Why is the username's with the word follow are not allowed?

HarryPotterSTUFF123

When I wanted to make an account so I can follow random people, It said it is not allowed. Please update it ST! And also, I am the one following. I never ask for followers.

when green flag clicked
forever
say [IM NOT THE ONE ASKING FOR FOLLOWERS] for (1000000000) secs
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Last edited by HarryPotterSTUFF123 (July 30, 2020 06:27:44)

ThatOneWeirdDude

This is to prevent follow all accounts, which are not allowed as accounts with the sole purpose of following people falls under Manipulating site statistics I believe spam, and thats against the guidelines,

Last edited by ThatOneWeirdDude (July 30, 2020 13:27:52)

HarryPotterSTUFF123

ThatOneWeirdDude wrote:
This is to prevent follow all accounts, which are not allowed as accounts with the sole purpose of following people falls under Manipulating site statistics I believe, and thats against the ToS

Ohhh. Thanks!

Col_Cat228

They are NOT manipulating the site statistics, but they are spam. I report each one of follow all accounts

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scratchykit5743

to prevent manipulative follow-me schemes.

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For whatever reason mister Jon Arbuckle got removed ;-; I'll find a replacement GIF later

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I have a major addiction to sweet tea and draw a crap ton of stuff in my free time (not all of which is scratch appropriate). I post whatever I want to on the main site and mostly manage the collaborations directory and answer questions in QaS on the forums

I have over 2000 posts lol, a huge chunk of them being from when I was 11-12 during the height of COVID

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Zoomer_X

Scratch doesn't allow follow accounts. It must think that “follow account” may mean that you go and get 999999999999999 followers, not it's an account.

Here:

when a member of the scratch team :: events :: hat
if <sees "follow account" :: looks > then
think [that's an account to get a bunch of followers]
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bubbly_513

Scratch isn't for fame, but when a username has the word follow in it, it's normally for fame. I think that's why the word follow isn't allowed in usernames.

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scratchykit5743

to prevent some certain types of scamming.

[Removed - please keep it all-ages]

Last edited by Harakou (Sept. 21, 2020 02:08:07)

psst! Hit ctrl + shift + down to see the rest!

For whatever reason mister Jon Arbuckle got removed ;-; I'll find a replacement GIF later

Anyways hi, I'm SK

I've been on this site since I was 10 years old. I am currently 15

I have a major addiction to sweet tea and draw a crap ton of stuff in my free time (not all of which is scratch appropriate). I post whatever I want to on the main site and mostly manage the collaborations directory and answer questions in QaS on the forums

I have over 2000 posts lol, a huge chunk of them being from when I was 11-12 during the height of COVID

If by any chance the post you''re reading is from early 2021 or before, please forget that post exists since it is cringey

This is Kimikat.

     (OwO)

She protecc my siggy, and has been since 2020

Byron_Inc

This is to prevent “follow all” accounts, which can manipulate Scratch's statistics. It is said in the Term Of Use, which everyone agreed when one made accounts.

Term Of Use 3.5.5 wrote:
You agree not to use Scratch in any way intended to disrupt the service, gain unauthorized access to the service, or interfere with any other user's ability to use the service. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:
-snip-
Using alternate accounts or organizing voting groups to manipulate site statistics, such as purposely trying to get on the “What the Community is Loving/Remixing” rows of the front page.

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Bluebatstar

Byron_Inc wrote:
This is to prevent “follow all” accounts, which can manipulate Scratch's statistics. It is said in the Term Of Use, which everyone agreed when one made accounts.
Term Of Use 3.5.5 wrote:
You agree not to use Scratch in any way intended to disrupt the service, gain unauthorized access to the service, or interfere with any other user's ability to use the service. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:
-snip-
Using alternate accounts or organizing voting groups to manipulate site statistics, such as purposely trying to get on the “What the Community is Loving/Remixing” rows of the front page.

They're not banned because of Manipulating Site Statistics, they're banned because they're considered spam.
They're still banned though, nonetheless.

Last edited by Bluebatstar (Sept. 21, 2020 15:38:00)

willowmint-

Wait I'm confused about how this is manipulating the site statistics… There isn't any section for “most followed” so follows don't actually affect the stats!

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TheForumDoge

willowmint- wrote:
Wait I'm confused about how this is manipulating the site statistics… There isn't any section for “most followed” so follows don't actually affect the stats!

Much agree. I doesn't think it many manipulate site statistics, but rather just really spam. also annoying.

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Za-Chary

willowmint- wrote:
Wait I'm confused about how this is manipulating the site statistics… There isn't any section for “most followed” so follows don't actually affect the stats!

That's correct. The “free follow” accounts are banned because they're just plain spam. We don't really want to encourage that Scratch and followers are all about the numbers.

This is my forum signature! On a forum post, it is okay for Scratchers to advertise in their forum signature. The signature is the stuff that shows up below the horizontal line on the post. It will show up on every post I make.

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willowmint-

Za-Chary wrote:
willowmint- wrote:
Wait I'm confused about how this is manipulating the site statistics… There isn't any section for “most followed” so follows don't actually affect the stats!
That's correct. The “free follow” accounts are banned because they're just plain spam. We don't really want to encourage that Scratch and followers are all about the numbers.

Oh okay, thank you!

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CodeLearnerSai

It is not allowed for multiple reasons:

To stop free follow accounts
So that people cannot ask others to follow their main through their username
To prevent people from using a username that asks others to unfollow someone else (also why new usernames cannot contain ‘hate’)

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dragoanimator111

well i think its cause you can just put f4f pleez

supergamer10000

CodeLearnerSai wrote:
It is not allowed for multiple reasons:
To stop free follow accounts
So that people cannot ask others to follow their main through their username
To prevent people from using a username that asks others to unfollow someone else (also why new usernames cannot contain ‘hate’)

dragoanimator111 wrote:
well i think its cause you can just put f4f pleez

Don't necropost, necroposting is posting on old, abandoned topics. As you can see this topic is from 2020.

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Euglena73

CodeLearnerSai wrote:
It is not allowed for multiple reasons:
To stop free follow accounts
So that people cannot ask others to follow their main through their username
To prevent people from using a username that asks others to unfollow someone else (also why new usernames cannot contain ‘hate’)

Please don't necropost! Thank in advance!

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