Why do we need parental controls when the website was already made for kids?

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CodeComet6161 wrote:

Why do we need parental controls when the website was already made for kids?

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no support for this reason.

No support, just don’t confirm the email and the child will still be able to remix and view projects but not interact with the community

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No support. Scratch is kid friendly. And if it wasn’t, Scratch wouldn’t be Scratch.

I thought I heard age restricted content is rejected

tolors wrote:

7.2 A 13+ version of the Scratch website or age-restricted content
Scratch is designed for ages 8 to 16, but any content shared on the website must be appropriate for all ages. Dividing the community by making a separate, age-restricted website would not be helpful. Potential restrictions from entering the website (such as a warning, or requiring a parent to answer math equations) would not necessarily stop an underage child from entering the 13+ website.
This suggestion extends to age-restricting anything on Scratch, such as viewing specific projects or accessing specific Scratch features. As a general rule, Scratch is for all ages, and content shared on the Scratch website should be appropriate for all ages.

WigglyJoey wrote:

I thought I heard age restricted content is rejected

tolors wrote:

7.2 A 13+ version of the Scratch website or age-restricted content
Scratch is designed for ages 8 to 16, but any content shared on the website must be appropriate for all ages. Dividing the community by making a separate, age-restricted website would not be helpful. Potential restrictions from entering the website (such as a warning, or requiring a parent to answer math equations) would not necessarily stop an underage child from entering the 13+ website.
This suggestion extends to age-restricting anything on Scratch, such as viewing specific projects or accessing specific Scratch features. As a general rule, Scratch is for all ages, and content shared on the Scratch website should be appropriate for all ages.

It's not age restricted- it would be parent restricted.

I don't support it because this whole idea doesn't make sense why should there be parental controls if this is a child based coding site.

Elevators-And-More wrote:

No support, scratch, Roblox and Minecraft are the most safest platforms out there for kids.
Bullying can happen anywhere.

Roblox? Safe? I wouldn't say roblox is super safe- at least for 8 year olds…

Elevators-And-More wrote:

No support, scratch, Roblox and Minecraft are the most safest platforms out there for kids.
Bullying can happen anywhere.

Roblox… safe in the same sentence? Heh. Wouldn’t you love to know. Roblox was gathering predators to begin with.

Aside from that, bullying can happen anywhere, but that’s no means or grounds for not implementing parental protection for a website like Scratch. There’s been instances where people have violated the guidelines and gone so far as using gross and awful pfps that I would not like to discuss here as that would be against the SGCs’ as well.

Elevators-And-More wrote:

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Bitebite12 wrote:

Elevators-And-More wrote:

No support, scratch, Roblox and Minecraft are the most safest platforms out there for kids.
Bullying can happen anywhere.

Roblox? Safe? I wouldn't say roblox is super safe- at least for 8 year olds…

Roblox has chat filter, and has good moderation

bro…. you might wanna take a seat….

Roblox has probably the worst moderation EVER. Have you seen or even heard the current Roblox situation? It's crazy just how many predators there are on roblox, with hundreds of cases of children getting traumatized and being victims of weird people in there. There are 18+ games on there, most of which kids can easily access and have been up for years. It's not good. Roblox is literally getting sued by so many people right now for lack of child safety. They're only doing something about it now that they're losing billions of dollars.
Scratch is the only truly safe platform for kids I have ever seen, although it is usually dismissed due to the sheer popularity of Roblox over Scratch. Roblox is a giant corporation with thousands of employees (nearly 3000) yet their moderation is actively terrible and lets children have bad things happen to them. Scratch doesn't even have 1000 as far as I know (maybe way less) and yet it has amazing, fast-reacting moderation. Why? Because Scratch actually cares. Scratch is a non-profit, so they aren't twisted by the sick corporate mind-control that money-bags-money-hungry corporations have. Roblox just wants to make a profit at the cost of child safety.

Elevators-And-More wrote:

Bitebite12 wrote:

Elevators-And-More wrote:

No support, scratch, Roblox and Minecraft are the most safest platforms out there for kids.
Bullying can happen anywhere.

Roblox? Safe? I wouldn't say roblox is super safe- at least for 8 year olds…

Roblox has chat filter, and has good moderation

Wdym bro roblox makes scratch moderation look like the best moderation in ve world

Elevators-And-More wrote:

No support, scratch, Roblox and Minecraft are the most safest platforms out there for kids.
Bullying can happen anywhere.

there is no way you just said Roblox is safe

CosmicStarV1 wrote:

Elevators-And-More wrote:

No support, scratch, Roblox and Minecraft are the most safest platforms out there for kids.
Bullying can happen anywhere.

there is no way you just said Roblox is safe

“Tell me you've never played roblox without telling me you've never played roblox”
I used to think the same thing that people were overeacting before I came back to play it and I released it was that bad after a day

as a grade 6, i know im old and know how to use scratch, but support

Scratch_Cat_Coder8 wrote:

No support, just don’t confirm the email and the child will still be able to remix and view projects but not interact with the community

But what if the child can interact with community, but can't use forums?

Elevators-And-More wrote:

Bitebite12 wrote:

Elevators-And-More wrote:

No support, scratch, Roblox and Minecraft are the most safest platforms out there for kids.
Bullying can happen anywhere.

Roblox? Safe? I wouldn't say roblox is super safe- at least for 8 year olds…

Roblox has chat filter, and has good moderation

Roblox bans you for saying “hi”, because reports are not even viewed

Mods don't even care and only care about SOME peple, but not all

It's only the community who fixes problems, etc hackers hack people's accounts (sometimes they hack for a reason like schlep did)

Roblox mods are useless, the bots and ai do all the work!

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:

Elevators-And-More wrote:

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Bitebite12 wrote:

Elevators-And-More wrote:

No support, scratch, Roblox and Minecraft are the most safest platforms out there for kids.
Bullying can happen anywhere.

Roblox? Safe? I wouldn't say roblox is super safe- at least for 8 year olds…

Roblox has chat filter, and has good moderation

bro…. you might wanna take a seat….
~snip of the longest quote i've seen~

Bitebite12 wrote:

Elevators-And-More wrote:

No support, scratch, Roblox and Minecraft are the most safest platforms out there for kids.
Bullying can happen anywhere.

Roblox? Safe? I wouldn't say roblox is super safe- at least for 8 year olds…

PaperMarioFan2024 wrote:

Elevators-And-More wrote:

No support, scratch, Roblox and Minecraft are the most safest platforms out there for kids.
Bullying can happen anywhere.

Roblox… safe in the same sentence? Heh. Wouldn’t you love to know. Roblox was gathering predators to begin with.

Aside from that, bullying can happen anywhere, but that’s no means or grounds for not implementing parental protection for a website like Scratch. There’s been instances where people have violated the guidelines and gone so far as using gross and awful pfps that I would not like to discuss here as that would be against the SGCs’ as well.

Like others have said, Roblox is… not that great. Sure it's popular, but:
1. If you've ever actually PLAYED Roblox, you know it's just way too strict (taken from the post above) becuase the reports aren't even viewed.
2. There's a huge amount of scary games on the site, some of which may be viewed by a child who has the wrong age account. Trust me, a 5 year old playing Dandy's World is just a big fat no smack dab in the face.

Bringing this topic up because a topic about it in QAS was closed discussing the same thing.