Scratch

What does a ban look like?
WindozeNT

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... 

*the youngest scratchers are 5 years old, the oldests are 69 I think.

sebycolt62 wrote:

You know, I understand the banning and why you do it all, but do you really have to not let people see the projects they've uploaded? Some of the banned persons have very quality projects and it's quite sad to not even be able to see evidence that they were there.
i sooo agree

Maybe a mod could give the project that was banned an age rating, so users under the age rating couldin't see the project. You do give your age to create your account.

  my account was banned, i can only write in forums. someone was spamming me on someone elses project so i flagged all of them, and then i got banned for innapropriatte flagging.

LucasGamer wrote:

  my account was banned, i can only write in forums. someone was spamming me on someone elses project so i flagged all of them, and then i got banned for innapropriatte flagging.

You don't have to flag every one of them! Explain it to the Scratch Team; I'm sure they'll understand 

Last edited by JeanTheFox (2010-08-15 16:51:58)

DaGamez wrote:

What Jean and Blade say is true. I mean, aren´t they always? 

Yes, Dylan.

icecreamandcake wrote:

JeanTheFox wrote:

DaGamez wrote:

What Jean and Blade say is true. I mean, aren´t they always? 

Yes, Dylan.

OMG his name is Dylan? I can't imagine if a Scratcher called me by my name, which is Alexandra....

He has another account with his name in it 

And he says it all the time. 

It can still get closed if we're too off topic
Stickies aren't immune to the system

JeanTheFox wrote:

If you are banned from the forums it tells you your account has been blocked and it gives you a reason why.

If you are banned in general, it says the same thing 

Is there a picture of it? I might use it in a scratch project.

Lightnin wrote:

Please do your best to stay on topic everyone, even when it's a sticky. Thanks. 

Yep. And if people don't stay on topic, I will seduce them into doing so with my


LOL, I used that image around 6 times on the forums today XD.

boy_fighter wrote:

One thing that confuses me. Why can we see the forums when were banned

It depends on your banning type 

*guesses* Little, if the user has clearly learned?