gosoccerboy5 wrote:

Bump. Also I have no problem with this type of game but why does it get second on Trending: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/458938638/

It couldn't possibly be the tags (Plot twist: it's the tags)

Notes and Credits wrote:

#trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #trending #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #all #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games#art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #art #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #tutorial #animations #animations #animations #animations #animations #animations #animations #animations #animations #animations #animations #animations #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stories #stratfordjames #mysticcr8tor #fluffylamby #primeguy_1001 #lazer #griffpatch #tower #diep.io #defence #balls #platformer #tycoon #tech #deffman #alien #love #fave #follow #bullets #money #wave #jingle #bells #carol #of #north #pole #clicker #cloud #present #shiny #elf #santa #claus #music #ball #toy #toys #bear #teddy #tree #christmas #pillow #snow #gifts #shop #second #click

Also, another thing, they spammed unrelated tags! A griffpatch tag, a platformer tag, stratfordjames, stories, tutorial, animations, art…

Prime example of a fame-hungry project and how bad the system is.

BaBy_Fin wrote:

that's kinda what memes are, if your saying they are being copied from the internet.

dictionary.com wrote:

a cultural item in the form of an image, video, phrase, etc., that is spread via the internet and often altered in a creative or humorous way.

But scratch is a place to be creative, not just spread a trend.

MeIzAwezomeDede wrote:

gosoccerboy5 wrote:

Bump. Also I have no problem with this type of game but why does it get second on Trending: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/458938638/

It couldn't possibly be the tags (Plot twist: it's the tags)

Notes and Credits wrote:

-tagsnip-

Also, another thing, they spammed unrelated tags! A griffpatch tag, a platformer tag, stratfordjames, stories, tutorial, animations, art…

Prime example of a fame-hungry project and how bad the system is.

Yeah, I see too many tags too often, and sometimes people ignore or dismiss it when I mention it

I feel like the quality of trending projects being so bad was actually kind of helpful for me, I used to play games and watch animations on trending all the time, but ever since they became hot garbage, I spent more time actually coding [/offtopic]

bruh who even cares about cllout

MeIzAwezomeDede wrote:

mtech22 wrote:

But trending is what the community likes, and if the community likes platformers and animations, it'll be there. Not saying I don't want more variation, I'm all for that, but I think it's more what the community likes right now.

On the surface it looks like it's fine, but read through the linked discussion. The system works very poorly. Remixes with little to no loves get higher on trending than the original project, resharing is super common, nobody is even sure of how it works, and projects that SHOULD be trending (such as Super Mario for Scratch 4) aren't simply because of the weird system.

Yes, the most originality on trending is a generic animation or platformer, and then there are the valid remixes of famous projects that only changed 2 blocks

and the tag spam is annoying like

#games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games #games

x50

I agree that the trending page needs more variety, but i'm not so sure that remaking the algorithm is the right way.
If we feature enough creative projects and feature enough cool studios, trending leans toward that content, and there fore, hopefully inspiring other users to create unique content, creating a cycle to push creative projects up.