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Hardmath123 · 2012-03-17 07:38:29

So often I feel like giving a short message when friending someone, like "I though I added you a long time ago...", or "You rock!", or even just " smile ". So I think it should prompt you for a short message when you add someone to friends.

Last edited by Hardmath123 (2012-03-17 07:38:43)

bobbybee · 2012-03-17 08:07:41

That would be private messaging, though.

turkey3 · 2012-03-17 08:36:17

bobbybee wrote:
That would be private messaging, though.

Yeah, sort of, but it would be a one time thing.

RedRocker227 · 2012-03-17 09:56:24

turkey3 wrote:
bobbybee wrote:
That would be private messaging, though.
Yeah, sort of, but it would be a one time thing.

Not really; people would just remove the user from their friend list, add them again, and they'll get to send another message. It'd be a bit long-winded, but it'd still happen.

stevetheipad · 2012-03-17 10:16:13

Believe it or not, some scratchers would use this as a private messaging tool. This would bring censor issues, the need to monitor friend messages and I think it would've a violation of COPPA's law of how minors on the Internet can act and what privileges they can have.

I don't think it'd really be worth it. Instead, you can just stop by one of their projects and leave your message there. wink

Mokat · 2012-03-17 11:26:31

stevetheipad wrote:
Believe it or not, some scratchers would use this as a private messaging tool. This would bring censor issues, the need to monitor friend messages and I think it would've a violation of COPPA's law of how minors on the Internet can act and what privileges they can have.

I don't think it'd really be worth it. Instead, you can just stop by one of their projects and leave your message there.

scimonster · 2012-03-17 15:49:28

Mokat wrote:
stevetheipad wrote:
Believe it or not, some scratchers would use this as a private messaging tool. This would bring censor issues, the need to monitor friend messages and I think it would've a violation of COPPA's law of how minors on the Internet can act and what privileges they can have.

I don't think it'd really be worth it. Instead, you can just stop by one of their projects and leave your message there.

Yep.
Too much like PMing.

Haiming · 2012-03-17 15:52:29

I support, but only if the admins can see it, so it wouldn't be private messaging.

Hardmath123 · 2012-03-18 05:23:15

stevetheipad wrote:
Believe it or not, some scratchers would use this as a private messaging tool. This would bring censor issues, the need to monitor friend messages and I think it would've a violation of COPPA's law of how minors on the Internet can act and what privileges they can have.

I don't think it'd really be worth it. Instead, you can just stop by one of their projects and leave your message there.

Oh. I never thought Scratchers would do that (I didn't even think of the private messaging issue).

Oh, well. sad

PlutoIsHades · 2012-03-18 06:30:02

What if you had to pick your message from a list? Then it would cut down on PMing.

RedRocker227 · 2012-03-18 07:19:48

PlutoIsHades wrote:
What if you had to pick your message from a list? Then it would cut down on PMing.

That's a very good idea actually.

12_lassy · 2012-03-18 20:24:42

PlutoIsHades wrote:
What if you had to pick your message from a list? Then it would cut down on PMing.

Yeah, that'd work very well. Like, you can choose a pre-selected message from, as you mentioned, a drop-down list? Generic ones like those mentioned in the OP.

stevetheipad · 2012-03-18 20:31:12

Hardmath123 wrote:
stevetheipad wrote:
Believe it or not, some scratchers would use this as a private messaging tool. This would bring censor issues, the need to monitor friend messages and I think it would've a violation of COPPA's law of how minors on the Internet can act and what privileges they can have.

I don't think it'd really be worth it. Instead, you can just stop by one of their projects and leave your message there.
Oh. I never thought Scratchers would do that (I didn't even think of the private messaging issue).

Oh, well.

Instead of giving up on the idea, though, why not come up with a better solution?

How about instead of a user being allowed to type whatever they want, they could choose to send one of the 1-2 sentence pre-determined messages when they friend them. Some of them could be "Hey, I'm [automatically fill the user's username] and I'd like to be friends!", or "What's up? I'm [automatically fill the user's username]".

Mokat · 2012-03-18 20:36:55

scimonster wrote:
Mokat wrote:
stevetheipad wrote:
Believe it or not, some scratchers would use this as a private messaging tool. This would bring censor issues, the need to monitor friend messages and I think it would've a violation of COPPA's law of how minors on the Internet can act and what privileges they can have.

I don't think it'd really be worth it. Instead, you can just stop by one of their projects and leave your message there.
Yep.
Too much like PMing.

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