I have noticed there are a lot of old inactive profiles with very simple short one-word usernames, like @the and @And .

I think comment posting should be automatically be turned off on profiles with usernames less than 5 characters until they share a project.

This may seem unfair at first, so I'll explain why: I see lots of spam in the comments of these profiles, often sentences made up of usernames @like @this . Even worse, many of these comments seem to be not actually directed at the user! I think the Scratchers that do this probably think just because the user has not been active in years, the user will never be active, and therefore the user will never see the comment! We can't be sure, though. And if the user does come back on, they'll see all these comments on their profile about nothing but their username, which might be insulting to them.

So I just think this would prevent spam.

Ehh… No support. Authough they may be useless, it isn't really against the community guidelines.

And how about REAL users with less than 5 characters (even though it is rare…)

No support. Not all short names are namesnipes, and not all namesnipes have short names.

The_Scratch_Squad wrote:

And how about REAL users with less than 5 characters (even though it is rare…)

Well, again, it would be turned back on if they shared a project! But I guess maybe it should also check to see if they have not changed their profile picture.

monstermash3 wrote:

The_Scratch_Squad wrote:

And how about REAL users with less than 5 characters (even though it is rare…)

Well, again, it would be turned back on if they shared a project! But I guess maybe it should also check to see if they have not changed their profile picture.

What if they only posted on the forums? (very, very, very rare). Would they have to make a project? If so, they could just share a project with a blank background and the scratch cat in it.

CatsUnited wrote:

monstermash3 wrote:

The_Scratch_Squad wrote:

And how about REAL users with less than 5 characters (even though it is rare…)

Well, again, it would be turned back on if they shared a project! But I guess maybe it should also check to see if they have not changed their profile picture.

What if they only posted on the forums? (very, very, very rare). Would they have to make a project? If so, they could just share a project with a blank background and the scratch cat in it.

Okay, maybe it should be only if they haven't shared a project with more than a blank background and scratch cat, favorited a project, loved a project, followed anyone, accepted an invitation to curate a studio, followed a studio, commented on a project, commented on a profile, commented on a studio, changed their profile picture, typed in their “About me”, typed in their “What I'm working on”, posted on the forums, or followed a discussion, and their username is less than five characters.

No support. It doesn't hurt anyone, so why should it be stopped? These people are all inactive, so they won't mind.

monstermash3 wrote:

CatsUnited wrote:

monstermash3 wrote:

The_Scratch_Squad wrote:

And how about REAL users with less than 5 characters (even though it is rare…)

Well, again, it would be turned back on if they shared a project! But I guess maybe it should also check to see if they have not changed their profile picture.

What if they only posted on the forums? (very, very, very rare). Would they have to make a project? If so, they could just share a project with a blank background and the scratch cat in it.

Okay, maybe it should be only if they haven't shared a project with more than a blank background and scratch cat, favorited a project, loved a project, followed anyone, accepted an invitation to curate a studio, followed a studio, commented on a project, commented on a profile, commented on a studio, changed their profile picture, typed in their “About me”, typed in their “What I'm working on”, posted on the forums, or followed a discussion, and their username is less than five characters.

But if they have not done much, then nobody would invite them to curate a studio.

No support, anyway.

No support. Pointless

No support

rollercoasterfan wrote:

But if they have not done much, then nobody would invite them to curate a studio.

Actually, that's not always the case. Someone might invite them to curate a studio to see if they're a real person.

monstermash3 wrote:

rollercoasterfan wrote:

But if they have not done much, then nobody would invite them to curate a studio.

Actually, that's not always the case. Someone might invite them to curate a studio to see if they're a real person.

Hardly ever, and it most likely wouldn't happen.

This Is A Nice Idea. Spam Can Lag Scratch, So Getting Rid Of It Is Very Good. I Support This Suggestion.

The_Scratch_Squad wrote:

Ehh… No support. Authough they may be useless, it isn't really against the community guidelines.

And how about REAL users with less than 5 characters (even though it is rare…)

stickfiregames wrote:

No support. Not all short names are namesnipes, and not all namesnipes have short names.

I have an alt named Heuui, to prove your point.

braxbroscratcher wrote:

The_Scratch_Squad wrote:

Ehh… No support. Authough they may be useless, it isn't really against the community guidelines.

And how about REAL users with less than 5 characters (even though it is rare…)

stickfiregames wrote:

No support. Not all short names are namesnipes, and not all namesnipes have short names.

I have an alt named Heuui, to prove your point.

Actually I meant to stop spam in the comments section. However, this topic is more than 2 years old, so I'm not sure if I still stand by this anymore…
Probably this topic got found again because I linked to it in a reply to a topic suggesting a notification for being mentioned in a comment.

No support, whats the point?

No Support. Really, it isn't harming. They probably made those accounts for fun. Besides, they don't violate anything. Please know the difference between real users and joke users.

And the award for longest title in the history of the universe goes to…
*ahem*
This doesn't seem like much of a problem and I've never personally encountered it, so no support.

monstermash3 wrote:

braxbroscratcher wrote:

The_Scratch_Squad wrote:

Ehh… No support. Authough they may be useless, it isn't really against the community guidelines.

And how about REAL users with less than 5 characters (even though it is rare…)

stickfiregames wrote:

No support. Not all short names are namesnipes, and not all namesnipes have short names.

I have an alt named Heuui, to prove your point.

Actually I meant to stop spam in the comments section. However, this topic is more than 2 years old, so I'm not sure if I still stand by this anymore…
Probably this topic got found again because I linked to it in a reply to a topic suggesting a notification for being mentioned in a comment.

Okay, since it's received three more non-supports since I posted that, I think my point has been proven. Closing.