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#101 2010-09-30 07:16:35
Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
rufflebee wrote:
scratch_yoshi wrote:
I can handle modding, and I'm only 10!
You think you handle modding, that is. You can't really just assume that you can.
ok then...
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#102 2010-09-30 12:35:58
- illusionist
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
This Just In...
...to my understanding...
The limit was placed in order to protect younger members from some 'horrors' of the moderating experience.
If you remember the troll attacks, you now know why the rule is VERY fair.
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#103 2010-09-30 14:11:41
- Musicstar888
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
Unfair. I thought it was a question of maturity and not age.
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#104 2010-09-30 14:16:05
- cheddargirl
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
Musicstar888 wrote:
Unfair. I thought it was a question of maturity and not age.
The Scratch Team is aware that there are mature users under the age of 14. What they are not comfortable with is those under the age of 14 being exposed to some of the issues that moderators have to deal with, regardless on whether or not the underage user feels that he/she could handle them (please see the thread in announcements for more info).
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#105 2010-09-30 14:19:45
#106 2010-09-30 14:22:28
- cheddargirl
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
DavidTy wrote:
What is the 14 year limit?
The Scratch Team implemented a new rule requiring those running for moderator to be at least 14 years of age and have permission from parents to take on the role of moderator (see here).
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#107 2010-10-01 01:04:25
- throughthefire
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
recycle49 wrote:
rufflebee wrote:
scratch_yoshi wrote:
I can handle modding, and I'm only 10!
You think you handle modding, that is. You can't really just assume that you can.
ok then...
Yeah, being a mod requires a lot of hard work and commitment. It's definitely a job for older scratchers. Next year, I'll be able to run for community moderator! Right now, I'm 13, and I'm excited to run for mod next year!
Back. For now. Maybe.
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#108 2010-10-01 04:31:58
#109 2010-10-01 06:12:48
Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
illusionist wrote:
The limit was placed in order to protect younger members from some 'horrors' of the moderating experience.
If you remember the troll attacks, you now know why the rule is VERY fair.
If you don't mind me asking, what was it like? ^^ Inappropriate posts every five minutes?
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#110 2010-10-01 06:33:45
Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
Chrischb wrote:
illusionist wrote:
The limit was placed in order to protect younger members from some 'horrors' of the moderating experience.
If you remember the troll attacks, you now know why the rule is VERY fair.
If you don't mind me asking, what was it like? ^^ Inappropriate posts every five minutes?
Probably.
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#111 2010-10-01 06:35:45
#112 2010-10-01 07:11:48
- Blade-Edge
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
Links to unquittable shock sites disguised as links to other things such as clubs or fanpages or videos or something
A few gifs that kids should never even be in the same roof with
Let's see, what else
Ascii art after the images got blocked
There was also some other things that I wasn't here for
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#113 2010-10-01 13:48:53
- Survivorduck
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
I think the new rule is completely reasonable. 
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#114 2010-10-01 14:20:24
- juststickman
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
My internet connection has been dead. I'm back now. Illusionist and I are roughly the same age. Vote here too: http://suggest.scratch.mit.edu/forums/6 … ear-limit-
LOWER IT TO 13!!!
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#115 2010-10-01 14:22:58
#116 2010-10-01 16:24:51
- juststickman
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
kimmy123 wrote:
juststickman wrote:
LOWER IT TO 13!!!
13 and a half!
13!
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#117 2010-10-01 16:25:21
#118 2010-10-01 16:30:38
- steppenwulf
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
kimmy123 wrote:
juststickman wrote:
kimmy123 wrote:
13 and a half!13!
13 and a half!
You guys, arguing about the age limit like that isn't going to get it lowered. Even if it was, you guys aren't looking very mature right now
I'm graduating HS this April and going to college in the Fall.
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#119 2010-10-01 16:32:07
- soupoftomato
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
steppenwulf wrote:
kimmy123 wrote:
juststickman wrote:
13!13 and a half!
You guys, arguing about the age limit like that isn't going to get it lowered. Even if it was, you guys aren't looking very mature right now
Juststickman not 13.
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#120 2010-10-01 17:36:37
- scratch_yoshi
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Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
Survivorduck wrote:
I think the new rule is completely reasonable.
This.
Retired from Scratch, but just the language itself. Not the forums.
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#121 2010-10-01 18:45:47
Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
scratch_yoshi wrote:
Survivorduck wrote:
I think the new rule is completely reasonable.
This.
This.
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#122 2010-10-01 18:49:01
#123 2010-10-01 18:51:32
Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
kimmy123 wrote:
Chrischb wrote:
scratch_yoshi wrote:
This.
This.
This.
You don't this a this, or this a "this; this"
But, I agree anyway, Ducky. Reasonable is a good word to describe it.
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#124 2010-10-01 19:01:38
Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
In my opinion it's perfectly fair. Sure, there will always be special cases of 12-year-olds being super mature and 15-year-olds being idiots...but in the general case (which is what the Scratch Team is probably trying to address here), the 15-year-old is usually more mature (and therefore more capable of a mod position) than the 11-year-old. The relentless rage and outcry over the new rule just serves to hammer in my point.
Not to mention the spam/troll attacks everyone pointed out. An 11-year-old being exposed to certain nasty sites (for lack of a better description) is much more shocking to them than a 15-year-old; I know it was for me!
The limit's more convenient for the Scratch Team anyway since now they don't have to filter through endless "can i be the mod TOMORROW, I Wanna Be The Mod" topics and have a much smaller pool for their initial top 8 (?). Most likely it'll mean a better pool of candidates in the end, with more thought put into the nomination process.
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#125 2010-10-01 19:07:17
Re: Poll: 14 year limit unfair?
rufflebee wrote:
kimmy123 wrote:
Chrischb wrote:
This.This.
You don't this a this, or this a "this; this"
But, I agree anyway, Ducky. Reasonable is a good word to describe it.
You broke the chain! 
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