out 2s;
}
a:hover {
  -webkit-transition: color ease-in 0.4s;
}
body {
  background-image: url(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11532575/imgs/gradForms.png);
  background-repeat: repeat-x !important;
  background-color: #003060 !important;
}
#container {
  background-color: transparent !important;
}
#footer {
  background-color: transparent !important;
  background-image: url(http://www.accountablecarechoices.org/a/img/footer_tile.gif);
  background-repeat: repeat-x !important;
}
div.box {
  background-color: transparent !important;
}
tr, form {
  background-color: white !important;
}
div.linksb, .postlinksb {
  background-color: transparent !important;
  background-image: url(http://www.accountablecarechoices.org/a/img/footer_tile.gif);
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
  background-position: center top;
}

applies to URL's starting with http://scratch.mit.edu/forums

form {
  background-color: transparent !important;
}
label {
  color: white !important;
}

applies to URL's starting with http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewforum.php?id=

technoguyx wrote:

hmnwilson wrote:

Scratch focuses heavily on remixing, so the bar is a good idea on paper, but in reality the projects that make it there are just... well, not frontpage worthy at all.

The worst part is, to many people it's just an easy way of getting frontpaged without putting in any effort, which is why we have so much remix spam 

This, especially the last part,

joefarebrother wrote:

they should add a word filter so nothing with the words 'add yourself' or 'colouring contest' gets into top remixed unless it has over 100 lovits.gb

and this, except the part about love-its because popular enough users will just go "LOV IT SO IT GETS FORNT PAGE!!", and since they have such an influence over the kiddos that remix their projects, they probably will love-it. It could even get Top Loved, clogging the front page even worse.

And that makes me think, how would the remixers react to this? If we block them they would clog the front page in other ways if they're organized enough. 

The last bit is a good point. But I think the real concept behind opposing this decision should be that it wouldn't be fair to sweep away a row of projects from one day to the next. That said I do agree with what has been proposed in the first post.

But still remember you can move the remixed row down (or even hide it!) and the top-loved or viewed up, with Stylish. That's what I did with mine.