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- ThePancakeMan
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Hi, I've noticed that in the forums, there's a such thing as ‘stickies’ that stay at the top of sections.
I think it would be nice to allow user to set up ‘sticky comments’ on (only) their own projects that stay at the top of the comments. The sticky comments would contain important notes that many people ignore when contained in the instructions/notes. This would be useful for things like ‘Please don’t post your score' ‘Click the green flag twice for better timing’, etc.
I think it would be nice to allow user to set up ‘sticky comments’ on (only) their own projects that stay at the top of the comments. The sticky comments would contain important notes that many people ignore when contained in the instructions/notes. This would be useful for things like ‘Please don’t post your score' ‘Click the green flag twice for better timing’, etc.
- drmcw
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Sticky Comments
People rarely read the sticky topics so why would they start when they don't read project notes either?
- Blaze349
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Sticky Comments
People rarely read the sticky topics so why would they start when they don't read project notes either?Good point.
- mathfreak231
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Sticky Comments
People rarely read the sticky topics so why would they start when they don't read project notes either?
- scimonster
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
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Why can't that stuff just go in the notes/instructions?
- AonymousGuy
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Sticky Comments
The sticky comments would contain important notes that many people ignore when contained in the instructions/notes.If people don't notice important things in the instructions / notes, why would they notice important things in comments? Just add the message directly into your project.
- savaka
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Sticky Comments
This is what the instructions and notes and credits are for. You shouldn't use comments for information about the project.
- Unlocked
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Sticky Comments
Edit: As per a suggestion by @Miss_Peacat, this feature should instead be called “pinning.”
I was getting some comments on my greenlocked contest about joining, even after signups had ended. I thought about making a comment saying that you can't sign up anymore but I realized that it would just get drowned with other comments and no one would see it. Then I got an idea. What if I could sticky a comment?
This would be where the owner of a project has a comment option other than report and delete. The new option would be “sticky”, and it would make the comment always stay at the top of the comments section, and maybe also have something that says “stickied”. This would allow people to make announcements in comments.
You might think, “can't you just put it in the description?”. Yes, you could, but people often don't look at that. When people post a comment, they are likely to see the last comment posted, especially if it has a little symbol by it saying stickied. This would allow people to easily relay information to would-be commenters.
I hope you implement this idea and if you're another scratcher, be sure to reply something like “support” to show the scratch team that you like this idea!
FAQ
Q: Couldn't this be used as spam, like for using too many stickies or other types of spam (ascii, f4f, etc.)?
A: Yes, however only the owner can sticky. If they really wanted to ruin comments, they could just disable them.
Due to it being impractical at this point, the list of supporters will no longer be listed. About 90% of messages at the time of edit are supports or partial supports.
I was getting some comments on my greenlocked contest about joining, even after signups had ended. I thought about making a comment saying that you can't sign up anymore but I realized that it would just get drowned with other comments and no one would see it. Then I got an idea. What if I could sticky a comment?
This would be where the owner of a project has a comment option other than report and delete. The new option would be “sticky”, and it would make the comment always stay at the top of the comments section, and maybe also have something that says “stickied”. This would allow people to make announcements in comments.
You might think, “can't you just put it in the description?”. Yes, you could, but people often don't look at that. When people post a comment, they are likely to see the last comment posted, especially if it has a little symbol by it saying stickied. This would allow people to easily relay information to would-be commenters.
I hope you implement this idea and if you're another scratcher, be sure to reply something like “support” to show the scratch team that you like this idea!
FAQ
Q: Couldn't this be used as spam, like for using too many stickies or other types of spam (ascii, f4f, etc.)?
A: Yes, however only the owner can sticky. If they really wanted to ruin comments, they could just disable them.
Due to it being impractical at this point, the list of supporters will no longer be listed. About 90% of messages at the time of edit are supports or partial supports.
Last edited by Unlocked (Jan. 3, 2018 23:25:20)
- CatsUnited
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Sticky Comments
No support, someone could create lots of spam stickies that take up the enitre comments section.
- stickfiregames
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Sticky Comments
Support, but there should be a limit because
someone could create lots of spam stickies that take up the enitre comments section.
- LionsStair
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Sticky Comments
Support, but there should be a limit becauseHe said owner, but maybe have it only ONE sticky comment at a time! And instead of “sticky”, this could confuse some people, maybe make it something like “permanent”.someone could create lots of spam stickies that take up the enitre comments section.
I'd love to see this idea!!
- stickfiregames
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Sticky Comments
The owner could still fill it up with loads of spam commentsSupport, but there should be a limit becauseHe said owner, but maybe have it only ONE sticky comment at a time! And instead of “sticky”, this could confuse some people, maybe make it something like “permanent”.someone could create lots of spam stickies that take up the enitre comments section.
I'd love to see this idea!!
- LionsStair
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Sticky Comments
Well why would he want to do that?!The owner could still fill it up with loads of spam commentsSupport, but there should be a limit becauseHe said owner, but maybe have it only ONE sticky comment at a time! And instead of “sticky”, this could confuse some people, maybe make it something like “permanent”.someone could create lots of spam stickies that take up the enitre comments section.
I'd love to see this idea!!
And possibly make it so that ONLY scratchers can do it.
- stickfiregames
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Sticky Comments
Maybe spamming advertising for their own projects, or even just stickying all of their own comments on it. Having a limit would stop them, and if they wanted to advertise they would have to use the description.Well why would he want to do that?!The owner could still fill it up with loads of spam commentsSupport, but there should be a limit becauseHe said owner, but maybe have it only ONE sticky comment at a time! And instead of “sticky”, this could confuse some people, maybe make it something like “permanent”.someone could create lots of spam stickies that take up the enitre comments section.
I'd love to see this idea!!
And possibly make it so that ONLY scratchers can do it.
- LionsStair
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Sticky Comments
If it's his project, he can advertise others, I've seen millions of people do this…Maybe spamming advertising for their own projects, or even just stickying all of their own comments on it. Having a limit would stop them, and if they wanted to advertise they would have to use the description.Well why would he want to do that?!The owner could still fill it up with loads of spam commentsSupport, but there should be a limit becauseHe said owner, but maybe have it only ONE sticky comment at a time! And instead of “sticky”, this could confuse some people, maybe make it something like “permanent”.someone could create lots of spam stickies that take up the enitre comments section.
I'd love to see this idea!!
And possibly make it so that ONLY scratchers can do it.
- Unlocked
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Sticky Comments
No support, someone could create lots of spam stickies that take up the enitre comments section.1. Only the owner can sticky comments.
2. If the owner wanted to jam comments, there is a disable commenting button.
And instead of “sticky”, this could confuse some people, maybe make it something like “permanent”.Sticky is the official name for it but I guess renaming it isn't that much of a problem.
- peterules54
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Scratcher
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I support the idea!
But there could be a probem, because
But there could be a probem, because someone could create lots of spam stickies that take up the enitre comments section.
- Doodle-cats
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Sticky Comments
You could make a comment then close comments? No support.