Why is the scratch team taking down forum posts that talk about the comment glitch?

HailStateDawgs

Scratch has been dustbinning posts that discuss the comment shutdown yesterday, why is that?

Jbear_

HailStateDawgs wrote:
Scratch has been dustbinning posts that discuss the comment shutdown yesterday, why is that?

Perhaps because is it done with (at least i think)

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Jbear_ wrote:
HailStateDawgs wrote:
Scratch has been dustbinning posts that discuss the comment shutdown yesterday, why is that?
Perhaps because is it done with (at least i think)

Yeah, but they also have been hiding replies to tweets on twitter.

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Paddle2see wrote:
That's pretty much it, so far as I know.

As for why topics were removed - posting a security issue on a public forum is not a good idea as it encourages others to take advantage of it. Please use Contact Us or another private channel to let the Scratch Team know in the future.

See the original post here

Last edited by Kiska-7275 (April 13, 2022 17:17:01)

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Kiska-7275 wrote:
Paddle2see wrote:
ScolderCreations wrote:
If we consider the different things this could've disrupted, scratchers deserve to know what happened. Even if it is just something as simple as “the filter temporarily stopped working during a glitch, and we had to quickly close comments to get it back and working again.”
That's pretty much it, so far as I know.

As for why topics were removed - posting a security issue on a public forum is not a good idea as it encourages others to take advantage of it. Please use Contact Us or another private channel to let the Scratch Team know in the future.
See the original post here

I think it would’ve been better if you didn’t remove the context from that quote.

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As said above, if they removed them while it was happening, it's to keep people from spreading the knowledge about the glitch. So, less damage would happen.

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lolecksdeehaha wrote:
As said above, if they removed them while it was happening, it's to keep people from spreading the knowledge about the glitch. So, less damage would happen.

So they are trying to save their reputation?

Za-Chary

HailStateDawgs wrote:
lolecksdeehaha wrote:
As said above, if they removed them while it was happening, it's to keep people from spreading the knowledge about the glitch. So, less damage would happen.
So they are trying to save their reputation?

No, I think it's more like “The more that people know about the filterbot being broken, the more people that will just try to ‘test’ out it being broken.” This leads to more chaos and trouble throughout the website.

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Jbear_ wrote:
HailStateDawgs wrote:
Scratch has been dustbinning posts that discuss the comment shutdown yesterday, why is that?
Perhaps because is it done with (at least i think)

^That would be it.

People have created many posts about this topic, and the question has already been answered several times.

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Jbear_ wrote:
HailStateDawgs wrote:
Scratch has been dustbinning posts that discuss the comment shutdown yesterday, why is that?
Perhaps because is it done with (at least i think)

If that's the reason (which I kind of doubt), that would be a bad idea. For one thing, it would completely break the Scratch Wiki article about it, and it would be harder to find reliable information about what happened in the future.
I know that's not a huge deal, but it seems pointless.

Last edited by jackson49 (April 14, 2022 01:05:40)

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Za-Chary wrote:
HailStateDawgs wrote:
lolecksdeehaha wrote:
As said above, if they removed them while it was happening, it's to keep people from spreading the knowledge about the glitch. So, less damage would happen.
So they are trying to save their reputation?
No, I think it's more like “The more that people know about the filterbot being broken, the more people that will just try to ‘test’ out it being broken.” This leads to more chaos and trouble throughout the website.

^ This would be the better answer.

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3 forum tips for experienced forumers (in no particular order):

If you are reporting a new forumer's topic to be closed, or moved to another forum, don't mention it, because then, the topic creator will think they will receive either an alert or a block.
New forumers won't immediately know the rules or terminology of the forums. I have seen this happen hundreds of times (exaggeratedly), especially when experienced forumers (I won't name any) tell new forumers that they are "necroposting", which is when someone posts on an old and resolved topic (especially in the Questions about Scratch forum), causing said topic to be moved to the front page of that forum.

Using Scratchblocks as a writing style is not blockspam, unless it is not relevant to the discussion. For example, this

ExampleScratcher1 wrote:
How do I make a smooth gliding animation?
when green flag clicked
repeat until <(my question) = [answered]>
ask [How do I make a smooth gliding animation?] and wait
end
say [Thank you!]

is not blockspam, but these

ExampleScratcher2 (first post) wrote:

when green flag clicked
move (58) steps
play sound [Stock Laughter Sound Effect HD - 1 Hour v]
forever
play sound [Stock Screaming Sound Effect HD - 1 Hour v]
switch backdrop to [internet v]
say [i broke the internet] for (2) secs
turn cw (15) degrees
go to [nearby restaurant v]
next costume
end

ExampleScratcher2 (second post) wrote:

when green flag clicked
repeat until <(out of dorito's) = [true]>
broadcast [eat dorito chip v]
end
say [IM OUT OF DORITO'S!!!!!!!!! :(]
play sound [Scream2 v] until done
forever
turn cw (120) degrees
play sound [Scream2 v]
play sound [we have no dorito's sorry v]
end

are blockspam, and must be reported.

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