Koamodo975 wrote:

Hey people! One problem in Scratch, particularly the Forums, are joke/useless posts. In an earlier topic about adding a green scratch mascot, people kept posting joke “mockups” and derailing the topic. One Scratcher continued with the jokes even when asked multiple times to stop. This clutters topics and is, quite frankly, annoying. What I (and a crew of other Scratchers) propose is the the allowing of reporting useless/annoying joke forum and comment posts, keeping the clutter and spam to a minimum. This is becoming a big issue on a lot of topics, so support would be appreciated!
Forum topic where this idea was sparked: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/683232/?page=19#post-7253683
Protest Projects:https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/854328855/#comments-336084446

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Full-on support, unrelated posts are making ideas on forums look like jokes.

Koamodo975 wrote:

Hey people! One problem in Scratch, particularly the Forums, are joke/useless posts. In an earlier topic about adding a green scratch mascot, people kept posting joke “mockups” and derailing the topic. One Scratcher continued with the jokes even when asked multiple times to stop. This clutters topics and is, quite frankly, annoying. What I (and a crew of other Scratchers) propose is the the allowing of reporting useless/annoying joke forum and comment posts, keeping the clutter and spam to a minimum. This is becoming a big issue on a lot of topics, so support would be appreciated!
Forum topic where this idea was sparked: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/683232/?page=19#post-7253683
Protest Projects:https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/854328855/#comments-336084446

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Koamodo975 wrote:

Hey people! One problem in Scratch, particularly the Forums, are joke/useless posts. In an earlier topic about adding a green scratch mascot, people kept posting joke “mockups” and derailing the topic. One Scratcher continued with the jokes even when asked multiple times to stop. This clutters topics and is, quite frankly, annoying. What I (and a crew of other Scratchers) propose is the the allowing of reporting useless/annoying joke forum and comment posts, keeping the clutter and spam to a minimum. This is becoming a big issue on a lot of topics, so support would be appreciated!
Forum topic where this idea was sparked: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/683232/?page=19#post-7253683
Protest Projects:https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/854328855/#comments-336084446

Would you like me to advertise this on “ADVERTISE HERE” projects and studios only? That would get it noticed, and I'm pretty sure it's allowed.

Koamodo975 wrote:

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Koamodo975 wrote:

Hey people! One problem in Scratch, particularly the Forums, are joke/useless posts. In an earlier topic about adding a green scratch mascot, people kept posting joke “mockups” and derailing the topic. One Scratcher continued with the jokes even when asked multiple times to stop. This clutters topics and is, quite frankly, annoying. What I (and a crew of other Scratchers) propose is the the allowing of reporting useless/annoying joke forum and comment posts, keeping the clutter and spam to a minimum. This is becoming a big issue on a lot of topics, so support would be appreciated!
Forum topic where this idea was sparked: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/683232/?page=19#post-7253683
Protest Projects:https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/854328855/#comments-336084446

Would you like me to advertise this on “ADVERTISE HERE” projects and studios only? That would get it noticed, and I'm pretty sure it's allowed.

Yeah! That would help a lot in getting this to be seen!

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Koamodo975 wrote:

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Koamodo975 wrote:

Hey people! One problem in Scratch, particularly the Forums, are joke/useless posts. In an earlier topic about adding a green scratch mascot, people kept posting joke “mockups” and derailing the topic. One Scratcher continued with the jokes even when asked multiple times to stop. This clutters topics and is, quite frankly, annoying. What I (and a crew of other Scratchers) propose is the the allowing of reporting useless/annoying joke forum and comment posts, keeping the clutter and spam to a minimum. This is becoming a big issue on a lot of topics, so support would be appreciated!
Forum topic where this idea was sparked: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/683232/?page=19#post-7253683
Protest Projects:https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/854328855/#comments-336084446

Would you like me to advertise this on “ADVERTISE HERE” projects and studios only? That would get it noticed, and I'm pretty sure it's allowed.

Yeah! That would help a lot in getting this to be seen!

Kay, I'll do it then (been a lil inactive due to homework)

Za-Chary wrote:

I'm pretty sure you can already report posts that are purely jokes or otherwise intended to derail the thread.

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

I'm pretty sure you can already report posts that are purely jokes or otherwise intended to derail the thread.

Actually, here's what happens: the ST looks at just that post, finds nothing inappropriate, the thread derails.

Koamodo975 wrote:

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

I'm pretty sure you can already report posts that are purely jokes or otherwise intended to derail the thread.

Actually, here's what happens: the ST looks at just that post, finds nothing inappropriate, the thread derails.

And then, eventually, ST might ban you for reporting ‘without reason’. One less person to keep topics from derailing into a bottomless pit.

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Actually, here's what happens: the ST looks at just that post, finds nothing inappropriate, the thread derails.

Koamodo975 wrote:

And then, eventually, ST might ban you for reporting ‘without reason’. One less person to keep topics from derailing into a bottomless pit.

Za-Chary wrote:

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Actually, here's what happens: the ST looks at just that post, finds nothing inappropriate, the thread derails.

I'm not really sure where you're getting this information. If you explain why the post is off-topic when reporting it, then the Scratch Team will understand.

Koamodo975 wrote:

And then, eventually, ST might ban you for reporting ‘without reason’. One less person to keep topics from derailing into a bottomless pit.

I believe this rarely happens in the forums, unless you're actually reporting posts without giving any reasons.

Za-Chary wrote:

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Actually, here's what happens: the ST looks at just that post, finds nothing inappropriate, the thread derails.

I'm not really sure where you're getting this information. If you explain why the post is off-topic when reporting it, then the Scratch Team will understand.

Koamodo975 wrote:

And then, eventually, ST might ban you for reporting ‘without reason’. One less person to keep topics from derailing into a bottomless pit.

I believe this rarely happens in the forums, unless you're actually reporting posts without giving any reasons.

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

1: then how come many scratchers have tried, IRL waited a long time, and the posts didn't disappear?

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

2: If there are a lot of jokes and you need to report all of them, the ST will indeed consider that mass reporting and ban you.

Koamodo975 wrote:

I've reported off-topic posts before(giving a reason:'repeatedly posting off-topic', etc.), and guess what? No removing. This topic is so that ST will actually begin to remove off-topic, useless, and troll-ish joke posts.

SavetheAtlantic wrote:

How dare forumers do something so daring as having fun. If someone is going to dedicate any amount of their time here on these internet forums, they have to do it the right way. Foruming should be boring, it should be formal, and utmost of all, it should be constructive. If any semblance of joy is found ruining these perfect forums, it must be destroyed. Anyone that dares to break from the perfect rules of the forums should be exiled from our perfect forums.

Koamodo975 wrote:

What if you made a topic, and the same person kept posting ‘I like tacos om nom nom’ over and over?

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

1: then how come many scratchers have tried, IRL waited a long time, and the posts didn't disappear?

How long is “a long time”? It can take a while depending on the time of day and the moderator on duty. I can with confidence say that 6 hours should not be considered a long time, for example.

BRO ITS BEEN A WEEK AND THEY DIDNT FIND OUT

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

2: If there are a lot of jokes and you need to report all of them, the ST will indeed consider that mass reporting and ban you.

Za-Chary wrote:

Don't send 100 reports, of course. Just report a few of them, then. You can explain that there are more useless jokes in the thread than just the few you reported.

What happened to making reports specific?

Koamodo975 wrote:

I've reported off-topic posts before(giving a reason:'repeatedly posting off-topic', etc.), and guess what? No removing. This topic is so that ST will actually begin to remove off-topic, useless, and troll-ish joke posts.

agreed

Za-chary wrote:

I report off-topic, useless, and troll-ish joke posts all the time, and they usually get removed. So the Scratch Team has already “started.”

No offense, but your a former ST member obviously they care about your reports.