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illusionist wrote:

Success!

Scratch will be protesting thanks to everyone who spammed the ST with me! :lol:

i started the protest

it spread like minecraft fire.

xD

agscratcher wrote:

I honestly think that the protest here was pretty weak.


Fist of all, the only big announcement against SOPA/PIPA is on the forums. That's not really affective. It should be on the main page too.


You should've done something similar to the hurricane page, but with a button to go to the actual site (just so that little kiddies don't dry).


And seriously? Only featured has projects? (Well, To Remixed has one, so people were aware beforehand) You should've made everything on the home page redirect you to an official SOPA/PIPA project which builds upon the hurricane page-style message.


Also, maybe you should put a message telling children to contact their local senator to say "NO" to SOPA/PIPA.


It honestly feels like the ST just did this out of mass suggestion and didn't really want to do it.


(PS: I've also changed my signature, something I practically never do)

There is a message on the front page. Not to mention the featured projects are all anti-SOPA ones.


And the message on the front page does have a link to the opposition of SOPA and PIPA now.


Actually, I think the issue was that this was kind of last minute (the ST was even sending messages to each other this morning trying to figure out which anti-SOPA site to link to on the front page); there wasn't really much time to code a redirect page over the weekend (the standard one sponsored by groups such as sopastrike didn't allow a redirect, so that wasn't practical to use), perhaps the situation would have changed if there was some more ample notice beforehand (maybe about two or three weeks ahead of the protest date instead. It was kind like that time on April Fool's Day (the one two years ago) when the only joke was on the forums (you know, the one where all posts cost $0.99, but that was it), but the following April Fools the jokes were thought of beforehand so they were a bit more grand.

Last edited by cheddargirl (2012-01-18 10:03:20)

agscratcher wrote:

I honestly think that the protest here was pretty weak.


Fist of all, the only big announcement against SOPA/PIPA is on the forums. That's not really affective. It should be on the main page too.


You should've done something similar to the hurricane page, but with a button to go to the actual site (just so that little kiddies don't dry).


And seriously? Only featured has projects? (Well, To Remixed has one, so people were aware beforehand) You should've made everything on the home page redirect you to an official SOPA/PIPA project which builds upon the hurricane page-style message.


Also, maybe you should put a message telling children to contact their local senator to say "NO" to SOPA/PIPA.


It honestly feels like the ST just did this out of mass suggestion and didn't really want to do it.


(PS: I've also changed my signature, something I practically never do)

Hey, good lookin signature you got there. 

agscratcher wrote:

I honestly think that the protest here was pretty weak.


Fist of all, the only big announcement against SOPA/PIPA is on the forums. That's not really affective. It should be on the main page too.


You should've done something similar to the hurricane page, but with a button to go to the actual site (just so that little kiddies don't dry).


And seriously? Only featured has projects? (Well, To Remixed has one, so people were aware beforehand) You should've made everything on the home page redirect you to an official SOPA/PIPA project which builds upon the hurricane page-style message.


Also, maybe you should put a message telling children to contact their local senator to say "NO" to SOPA/PIPA.


It honestly feels like the ST just did this out of mass suggestion and didn't really want to do it.


(PS: I've also changed my signature, something I practically never do)

I completely agree.

I'm fine with it, at least is something.

GameHutSoftware wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

I saw this Facebook event where everyone is going to upload fake censor pics on their profile to make it look like some albums and wall images are blocked by SOPA or PIPA. I was planning to do something similar with uploading a Scratch project that looks like it's censored by SOPA or PIPA... imagine if on that day the Top Loved/Remixed/Viewed rows were filled with these images instead of your run-of-the-mill Scratch thumbnail to get the word out.

isnt this a great idea?
who else is going to do it?

also
make your user images that
if you support

-> Hey, this idea isn't quite complete yet, we still more anti-SOPA and anti-PIPA projects on the front page. Start viewing and love-iting. 

I'm a little confused about SOPA and PIPA. What is this whole petition?

The Stop Online Piracy Act is a bill that will allow companies to sue websites with only the slightest bit of copyrighted content (like a Scratch profile picture) for damages and get the website taken down. PIPA, the Protect Intellectual Property Act, is the Senate counterpart of the House bill.

rdococ wrote:

I think it's that too.
But I'm in the UK, so I think I will survive it...
Or will I? What country is this in?

The good ol' land of semi-liberty, the USA.

I think someone needs to make a UK-based Scratch site, but I am not an expert at domains and code...

{You just got me to oppose SOPA and PIPA!}

Stop Online Piracy Act.

I don't think anyone agrees. I definitely don't, anyway. I may have to actually pay for my music now