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BagelCatt-
Scratcher
16 posts

Personal Announcement Forums

Before you say “You aren't allowed to share personal information on scratch” that isn't what i mean by personal forums. Just read the suggestion please!

So, I had an idea in my mind. What if everybody could have their own mini forum? I think there could be a forum collection called “User Forums” and this thing would be with the section of forums with “Requests” or it could be in the section of forums with “Things I'm Making And Creating” and when you click it, you would see a list of mini forums. Where it would usually say “New Topic” it could say “Go to my forum” and you click that as a short cut to get to your forum. You wouldn't be able to name your forum, it would just be called “(Username)'s Forum”. If you went to your forum, it would look like any other forum, except next to the button where it says “New Topic” it would have “Add Topic” and when you click “Add Topic” you would have a list of all the topics you made on other forums and there would be an “Add” button next to each topic name. If you clicked add, it would add the post to your forum, except when you click it, it would just bring you to the post instead of being like a duplicate. All the posts in your forum would have a “Sticky” button next to them so if you wanted to you could sticky one of your posts. The stickied posts would have an “Un-Sticky” button instead, and you would have a limit of like 5 stickied posts at once. Other than that, it would be basically the same as any other forum. If you went to someone else's forum, all those buttons wouldn't be there for you. It would be like the “Announcements” forum where its like all the others except you can't make new topics. Now i'll answer some questions so that you may understand more clearly rather than all this “___ and ____ and ____ and ____”.

What does the “Sticky” button do?
You know how you can go to forums and there will be certain posts pinned to the top by the scratch team? Well on your forum, you would be the one who stickies posts.
Can you post on other peoples forums?
Its like the announcements forum - you can reply to posts, but you can't make new topics.
Does that mean I can't post on mine either?
No, you can post new topics on your own forum.
What did you mean “Add Topic”?
This means you can add posts you already made. Like, if you made a shop in the requests forum, you don't have to make it again, you just click “Add Topic” and it will add the topic to your forum.
So, will topics you add be duplicated onto your forum?
No, topics you add will be on your forum, but link to the actual post in the other forum.
What type of topics would you post in your forum?
Basically anything that follows the community guidelines. Certain things like asking for help or wanting to do a collaboration, you can still post in your forum you just will have a better chance getting replies in their designated forums. You can also write stories, make TBGs, and even share pictures of your art! Although, i think if you're sharing art you should do it in project form.

If you have anymore questions about how this would work, just ask.

Supporters: 2
Semi-Supporters: 1
People Who Don't Support: 0

Last edited by BagelCatt- (Nov. 10, 2018 18:29:32)


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Za-Chary
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Personal Announcement Forums

Semi-support.

I can't say whether this would make the forums more or less complicated to use, but personally I don't think that there would be a great need for your suggestion at this time.

I do like the idea of your suggestion, though. It's sorta like a user profile, but for the forums.

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NilsTheBest
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Personal Announcement Forums

Support, because on the forums you can do more things than on profile comments, or projects, or studios… (like if you want to announce something). You can use bold, italics, use quotes in a different way, add pictures…
To me, when it comes to organizing myself, I always use the forums ^^

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StrangeMagic32
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Personal Announcement Forums

Support, I don't know how much I'd use this, but it sounds like lots of others would use it.


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Scratch_Attacker
Scratcher
87 posts

Personal Announcement Forums

That actually sounds really cool! I support, but there should be options to make Scratchers admin, in which you let them moderate, make topics, and sticky posts. I also think you should be able to set if people can or cannot make new topics.

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Scratcher
1000+ posts

Personal Announcement Forums

Support, it could help with users not wanting to use studios for text games, roleplays, etc.

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