why is the discuss button gone?

QMAPZ

Every time i want to go on discuss i have to type in the “discuss/” to the end of the link…

Nezon

Because it has a worser filter and it’s harder to moderate, so they removed it so less people would spam it.

This is my signature (it goes automatically under every post I make)! Here is a bit of advice on foruming, by the way. Don't do SAND. SAND means four words.
SAND means Spam, Advertising, Necroposting, and Derailing.
Spam is when a irrelevant message is sent to many places. Wiki Article: Spam
Advertising is when you promote your studios and projects. Wiki Article: Advertising
Necroposting is when you post on a old topic. It distracts other helpers! Wiki Article: Necroposting
Derailing is when you post something that is irrelevant to the topic, like minimodding. It is called thread hijacking. Wiki Article: Derailing(Derailing idea comes from this guy),

in the process of leaving scratch.

bob has been hidden again :(

QMAPZ

wow that was a quick reply…
anyway, that makes sense

jvvg

Here is a pretty detailed analysis by Za-Chary. I'm not going to quote the whole thing due to length but it's worth a look if you want to know the reasoning.

Professional web developer and lead engineer on the Scratch Wiki
Maybe the Scratch Team isn't so bad — Why the April Fools' Day forum didn't work last year

k0d3rrr

That is rejected, according to the TOLOPS (The Official List of Pre-jected Suggestions)*:

Za-Chary/TOLOPS (The Official List of Pre-jected Suggestions) wrote:
9.1 Bring back the “Discuss” tab
The Discuss tab was removed for reasons that may not 100% clear to some users, but it will not be coming back. In general, the forums are not as restricted as the main website is, in terms of post content. For instance, users can post images on the forums, write Scratch blocks on the forums, and write and edit posts of up to 200,000 characters, none of which is possible on the main website. These options allow for more spam and misuse, especially for new forum users who are not aware of how the forums work. It is suggested that Scratchers learn of the forums through other Scratchers, who direct them to the correct forums as needed.

A very good detailed analysis for why the Discuss button may have been removed can be found on this post.

*Just an April Fools' Day prank.

Some rules that aren't mentioned or clarified in the Community Guidelines or the Terms of Use:

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