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#1 2009-10-15 11:36:57

nikkiperson2
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User's Journal

Might I suggest that a new feature called the 'User Journal' be created? It would be a little sidebar or something on each user's page where they can write things (projects they are currently working on, announcements, etc) for all to see. It could be like a 1000 or so  character paragraph that everyone on Scratch can read.

I think this would really settle the issue that many people have with 'announcement projects' making the front page. Instead of making projects to tell people what you are up to in Scratch (Or if you are quitting/leaving/taking a break from Scratch), you could write it in the User Journal. Many users have been using the sidebar that they use to put where they live to put in short little comments, so I'm sure Scratchers would take full advantage of this feature if it were created  smile

Please tell me what you think of this idea.

---UPDATE---

I created an example to show people what I'm trying to explain ^^
http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac290/nikkiperson2/untitled-1.jpg

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#2 2009-10-15 11:46:27

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Re: User's Journal

Good idea


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#3 2009-10-15 11:55:27

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Re: User's Journal

I don't think that many people often look at other users pages.
But if we use this more pople would look at other people's userpage and you'd see their favourites too  smile


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#4 2009-10-15 12:03:30

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Re: User's Journal

That's a good idea! It would solve many problems.


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#5 2009-10-15 12:10:28

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Re: User's Journal

jacool wrote:

I don't think that many people often look at other users pages.
But if we use this more pople would look at other people's userpage and you'd see their favourites too  smile

People look at other people's user pages to see their projects and such >.>


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#6 2009-10-15 12:14:34

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Re: User's Journal

nikkiperson2 wrote:

jacool wrote:

I don't think that many people often look at other users pages.
But if we use this more pople would look at other people's userpage and you'd see their favourites too  smile

People look at other people's user pages to see their projects and such >.>

Well I don't very often, but this things might change that  smile


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#7 2009-10-15 13:21:20

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Re: User's Journal

I support this. ^^


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#8 2009-10-15 13:23:28

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Re: User's Journal

Ummm... okay. I think it's a good idea. I go to people's user pages all the time...


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#9 2009-10-15 13:31:50

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Re: User's Journal

That's a good idea nikki.  big_smile


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#10 2009-10-15 13:32:49

Magnie
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Re: User's Journal

This is kinda like the About text box thing for the user, which got denied, even though I support this.  smile

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#11 2009-10-15 14:40:28

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Re: User's Journal

i think that sounds like a really awesome idea nikki. ;3 kinda like on DA

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#12 2009-10-15 15:20:38

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Re: User's Journal

I support  smile


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#13 2009-10-15 15:22:15

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Re: User's Journal

This is like the latest news page from NG
http://archmage-flash.newgrounds.com/


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#14 2009-10-15 16:07:16

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Re: User's Journal

Wow, that would be cool! It would be like a mini-scratch blog  wink


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#15 2009-10-15 16:22:54

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Re: User's Journal

Pika Pika

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#16 2009-10-15 16:34:25

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Re: User's Journal

guyman55 wrote:

Pika Pika

Please do not spam in the Forums.


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#17 2009-10-15 17:25:08

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Re: User's Journal

um is just one big user journal or does each user have there own user journals and people then can look through that person's user journal?


Me and oreos are like this, <3  big_smile

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#18 2009-10-15 17:36:11

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Re: User's Journal

I love this idea!


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#19 2009-10-15 17:59:33

nikkiperson2
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Re: User's Journal

To clarify, here is what I had in mind...
http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac290/nikkiperson2/untitled-1.jpg
That's just an example  smile

To use the journal, you would simply click the text (But it must be on your own user page) and it would bring up the editing screen (Much like the project notes of a project, and how you change them online.) Then, once you're done editing it, you would click 'submit' and it would appear like shown above  smile

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#20 2009-10-15 18:06:30

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Re: User's Journal

Omg You Play Runescape?????


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#21 2009-10-15 18:10:17

nikkiperson2
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Re: User's Journal

Lucario621 wrote:

Omg You Play Runescape?????

>.> Although that is irrelivant, yes, I do. Oh, you must have seen it in my tabs.
Woops  big_smile


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#22 2009-10-15 18:29:51

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Re: User's Journal

The ability to comment on the journal as well!


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#23 2009-10-15 18:39:15

nikkiperson2
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Re: User's Journal

Dream-Caster wrote:

The ability to comment on the journal as well!

Well I was hoping it would kind of just be a status, almost like a twitter-once the Journal is changed, would the comments be deleted?


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#24 2009-10-15 18:41:06

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Re: User's Journal

nikkiperson2 wrote:

Dream-Caster wrote:

The ability to comment on the journal as well!

Well I was hoping it would kind of just be a status, almost like a twitter-once the Journal is changed, would the comments be deleted?

The comments would just be like "lol" or spam most likely.


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#25 2009-10-15 19:17:16

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Re: User's Journal

What do you think of the idea of having a Scratch project in that area instead of a text entry box?  It could be a status report, or a list of interests, a biography, whatever you wanted.  And you could have graphics and sound.  Plus, people could leave comments on it.  That's an idea that Larry828 and I have been kicking around for a while...

See a mockup here:

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Larry828/710417

The forum writeup is here:

http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23629


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