So I got this comment on one of my projects.
“blood also ping me”
WHAT DOES PINGING PEOPLE EVEN MEAN???
Do you reply @(persons username) back?
Do you comment on their profile?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN???

“Pinging” typically means @‘ing the user, however scratch doesn’t notify for pings, so the person could maybe mean to notify them in a way that they’d get a notification for it, but it really just depends.

I think it just means replying, or sending a message to that person which they recieve the message.

Edit: wow ninja'd

plantskym2 wrote:

I think it just means replying, or sending a message to that person which they recieve the message.

Pinging is a word used widely around the internet ; Generally, it meanings @‘ing the user, not messaging them. However, since scratch doesn’t notify for pings it could be possible the the user who says to ping them is asking to notify them in any way.

starlightsparker wrote:

plantskym2 wrote:

I think it just means replying, or sending a message to that person which they recieve the message.

Pinging is a word used widely around the internet ; Generally, it meanings @‘ing the user, not messaging them. However, since scratch doesn’t notify for pings it could be possible the the user who says to ping them is asking to notify them in any way.

Yeah, which is the reason I said received a message, since normally @'ing a user gives a message to the user being @'d.

According to Google:
2. send an electronic message to (someone).
“he just pinged me, pointing to a breaking news story”
3.
COMPUTING
query (another computer on a network) to determine whether there is a connection to it.

pinging is a widely used term usually referring to @‘ing someone. however, since scratch doesn’t notify for that, pinging refers to notify someone on their profile.

sn4pdrag0n wrote:

pinging is a widely used term usually referring to @‘ing someone. however, since scratch doesn’t notify for that, pinging refers to notify someone on their profile.

Or replying to them, or on a project of theirs.

Well pinging people, specifically on scratch, is kinda like this:
A: can i be pinged for the next batch?
B: sure!

B: *releases next batch*
B: *goes to A’s profile and comments “Hello! You’re in my pinglist, so here’s the second batch!”
A receives the comment and knows the second batch is out

Kinda like notifying people of something, but the word “Pinging” is commonly used on the internet, though it doesn’t work the same on scratch (notifying people when they got @‘d, like typing @hydrofungus would give me a notif)