26akwong wrote:

I think when you report someone, there should be a separate option for impersonation. Thank you!

There would also be a blank for the username of the person who they're impersonating, and if that user doesn't exist, they won't take the report.

If someone clicked on the link, it would open a text box that says “Please enter the username of who this user is impersonating.” It then would check that that user exists. If that user doesn't exist, it would say “Hm. That user doesn't exist. Make sure your spelling is correct.” Or something along those lines.

Please don't post “Just use the username” as Za-Chary said something about that on the second page. I am going to quote it here to avoid that.

Za-Chary wrote:

mybearworld wrote:

Use “Username”.

The problem with this is that it's not immediately evident to us that you are reporting the username for impersonation.

Suppose I create an account called @mybearw0rld and use it to start claiming it was you. Naturally, you know it's not your account, so you report the username for impersonation. Then we'll see the report and think, “Okay, mybearw0rld was reported for their username. But the username ‘mybearw0rld’ doesn't look inappropriate at all. It must have been an accidental report, so I'll just ignore it.” (This thought process would be similar for those who try to report a username for writing disrespectful comments.)

An option to report for impersonation would fix this, as it would give us an indication that someone is being impersonated.

Impersonation is against the community guidelines too:

Don’t try to impersonate other Scratchers, spread rumors, or otherwise try to trick the community.

if u want to do this report comments not usernames

ImmortalJelly13 wrote:

if u want to do this report comments not usernames

-ElectronicArts- wrote:

(#167)
Impersonating and tricking the community is against the guidelines.
We need this because its harder to report impersonation account - ST might think its a false report. lots of scratchers do not have email to use contact us or able to use email, it will be lot easier to do.

Harakou wrote:

leahcimto wrote:

LandonHarter wrote:

garnetluvcookie wrote:

evanultra01 wrote:

Jeffalo wrote:

FloralAnimator wrote:

JPOWERPUFFGIRLS wrote:

sportfan999 wrote:

SpideyPlaysMC wrote:

scratchastroLOL wrote:

pavcato wrote:

Vibrato wrote:

Mr_PenguinAlex wrote:

support for really obvious reasons

^ I second this

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Ok, to continue this, I sixth this.

But yeah, back when “grifpfatch” was still on the website, he followed everybody and tricked them into thinking that the REAL griffpatch was following them. So, yeah, support!

Also, what harm could be done?

I seventh this, it takes really long for contact us to respond, and they have so many emails already

I eighth this,if you just report for username they won't really know its impersonating someone since they don't know WHO the person is impersonating.

Contact us takes a long time to be answered.

i ninth this, contact us is a big hassle and often simply doesn't seem to work, having a little input for who they are impersonating would be nice too

10 supports! I tenth this.

I 11th this.

I 12th this, even though it won't be of use to me

And I dupe this

Thanks for the link! Please use the existing thread.

Scratchdev57 wrote:

Harakou wrote:

leahcimto wrote:

LandonHarter wrote:

garnetluvcookie wrote:

evanultra01 wrote:

Jeffalo wrote:

FloralAnimator wrote:

JPOWERPUFFGIRLS wrote:

sportfan999 wrote:

SpideyPlaysMC wrote:

scratchastroLOL wrote:

pavcato wrote:

Vibrato wrote:

Mr_PenguinAlex wrote:

support for really obvious reasons

^ I second this

I third this

I fourth this

I fifth this

Ok, to continue this, I sixth this.

But yeah, back when “grifpfatch” was still on the website, he followed everybody and tricked them into thinking that the REAL griffpatch was following them. So, yeah, support!

Also, what harm could be done?

I seventh this, it takes really long for contact us to respond, and they have so many emails already

I eighth this,if you just report for username they won't really know its impersonating someone since they don't know WHO the person is impersonating.

Contact us takes a long time to be answered.

i ninth this, contact us is a big hassle and often simply doesn't seem to work, having a little input for who they are impersonating would be nice too

10 supports! I tenth this.

I 11th this.

I 12th this, even though it won't be of use to me

And I dupe this

Thanks for the link! Please use the existing thread.

I 14th this

Chlo-sushi-cat wrote:

Support. I've met many impersonators, but your system is a bit flawed. There are people impersonating YouTubers on Scratch. I know most people don't believe them, but it's still impersonation and it's still against the guidelines. So, maybe instead it could ask who they're impersonating instead of making them enter a username? This is also an issue with protect reporting whereas you can't easily report someone if they steal art online instead of stealing it off of scratchers.

But full support.