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#1 2012-06-19 15:25:24

coolhogs
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What's Going On?

Multiple scratchers have flagged several projects, all in the Newest Projects. I was not very concerned about this until 3 projects had been flagged. Again, what is going on?


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#2 2012-06-19 15:46:16

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Re: What's Going On?

Good point. Here are the links for any people interested:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/bowserbomb18/2621937
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/CommanderDatafan/2621936
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Blake9/2621928
...
There are too many.

Either a trick (alts?), or... Well, I'm not sure.


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#3 2012-06-19 15:51:22

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Re: What's Going On?

I forgot to say, some of them are made by the same scratcher. More evidence for spam/a trick/a joke?

Grr... 180 second rule.


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#4 2012-06-19 16:01:02

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Re: What's Going On?

OK, I reported it, saying  "What is going on?"


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#5 2012-06-19 16:09:00

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Re: What's Going On?

I noticed that too.


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#6 2012-06-19 16:09:54

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Re: What's Going On?

I don't really think reporting the projects with "what is going on" is a good idea  tongue

Anyway, what do you think it is, coolhogs? For me it's probably spam, as there just wan't enough time for the scratch team to check and delete all of the projects.


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#7 2012-06-19 16:12:22

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Re: What's Going On?

No, I meant I reported the topic, not the projects.  tongue  I don't know. Multiple Scratchers have to flag it in order for it to be removed, so maybe some trolls.


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#8 2012-06-19 16:19:03

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Re: What's Going On?

I don't think that's the actual "removed project" project though. Maybe a moderator or scratch team member will come to answer, so lets wait. (And chat with my chatbot)


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#9 2012-06-19 16:29:04

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Re: What's Going On?

the "flagged project" thing is the default project icon i think, ive been meaning to suggest it be changed to something that wont cause as much panic but never got around to it

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#10 2012-06-19 16:32:16

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Re: What's Going On?

No, it isn't. Look in the Newest Projects list.


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#11 2012-06-19 16:33:40

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Re: What's Going On?

coolhogs wrote:

No, it isn't. Look in the Newest Projects list.

i saw the list before but now that i look at the projects i see they are actually flagged
still, the thing i explained has been known to happen as with this project

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#12 2012-06-19 16:47:59

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Re: What's Going On?

Well I caught the report just now, but I've left it there for a Scratch Team member to have a look! Rest assured, the ST take a hard stance against inappropriately flagged projects!


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#13 2012-06-19 16:51:46

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Re: What's Going On?

I think it was a bug. One had 0 views and was like that...


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#14 2012-06-19 16:57:03

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Re: What's Going On?

Or the counter was not updated, zubblewu.


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#15 2012-06-19 17:06:45

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Re: What's Going On?

I've been noticng that too. I've counted...


Actually, I lost track. But I'm pretty sure it's 15.


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#16 2012-06-19 17:07:28

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Re: What's Going On?

CheckItNow12 wrote:

I've been noticng that too. I've counted...


Actually, I lost track. But I'm pretty sure it's 15.

theres more than 15

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#17 2012-06-19 17:13:12

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Re: What's Going On?

Molybdenum wrote:

Good point. Here are the links for any people interested:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/bowserbomb18/2621937
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/CommanderDatafan/2621936
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Blake9/2621928
...
There are too many.

Either a trick (alts?), or... Well, I'm not sure.

So I took a look at the projects

It's probably a trick. None of the projects are really censored. I guess someone thought it would be funny to upload copies of the default censored project?

Seems like the trend is still going on, and it's not a pretty funny joke since it takes up space from actual Scratch projects. It might be a good idea to flag those projects when you see them so the ST can take a look.


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#18 2012-06-19 17:18:24

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Re: What's Going On?

Now  a lot of them are here... How can we stop this?  sad


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#19 2012-06-19 17:25:20

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Re: What's Going On?

Temporarily ban the accounts?


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#20 2012-06-19 17:27:00

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Re: What's Going On?

cheddargirl wrote:

Molybdenum wrote:

Good point. Here are the links for any people interested:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/bowserbomb18/2621937
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/CommanderDatafan/2621936
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Blake9/2621928
...
There are too many.

Either a trick (alts?), or... Well, I'm not sure.

So I took a look at the projects

It's probably a trick. None of the projects are really censored. I guess someone thought it would be funny to upload copies of the default censored project?

Seems like the trend is still going on, and it's not a pretty funny joke since it takes up space from actual Scratch projects. It might be a good idea to flag those projects when you see them so the ST can take a look.

i dont think its uploading copies of a censored project, a lot of them looked like they could have been made for school and when you download it doesnt work

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#21 2012-06-19 17:37:43

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Re: What's Going On?

777w wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

Molybdenum wrote:

Good point. Here are the links for any people interested:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/bowserbomb18/2621937
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/CommanderDatafan/2621936
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Blake9/2621928
...
There are too many.

Either a trick (alts?), or... Well, I'm not sure.

So I took a look at the projects

It's probably a trick. None of the projects are really censored. I guess someone thought it would be funny to upload copies of the default censored project?

Seems like the trend is still going on, and it's not a pretty funny joke since it takes up space from actual Scratch projects. It might be a good idea to flag those projects when you see them so the ST can take a look.

i dont think its uploading copies of a censored project, a lot of them looked like they could have been made for school and when you download it doesnt work

Given the nature of the situation, I doubt it. Censored projects aren't downloadable to begin with.

Anyway, I tried to clean it up the best I could. They still keep coming, so keep on flagging them down.


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#22 2012-06-19 18:29:12

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Re: What's Going On?

I think it's a server problem myself.  I have seen this happen several times before.

In this case, it only seems to be affecting accounts that have never uploaded a project before.  Last time it happened, I think it was a permissions problem.  I've sent out some emails to hopefully get the sys admins to take a look at it.


cheddargirl wrote:

Censored projects aren't downloadable to begin with.

Anyway, I tried to clean it up the best I could. They still keep coming, so keep on flagging them down.

Censored projects can still be downloaded by Scratch Team members.  Yet I can't download these; I either get an IO error or a Bad Header error.  So the projects are not being stored on the server properly.

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#23 2012-06-19 19:41:24

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Re: What's Going On?

Yep, pesky old server trouble. (You guys think you can't wait for Scratch 2.0??  tongue  )

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