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- Zro716
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just now I realized how misleading that mail icon at the top is… it's not for sending messages, it's just your mailbox which collects all the important updates that you receive from others, such as loving your projects, following, commenting, etc. if you want to send a message directly to someone, you go to their profile (type http://scratch.mit.edu/users/TheirUsername) and scroll down to the comment box, then type your message.
As a long time Scratcher, I have found new meaning to the name “Scratch”: for me, it means to “scratch that itch”, to come back again and again to realize new ideas in this toy language, even when I'm capable of creating my projects in real programming languages years later. It's a friend that helped me to pursue programming and get me to enjoy its fruit. I'm certain many others who have walked this path as well have grown fond of its importance in their life.