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#1 2012-09-01 19:10:16

xJira
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Registered: 2012-03-24
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Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

I bet that there are a lot of old accounts on scratch that will never be used again.
After a lot of discussion, I improved my idea a bit:

A few weeks before Scratch 2.0 + Website are released, there could be a special notification or something that all Scratch accounts with no (/few comentless) projects that have been inactive for a while will be deleted. Though if great Scratchers are inactive but have projects that kind of belong to Scratch's history, they will ofc stay. You can say "No!" if your account might be in danger (because of few projects or views) and noone will delete you!

Why do so?
It saves some space on the server (not much, maybe) and makes it a bit faster and more efficient.
It makes a lot of user-names avaiable again.
The statistics will change and therefore be up-to-date and right again (whats the point of statistics if they involve people that are not scratchers any more?)
It's just tidier and it shrinks the community to those who are still Scratchers and not a bunch of inactives as well.

Please comment and tell me what you think about this.

Last edited by xJira (2012-09-05 15:23:05)

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#2 2012-09-01 19:17:10

Wes64
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

i dont support, all user data should be permanent even if the account is no longer being used. we could lose some pretty revolutionary projects and history

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#3 2012-09-01 19:31:53

PersainCatz
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

i dont support this idea

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#4 2012-09-01 19:47:42

nama
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

this is ridiculous. just because a scratcher quit doesn't mean their projects should be deleted.

You say goodbye to 1.4, I say hello to 2.0.

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#5 2012-09-01 19:51:40

RedRocker227
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Registered: 2011-10-26
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

Wes64 wrote:

i dont support, all user data should be permanent even if the account is no longer being used. we could lose some pretty revolutionary projects and history

Why

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#6 2012-09-01 19:53:18

nama
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

Also an old-timer could decide "hey I've not benn on scratch in a while, let's see how its been" and return to find all their stuff deleted

You say goodbye to 1.4, I say hello to 2.0.

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#7 2012-09-01 23:01:29

OverPowered
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Registered: 2012-07-27
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

No.
Instead, just remove all multiple-month old projectless and commentless users.

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#8 2012-09-01 23:13:37

thebriculator
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

no, the famous RHY, among others would be wiped out

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#9 2012-09-01 23:40:18

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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

This should only apply to users with no projects, comments, or forum posts.

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#10 2012-09-02 01:53:40

PersainCatz
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

OverPowered wrote:

No.
Instead, just remove all multiple-month old projectless and commentless users.

i also dont support this.

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#11 2012-09-02 02:03:22

jontmy00
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Registered: 2011-11-28
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

jvvg wrote:

This should only apply to users with no projects, comments, or forum posts.

Some people just register to download projects...

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#12 2012-09-02 03:00:51

BendionTheHedgehog
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Registered: 2012-08-27
Posts: 28

Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

RedRocker227 wrote:

Wes64 wrote:

i dont support, all user data should be permanent even if the account is no longer being used. we could lose some pretty revolutionary projects and history

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#13 2012-09-02 06:53:47

xJira
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Registered: 2012-03-24
Posts: 91

Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

Wes64 wrote:

i dont support, all user data should be permanent even if the account is no longer being used. we could lose some pretty revolutionary projects and history

Uh, ofc I didn't think about that... Well, maybe they should leave these accounts, but some that were never used might as well be deleted

joingmy00 wrote:

Some people just register to download projects...

But they could keep their accounts if they just click the "Stay"-Button...

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#14 2012-09-02 07:03:55

jji7skyline
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Registered: 2010-03-08
Posts: 1000+

Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

An active scratchemay go on a holiday for 3 weeks. And as stated above, there is too much to lose. Sorry, but I don't support.

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello!  big_smile

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#15 2012-09-02 07:30:59

jontmy00
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

xJira wrote:

Wes64 wrote:

i dont support, all user data should be permanent even if the account is no longer being used. we could lose some pretty revolutionary projects and history

Uh, ofc I didn't think about that... Well, maybe they should leave these accounts, but some that were never used might as well be deleted

joingmy00 wrote:

Some people just register to download projects...

But they could keep their accounts if they just click the "Stay"-Button...

What if they had an account an went inactive for a period of time, and came back only to find their accounts gone?

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#16 2012-09-02 08:18:29

soniku3
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

No just no. Its never gonna be real.

internet's all about cats today.

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#17 2012-09-02 08:19:03

BirdByte
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

Don't support.

RHY would be gone.

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#18 2012-09-02 09:23:37

OverPowered
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Registered: 2012-07-27
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

jontmy00 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

This should only apply to users with no projects, comments, or forum posts.

Some people just register to download projects...

And if they have no projects, comments, or forums posts, how would it matter to them if their account was deleted? They can very simply create a new one and all would be well...

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#19 2012-09-02 09:24:43

jontmy00
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

OverPowered wrote:

jontmy00 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

This should only apply to users with no projects, comments, or forum posts.

Some people just register to download projects...

And if they have no projects, comments, or forums posts, how would it matter to them if their account was deleted? They can very simply create a new one and all would be well...

Then they can't use the same username and password.  hmm

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#20 2012-09-02 09:49:07

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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

jontmy00 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

This should only apply to users with no projects, comments, or forum posts.

Some people just register to download projects...

You can do that by appending /downloadsb to the url: ex.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Molybdenum/2757424
|
V
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Molybde … downloadsb

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#21 2012-09-02 09:51:04

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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

Molybdenum wrote:

jontmy00 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

This should only apply to users with no projects, comments, or forum posts.

Some people just register to download projects...

You can do that by appending /downloadsb to the url: ex.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Molybdenum/2757424
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V
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Molybde … downloadsb

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#22 2012-09-02 09:52:58

jontmy00
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

777w wrote:

Molybdenum wrote:

jontmy00 wrote:


Some people just register to download projects...

You can do that by appending /downloadsb to the url: ex.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Molybdenum/2757424
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V
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Molybde … downloadsb

not all people know that

+1.

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#23 2012-09-02 09:54:17

Molybdenum
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Registered: 2012-06-17
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Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

777w wrote:

Molybdenum wrote:

jontmy00 wrote:


Some people just register to download projects...

You can do that by appending /downloadsb to the url: ex.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Molybdenum/2757424
|
V
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Molybde … downloadsb

not all people know that

Teach them.

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#24 2012-09-02 09:56:04

jontmy00
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Posts: 1000+

Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

How? If they have no comments or posts, how are you going to tell them?

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#25 2012-09-02 11:07:10

Wes64
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Registered: 2011-08-19
Posts: 1000+

Re: Scratch 2.0 Account Cleaning

OverPowered wrote:

And if they have no projects, comments, or forums posts, how would it matter to them if their account was deleted?

if someone has no job, no friends, and no social interaction, should we kill them?

no.

so if a scratcher has no projects, no comments, and no forum posts, does that make them worthless?

no.

so should we remove their stuff?

no.

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