Allow All Unicode Country Flag Emojis to be Posted in Comments

k0d3rrr

k0d3rrr wrote:
And… This is a bump.

dhuls

Problem: Windows

It simply displays as two letters

lolecksdeehaha

dhuls wrote:
Problem: Windows

It simply displays as two letters

That's probably just due to how emojis work. We can't fix that.

op456

Sorry, but no support - I see the issue of spam. The Ukraine flag topic has been raised; see here; and has quite a few problems. I also see the potential for workarounds on filters, and it might find difficulties censoring.

From what I recall, when I first was on Scratch, some flag emojis/other emojis were allowed (again, this was a few years ago, my memory may not serve me right) and resulted in spam, and some other issues. I don't really see a need for them either - Scratch's current system is fine as is.

Scratchfangs

op456 wrote:
Sorry, but no support - I see the issue of spam. The Ukraine flag topic has been raised; see here; and has quite a few problems. I also see the potential for workarounds on filters, and it might find difficulties censoring.

From what I recall, when I first was on Scratch, some flag emojis/other emojis were allowed (again, this was a few years ago, my memory may not serve me right) and resulted in spam, and some other issues. I don't really see a need for them either - Scratch's current system is fine as is.

You know emojis in Scratch already exists? There's never been an issue with spam.

DinoMaster20

lolecksdeehaha wrote:
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Scratchfangs wrote:
Tunde123 wrote:
Looks like this is a duplicate. It is suggested to use the topic provided to keep the forums organized.
Mine is a bit different; Scratch isn't importing anything. It's just allowing those emojis to be posted.
It's not necessarily disallowing those emojis from being posted, it's just that Scratch doesn't support emojis in general. A better suggestion would be to change some server-side code to let it take in emojis.

It does support some emojis actually. Though, I wonder is Scratch actually has control over which emojis can be put in comments? Maybe it's just a glitch..?

Scratchfangs

Bump.

Scratchfangs

Bump.

Lavender_lillypad

Support because then you could put on a (blank)’s country holiday’s flag.

musicROCKS013

No support. What would classify as a country? For example, China believes Taiwan isn’t a country, and is a part of China, while others believe that Taiwan is its own country. So, would we include Taiwan? If we do, China might block scratch. If we don’t, people might be mad because there isn’t enough diversity or that Taiwan isn’t represented.

Sliverus

musicROCKS013 wrote:
No support. What would classify as a country? For example, China believes Taiwan isn’t a country, and is a part of China, while others believe that Taiwan is its own country. So, would we include Taiwan? If we do, China might block scratch. If we don’t, people might be mad because there isn’t enough diversity or that Taiwan isn’t represented.

Wait up I thought China already did block Scratch…

Hmm then we word it differently, just say we have flags now for every location (you know, in the list of locations you sign up with, that list of places) where it's possible to provide a flag… Maybe China will buy it. Oldest trick in the book I guess.

musicROCKS013

Sliverus wrote:
Wait up I thought China already did block Scratch…

I may be wrong but I think they unblocked it.

Sliverus wrote:
Hmm then we word it differently, just say we have flags now for every location (you know, in the list of locations you sign up with, that list of places)

I think that would make sense.
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So, let’s say I want to put the South Korea flag emoji. Do I put _South-Korea_, _South Korea_, or _South_Korea_?

Lavender_lillypad

musicROCKS013 wrote:
No support. What would classify as a country? For example, China believes Taiwan isn’t a country, and is a part of China, while others believe that Taiwan is its own country. So, would we include Taiwan? If we do, China might block scratch. If we don’t, people might be mad because there isn’t enough diversity or that Taiwan isn’t represented.

Wasn’t china blocked from scratch?

Sliverus

musicROCKS013 wrote:
So, let’s say I want to put the South Korea flag emoji. Do I put _South-Korea_, _South Korea_, or _South_Korea_?

That's not what this suggestion is for, it just lets flag emojis get posted in comments in the bookfull of emojis, just like how you can post a skull if you want

Prime689

Why would the Scratch Team spend a big piece of their time making new flag emojis when they have other bigger subjects/situations? Some Scratchers may not recognize some flags; there are some minor countries which aren't widely as known.

Moreover, there would be quite limited ways how someone would use an unpopular flag emoji, let alone Scratch having a lot of widely unknown emojis.

Sliverus

Prime689 wrote:
Why would the Scratch Team spend a big piece of their time making new flag emojis when they have other bigger subjects/situations? Some Scratchers may not recognize some flags; there are some minor countries which aren't widely as known.

Moreover, there would be quite limited ways how someone would use an unpopular flag emoji, let alone Scratch having a lot of widely unknown emojis.

Again, it's not about adding a bookfull more emojis, it's letting you post an emoji on Scratch, like how some emojis you can paste and they actually work, it's saying to allow the flag emojis

Scratchfangs

Prime689 wrote:
Why would the Scratch Team spend a big piece of their time making new flag emojis when they have other bigger subjects/situations? Some Scratchers may not recognize some flags; there are some minor countries which aren't widely as known.

Moreover, there would be quite limited ways how someone would use an unpopular flag emoji, let alone Scratch having a lot of widely unknown emojis.

The Scratch Team doesn't have to make anything. My suggestion is just to allow these emojis to send in comments, descriptions, and forum posts.

For example, check the emojipedia.

SavetheAtlantic

Why not just… allow all (appropriate) emojis?

Sliverus

SavetheAtlantic wrote:
Why not just… allow all (appropriate) emojis?

That sounds good but maybe that should be in a different suggestion? That way we can keep the suggestions organized like chapters of book.

Scratchfangs

Bump.

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