Scratch
archived forums
#1 2010-10-31 13:09:29
- whateverguy3600
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-10-01
- Posts: 18
Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
You know, it just says "# Download," you can't click on it to see WHO downloaded. We wanna see who's downloading our games!
Offline
#2 2010-10-31 13:20:10
- whateverguy3600
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-10-01
- Posts: 18
Re: Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
Does anyone support this?
Offline
#3 2010-10-31 13:21:10
Re: Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
I think that's a good idea. It's especially useful for competitions with teams and such as have been happening now and then where you're not allowed to download the project as it would help you cheat.
Offline
#5 2010-10-31 14:04:14
- whateverguy3600
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-10-01
- Posts: 18
Re: Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
coolstuff wrote:
This has been suggested a LOT. And wouldn't it be handy!
The only downside is that it could potentially take up a lot of server space...
Then, do a survey, of what it should replace, but seriously, Scratch has never, ever, been slow. Thanks.
Offline
#6 2010-10-31 14:10:32
Re: Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
hadn't thought about server space... just limit everyone to 5 friends 
then no one's happy haha!
hm... how does the friend system currently work and how would having friend requests take up more space?
Offline
#7 2010-10-31 14:16:35
- Wolfie1996
- Retired Community Moderator
- Registered: 2009-07-08
- Posts: 1000+
Re: Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
It would be nice, but you can download projects without an account 
(try logging out, going to a project, and typing "/download" after the URL). Would it register it as "X people who weren't logged in downloaded this project", I wonder?
"...Jargon - the practice of never calling a spade a spade, when you might instead call it a manual earth-restructing implement..." - Bill Bryson, Mother Tongue
Offline
#8 2010-10-31 14:24:39
Re: Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
Fun fact: If every Scratcher (all 645,000) downloaded every project (all 1,377,000) and one entry in a MySQL database that links Scratchers to projects downloaded is 20 bytes, then it would take up 1.77633 × 10^13 bytes of server space.
I'm just kidding, I think this is a great idea. 
Last edited by fullmoon (2010-10-31 14:26:09)
Offline
#9 2010-10-31 14:31:40
- whateverguy3600
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-10-01
- Posts: 18
Re: Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
Wolfie1996 wrote:
It would be nice, but you can download projects without an account
Most unrigistered users do not know that.
Offline
#10 2010-10-31 19:56:36
Re: Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
Wolfie1996 wrote:
It would be nice, but you can download projects without an account
It just wouldn't show up. Does using that backdoor even cause your download to be counted?
Offline
#11 2010-11-01 17:17:59
- whateverguy3600
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-10-01
- Posts: 18
Re: Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
Harakou wrote:
Wolfie1996 wrote:
It would be nice, but you can download projects without an account
It just wouldn't show up. Does using that backdoor even cause your download to be counted?
That to! It probably woudn't show up. And you could probably just put "Unknown" or "Unregistered User" anyway.
Offline
#12 2010-11-02 16:38:17
- whateverguy3600
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-10-01
- Posts: 18
Re: Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
Please, please make this a feature.
Offline
#13 2010-11-02 18:56:30
- whateverguy3600
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-10-01
- Posts: 18
Re: Being Able to Figure Out WHO downloaded your game
Please?
Offline