Scratch

catsarah · 2011-10-18 16:10:28

are we truely not alowed to chat here? NOTHING random, we cant just say- well, tell me what you think!

ssss · 2011-10-18 16:18:39

No, we can't. I agree with them. I did something awful and got banned for it, so what they are doing is good, preventing children from... Bad... Stuff.

ilawson · 2011-10-18 16:20:15

although a chat would be nice, like a xat chat, its fun, and easy to mod./admin.

EmperorEvil · 2011-10-18 17:27:56

Maybe chatting should be allowed with a mod in a group at a preset time

stevetheipad · 2011-10-18 17:35:00

I know what you mean. However, chats are SUCH a pain. First of all, there is no way to completely monitor and control them; people are always going to abuse them. Second, lots of parents aren't comfortable with their kids chatting online. And third, that's not what Scratch is about, it's about sharing, programming and creating. And stop me if I'm wrong, but Scratch was created for programming.

Wickimen · 2011-10-18 18:28:51

stevetheipad wrote:
I know what you mean. However, chats are SUCH a pain. First of all, there is no way to completely monitor and control them; people are always going to abuse them. Second, lots of parents aren't comfortable with their kids chatting online. And third, that's not what Scratch is about, it's about sharing, programming and creating. And stop me if I'm wrong, but Scratch was created for programming.

Last two sentences were sort of redundant, but correct in the essentials
Scratch isn't really the place for chatting