I am unsure if this is the right forum to post this topic on, but I just want to know why my project “A Beautiful Beach”, a project added to the Scratch Design Studio “Treasure Trove” has been removed. I suddenly saw a message saying that this project got removed for being too violent or scary. I don’t know if this is the Scratch Team, or false/mass reporters.

I don’t normally write like this, but this is something I’m disappointed about. I did put a lot of effort into making sure the project is good and that it wasn’t too scary. The screens that show up when you lose in this game weren’t intentionally graphic or violent, as it only had a guitar riff, and the character that caused the loss saying ‘i kil u’, unironically. I’m very sorry if this is still too much for Scratch. I do understand that there’s a lot of projects that are under review or have to be reviewed, so perhaps it was just a quick skim-read of the project and the Scratch Team might have ultimately concluded that my project was inappropriate.

There’s more information on this project I made since the forums were down: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1090294936
Again, really sorry if this is the wrong forum for this topic or if I am just generally being ridiculous or delusional. I just really want “A Beautiful Beach” back, because I believe there has been a mistake with taking it down. I’d really appreciate it if a member or contributor of the Scratch team could help me with a kind message explaining what caused it to get taken down and why it did. I’d like as much information as possible, e.g. how many reports the project got. Thanks for reading.

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60 second yokai'd :(

I see… well, is it alright if I keep this topic as is? After all, when I went to that link, it did contain ‘Ask the Community’ and to use the forums, considering the fact that I went to use the forums to answer my question. Really sorry for that matter. I’ll do what I can.

Mikegamecreater2020 wrote:

I see… well, is it alright if I keep this topic as is? After all, when I went to that link, it did contain ‘Ask the Community’ and to use the forums, considering the fact that I went to use the forums to answer my question. Really sorry for that matter. I’ll do what I can.

It contains the ‘ask the community’ link simply because 90% of the time things asked through Contact Us about Scratch itself could just have a topic here and be answered within at most a few hours in most cases.

But the reasons that a project was taken down are known only to the Scratch Team and you, and nobody else. Only the ST can further explain their actions.
a human moderator from the ST looks over all false/mass reporting situations (along with every report), so the very small amount of people whose projects are taken down by autotakedown usually get put back up in a few days.

Alright, I'll try to help out here.
Based on that project, I think it was the first thing that you thought it could be; the ST saw the jumpscares and took it down.
However, you said, “now changed”. Does that mean you changed it before or after it got taken down?

TheAutocorrectingCat wrote:

Does that mean you changed it before or after it got taken down?

I changed it before it got taken down, to ensure that it could get added to the SDS and that it was appropriate. Sorry for my wording.

BigNate469 wrote:

a human moderator from the ST looks over all false/mass reporting situations (along with every report), so the very small amount of people whose projects are taken down by autotakedown usually get put back up in a few days.

I suppose that’s good, I might have to be patient and see if it gets put back up, if it’s a false reporting situation.

Please don't ask on the forums with questions about moderator actions - this will be closed by the mods soon.

Likewise, please don't create projects complaining about how your projects were taken down, especially if your project has screenshots of the other project that was taken down. Theoretically, if your project was actually inappropriate, that screenshot could cause your second project to be taken down.

The ONLY (and I really mean ONLY) was to get answers is to use Contact Us.

I do have guesses as to why this was taken down -

it would've already been NFE, which would mean it would be removed from the SDS studio (this is due to the flashing lights)
it also seems kinda scary for a little kid based on the thumbnail (although it's fine imo).

I see. I’m terribly sorry for doing that. I really should’ve considered what to do instead of just immediately making a project of the situation. I should’ve just asked the question and not made the project at all. I will unshare and delete the project now. Thanks for your advice.

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