Zydrolic wrote:

Either since they get mad at someone and wanna feed their ego just because someone likes to do something they don't or overall something petty such as making another person realize whats wrong with a clearly bad thing, its mostly because people want to do a “little trolling” for whatever reason.

Zocker_Welt wrote:

Zydrolic wrote:

Either since they get mad at someone and wanna feed their ego just because someone likes to do something they don't or overall something petty such as making another person realize whats wrong with a clearly bad thing, its mostly because people want to do a “little trolling” for whatever reason.

but this little trolling leads to banning. (removed by moderator - please don't name names) ws banned due to this. splatoon got banned for 3 days, even my game!

Za-Chary wrote:

A lot of users like to treat “mass reporting” as some sort of malicious “doomsday” feature, as evident by all the users above claiming that “mass reporting” is solely due to “trolls” or “jealousy” or other users misusing the reporting system.

Yes, there are people who just report projects for no reason. Yes, there are people who are jealous of fame.

But I think most of the “mass reporting” that occurs is due to legitimate reports. Let me explain. A game like Splatoon is a shooting game — yes, it is appropriate and nonviolent since paint is used — but it's a shooting game nonetheless. So when somebody sees a Splatoon game, they might think it's violent since it involves shooting and, knowing that some projects which involve shooting are not allowed, they will report the project for being too violent for Scratch. I wouldn't say that this user is “trolling” or “jealous” — they are legitimately using the reporting system for something that ultimately is okay for Scratch. This is totally fine, for the Scratch Team encourages you to report projects if you're not sure whether or not they're appropriate.

This sort of legitimate reporting was pretty common back when I was a Scratch Team member.

It's these sorts of reports that I never took action against. If you believe a project is violent and you want to bring it to the Scratch Team's attention, you should report it. If it turns out that the project is okay, you shouldn't get alerted for “false reporting” a project. “False reports” usually refer to reports like “This game is too hard” or “adgsfvjhbeLDIKVJNASDV” or something else like that. Reporting a project that you believe to be inappropriate, in most cases, is encouraged and shouldn't be punished.

The reason why “mass reporting” as a feature exists in the first place is to prevent inappropriate projects from being displayed for too long. If they're not inappropriate, a Scratch Team member will reshare it soon enough.

Zocker_Welt wrote:

but in the comunity guideliness its allowed to use non realistic guns

Zocker_Welt wrote:

why do projects get mass reported???

glitcX wrote:

I just got mass reported, however ST reshared my project bc i emailed them

Za-Chary wrote:

Zocker_Welt wrote:

but in the comunity guideliness its allowed to use non realistic guns

The policy on guns is a bit ambiguous. It is possible to make a project with non-realistic guns that is still too violent for Scratch. It all depends on the context of the rest of the project — and the appropriate context for some Scratchers do not necessarily align with the appropriate context for Scratch Team members.

supernavo wrote:

that trolls are actually bullies pretending to be trolls

CraftistGirl wrote:

supernavo wrote:

that trolls are actually bullies pretending to be trolls

Zocker_Welt wrote:

why do projects get mass reported???

XxMarcos_ wrote:

Zocker_Welt wrote:

why do projects get mass reported???

envy

XxMarcos_ wrote:

XxMarcos_ wrote:

Zocker_Welt wrote:

why do projects get mass reported???

envy

envy or trolls who will never have friends (I was once a troll but never to this level)

The_Blue_J wrote:

Actually, the owner claimed that he was reported for not giving credit to Nintendo for the original, music the ST doesn't have time to check small things such as a tiny credits section being placed in the top corner, instead of the designated credits section.