Scratch

I have a system where subscribers get comments on their projects saying that updates for my projects have come out. It gets annoying to have to go into every project and type a different comment with the same gist, so I think there should be a way to quickly and easily send the same comment to multiple projects.
       This would be called a mailing list. You would type in a comment, click send, and it would put that comment on a project of everyone on your mailing list, in turn giving them a message.


I see that there can be a possibility for abuse and spam, so I've thought up some anti-spam precautions:

1.     You would need both the owner of the mailing list and the recipient of the mail's consent to put someone on your mailing list. Either person could delete the recipient at any time, so that if the recipient does't want the mail, or the sender doesn't think the mail would help the recipient, either can easily stop the flow of mail to the recipient.

2. It would only be available to Scratchers. This way, SpamBots and trolls would have to spend a LONG time on Scratch before creating a mailing list. Even then, they wouldn't be able to add a recipient to their mailing list without his/her consent.

3. There would be a signature on the bottom, stating that the comment was from a mailing list. This way, a recipient can easily distinguish user comments from mailing list comments.
      This signature would include a "flag mailing list" button. This would flag all the comments from the list. If they're inappropriate, a mod would be able to shut down one mailing list or revoke mailing list privileges from a user. All the comments would be on a single string, so you could just delete the string and not have to go into every project and delete each comment individually.

4. There would be a "hide mailing list comments" button in the project notes. This button would hide all comments that came from mailing lists, so that someone viewing the comments can choose to only see user comments.

5. To be part of a mailing list, you'd have to submit the URL of the project where you want the comments from the mailing list to go. That way, the recipient is in control of where mail in list comments go.

6. There would be a 60-second rule. This way, if a spammer manages to become a Scratcher and get people on his/her mailing list, it would take a longer time for him/her to do tons of damage.

7. There would be language and repeated comment filters. No one could post bad words, and repeated comments wouldn't be allowed through. Thought up by scimonster.

Supporters (6):

WingsGames
coolhogs
Mokat
TheScratch3
scimonster
okofish

I made a mockup here.

Last edited by WingsGames (2012-03-20 17:07:41)