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That used to be there, but it was removed... I don't know why, but my guess is that it was embarassing to the banned users. 

codyronaldcamp wrote:

It could be optional on the Contact Us page.

What could be?

bananaman114 wrote:

DaGamez wrote:

I think you should unban lonwol.
He promised he wouldn't ever, EVER swear again, and he's like an idol on scratch. Everyone loves lonwol... He's epic 
Can't you give lonwol a second chance? I mean, the word he said was almost a compliment    It's just a hello without the o. And in school they teach you about that place 
Well, I don't believe in god or anything, so I don't really know if that's very offensive to Christians who believe.

i agree. i don't even know lonwol. but i agree. it all depends on where you live. if he is from united kingdom, then its not as bad( but still bad) because they are often brought up to say that.( read the English magazine " the bogies".you'll see what i mean.) so.

codyronaldcamp wrote:

Lightnin wrote:

It seems like there is a lot of fear and confusion in the community right now about banning, so I thought I'd explain why we block people, and what they can do to get unblocked.

We block people who make comments, posts, or projects that go against our Terms of Use. If you haven't read them, please do - we spent a long time making them brief and to the point. They're way different from the usual stuff you find on other sites and don't contain a lot of boring legal stuff.

http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Terms_of_use

This is one of the most important points in the Terms of Use:

Be respectful. When sharing projects or posting comments, remember that people of many different ages and backgrounds will see your contributions.

This brief statement covers a lot of things: don't use bad language, don't talk about stuff that wouldn't be appropriate for a kids website are a few obvious examples. But it also means don't disrespect anyone just because you don't agree with them, or just because they like a kind of project that you don't care for.

Scratch is a big place, but the front page isn't. A lot of people have gotten annoyed that the projects they see on the front page aren't the ones they like to look at. It's fine to express dissatisfaction, but it's even better to help think of solutions so that all different kinds of people can be represented. But it's not okay to say that Scratch is only for your kind of projects, or that projects that you don't like don't have any value. And starting threads for the purpose of creating arguments and flame wars is definitely not respectful, and will probably result in your account being banned.

So, most people who get blocked get another chance if we really believe they are willing to change. But don't ask us who has or hasn't been blocked - that's a private matter between us and the account holder.

If you have any other questions about our policy, post them here and I'll answer them. But please be patient! There's always plenty to do on the Scratch website, and not that many Scratch Team members to do a lot of work... 

I corrected you.

What did you correct?

TheGenius95 wrote:

It seems like I hear about more famous Scratchers getting banned every day.  I never find out what they do, though.

I think we sohould be allowed to vote on their actions

Lightnin wrote:

StarCobra wrote:

TheGenius95 wrote:

It seems like I hear about more famous Scratchers getting banned every day.  I never find out what they do, though.

I think we sohould be allowed to vote on their actions

Yeah, we don't make what was done to bring about the ban public, because we don't want to embarrass or shame the account holder. But that does make our decisions sometimes seem arbitrary. 

But most of the time its or the rest of scratch's own good, you wouldn't want people going around, avoiding being banned because they're popular.

codyronaldcamp wrote:

bananaman114 wrote:

DaGamez wrote:

I think you should unban lonwol.
He promised he wouldn't ever, EVER swear again, and he's like an idol on scratch. Everyone loves lonwol... He's epic 
Can't you give lonwol a second chance? I mean, the word he said was almost a compliment    It's just a hello without the o. And in school they teach you about that place 
Well, I don't believe in god or anything, so I don't really know if that's very offensive to Christians who believe.

i agree. i don't even know lonwol. but i agree. it all depends on where you live. if he is from united kingdom, then its not as bad( but still bad) because they are often brought up to say that.( read the English magazine " the bogies".you'll see what i mean.) so.

Thanks.

TheGenius95 wrote:

It seems like I hear about more famous Scratchers getting banned every day.  I never find out what they do, though.

And sometimes, they get famous because they were banned.

I'm okay with being publicly humiliated when I get banned.
Of course, I'm on the last straw already, so it's a one way ticket.

And yeah, I don't want people voting on the bans either.

Lightnin wrote:

It seems like there is a lot of fear and confusion in the community right now about banning, so I thought I'd explain why we block Scratchers, and what they can do to get unblocked.

We block Scratchers who make comments, posts, or projects that go against our Terms of Use. If you haven't read them, please do - we spent a long time making them brief and to the point. They're way different from the usual stuff you find on other sites and don't contain a lot of boring legal stuff.

http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Terms_of_use

This is one of the most important points in the Terms of Use:

Be respectful. When sharing projects or posting comments, remember that people of many different ages and backgrounds will see your contributions.

This brief statement covers a lot of things: don't use bad language, don't talk about stuff that wouldn't be appropriate for a kids website are a few obvious examples. But it also means don't disrespect anyone just because you don't agree with them, or just because they like a kind of project that you don't care for.

Scratch is a big place, but the front page isn't. A lot of Scratchers have gotten annoyed that the projects they see on the front page aren't the ones they like to look at. It's fine to express dissatisfaction, but it's even better to help think of solutions so that all different kinds of Scratchers can be represented. But it's not ok to say that Scratch is only for your kind of projects, or that projects that you don't like don't have any value. And starting threads for the purpose of creating arguments and flamewars  is definitely not respectful, and will probably result in your account being banned.

So: Most Scratchers who get blocked get another chance if we really believe they are willing to change. But don't ask us who has or hasn't been blocked - that's a private matter between us and the account holder.

If you have any other questions about our policy, post them here and I'll answer them. But please be patient! There's always plenty to do on the Scratch website, and not that many Scratch Team members to do a lot of work... 

but why did someone ban [removed] for no reason

Last edited by Wolfie1996 (2010-07-08 14:20:57)

JeanTheFox wrote:

Lightnin wrote:

Scratch is a big place, but the front page isn't. A lot of Scratchers have gotten annoyed that the projects they see on the front page aren't the ones they like to look at. It's fine to express dissatisfaction, but it's even better to help think of solutions so that all different kinds of Scratchers can be represented. But it's not ok to say that Scratch is only for your kind of projects, or that projects that you don't like don't have any value. And starting threads for the purpose of creating arguments and flamewars  is definitely not respectful, and will probably result in your account being banned.

Isn't that why we now have curators?

Well, that's part of the reason, but there's still not a lot of room on the front page, even with curators.

bananaman114 wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

JeanTheFox wrote:

Isn't that why we now have curators?

Well, that's part of the reason, but there's still not a lot of room on the front page, even with curators.

Yes. But being famous doesnt matter.

I've just read this chain of replies, and none of them seem to have anything to do with the next. Do people just quote for the fun of it?
Anyway, about what Lightnin said, I recently saw a whole topic band together people to report some project that got curated, when obviously it's done nothing wrong. Whenever I see drama on Scratch, I think to myself, this can't be serious, it's too overboard, so I put it off as a television show being played out. It helps me keep my eyeballs from bleeding. The project that was taken down was actually representative of the part of the community that still believes in Kaj.

That would be impossible. Too many Scratchers are uninformed. The forums are civilized, but out there, it's the wilderness.