We all know how the “share” feature works. If it's unshared, nobody except the creator can see it, and if it is shared, then it's visible to the whole world. (At least, the percent of the world that uses Scratch.) What I want to propose is a similar feature for Studios.

How it would work:
There would be a new button along the top of the screen that would acting as a toggle, controlling if the studio was visible to the public or not. (Note: this would include any Curators and Managers other than the user who made the studio, so that this feature could not be used to create private chat rooms.) You would also be able to add unshared projects to the hidden studio, so it could also be used as a way to sort your projects, shared or unshared. Attempting to share a studio with any unshared projects will cause an in-browser pop-up, making sure the user wants to share any unshared projects contained in the studio.

Why it would be useful:
Aside from the “sorting projects into folders” use mentioned above, if you want to create, say, a large, multi-project game that was too big to fit into a single 50 MB project, you could post each of the individual parts of the game to the hidden studio, work on the title/image/description for said studio, and then share it once you are finished with all the information.

So like an additional My Stuff displayed as a studio? Sounds plausible, but would be confusing as it's grouped under other public studios. I suggest additional folders within My Stuff, like that of DeviantArt.

Hex4Nova wrote:

So like an additional My Stuff displayed as a studio? Sounds plausible, but would be confusing as it's grouped under other public studios. I suggest additional folders within My Stuff, like that of DeviantArt.

No no, it would simply be an option for any new or pre-existing studio to not have it show up for any user other than its owner. Sorry if the description was a bit confusing.

So it's unsharing a studio? If so, support.

Semi-support. Unless you are a perfectionist and do not like being seen making your drafts for new studio descriptions, or you are very popular and you don't want tons of spam while making a new studio, I don't see that much of a use.

Support. This would help when grouping together projects, and briefly taking down a studio to work on it.
But can the curators also see it? That could lead to private messaging, which is rejected.

finnb4513 wrote:

Support. This would help when grouping together projects, and briefly taking down a studio to work on it.
But can the curators also see it? That could lead to private messaging, which is rejected.

epicRedHot wrote:

How it would work:
There would be a new button along the top of the screen that would acting as a toggle, controlling if the studio was visible to the public or not. (Note: this (The Public) would include any Curators and Managers other than the user who made the studio, so that this feature could not be used to create private chat rooms.)

That little bold text is what i added

I support, if projects have it, why can't studios

finnb4513 wrote:

Support. This would help when grouping together projects, and briefly taking down a studio to work on it.
But can the curators also see it? That could lead to private messaging, which is rejected.

The only one able to view the unshared studio would be its original creator, so private messaging wouldn't be possible. To any other user, it would appear as if the studio was deleted.

Can I make a studio for only the people I invite can see it?

Pokemaster1950 wrote:

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Can I make a studio for only the people I invite can see it?

No.

Also, you can't suggest it, because it would lead to private chatting, which is rejected:

The Holy List of Rejected Suggestions, 7 Scratch Community 1:1–2 wrote:

7.1 Private messaging
1 Scratch currently has public messaging, meaning anyone can see the comments that you write. As a result, people are more likely to be respectful since anyone can see the comment. However, with private messaging, people know that only the intended recipient can see the message, which could lead to many more disrespectful or inappropriate comments. The Scratch Team also simply does not have the resources to moderate a private messaging system, precisely because there would be a lot of bad comments. In addition, it is a huge Internet safety concern and is not the purpose of Scratch anyway.

2 This suggestion extends to allowing users to post links to other private messaging websites, such as Discord. Many such messaging websites are not as well-moderated as Scratch is. If such links were allowed, Scratch may be held responsible if anything bad happens to someone.

Closing this topic to stop necroposting.