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FalconGunner99
Scratcher
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Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:

cheeseeater wrote:

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I mentioned a while ago how the Google Search was bringing up spam topics their spammy phone numbers in the description. As usual, nobody took much notice.

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Step 2: wait for eyes to stop bleeding from the yellow
Step 3: reverse reversed text back into regular text
Critic2100
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

Support!
Deerleg
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

Support. I really liked the old search.
Prinseskat
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

Yes! That thing is USELESS.
Really_A
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

Supportz!
CatsUnited
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:

cheeseeater wrote:

P: .eciton hcum koot ydobon ,lausu sA .noitpircsed eht ni srebmun enohp ymmaps rieht htiw scipot maps pu gnignirb saw hcraeS elgooG eht woh oga elihw a denoitnem I ,loL
I mentioned a while ago how the Google Search was bringing up spam topics their spammy phone numbers in the description. As usual, nobody took much notice.
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MrSherlockHolmes
Scratcher
500+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

Scratchifier wrote:

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:

Support! The google search is so bad. My #1 complaint is that it shows a lot of spam remixes before the real project they're based on. For example, try searching for virtually any of griffpatch's projects by name, and the actual project won't be the first result. This takes away credit from original project creators.

Support because of this
It would be good to have a better search algorithm, yes.
samanyolu
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

Support.
rollercoasterfan
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

You don't know how much this bothers me. So support.
MegaApuTurkUltra
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

rollercoasterfan wrote:

So support.
Many search
So wow
shaymin88
Scratcher
100+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

Support!
So many times, I want to find a project that is fairly recent or new so I can give feedback on it. All I usually get are projects made 4 years ago (2011 still feels fairly recent, though) I never comment on project of two years ago (unless recent activity by user) So… Support * 100000000000000!!!
Braeden5454
Scratcher
500+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

__init__ wrote:

FalconGunner99 wrote:

Yeah they need to get off their butts already. The old search was an invaluble tool when looking for tutorials, engines, and other example projects. Now when i search “____ Engine” I get a bunch of unfinished/remix projects that are usually completely useless.
IKR. Why can't they just go back to the old search? It was supposed to be temporary, because there was this hour of code thing and there were going to be a lot of server requests, blah blah blah… a year has gone by now and it still hasn't changed back.

When's the last time the ST actually did something worthwhile? There are tons of new features I'd love to see on the site, which have no reasons not to be implemented, but they never do anything. Once I heard they had a huge meeting about adding the “any” option to the key pressed blocks… it doesn't seem to have happened yet.

They'll never remove it. They'll probably just ignore this topic, saying “oh noe we cant do dat wer 2 lazey it isn't supre urgnt su were just going to ignor it!!!111!!!!1!!!”
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Last edited by Braeden5454 (April 2, 2015 00:34:38)

AonymousGuy
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

Support.

Of course, Scratch does have like sixteen times the amount of users it had when the search was removed, so it might be quite a bit of load on the Scratch servers…
FalconGunner99
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

Sixteen times? It's been like, one year.
AonymousGuy
Scratcher
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Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

FalconGunner99 wrote:

Sixteen times? It's been like, one year.
If I remember correctly, about a year ago, we had about 300,000 users. Now we have about 6,000,000. So we have about 20x as many users.
FalconGunner99
Scratcher
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Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

It can't have been that few, can it? The majority of people I know have accounts of 2 years or more.
FalconGunner99
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

According to the stats page, ( https://scratch.mit.edu/statistics/ ) we've gone from 95,000 active users to 150,000 active users.

An impressive increase, but nowhere close to 16x, or even double.
Paddle2See
Scratch Team
1000+ posts

Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

__init__ wrote:

FalconGunner99 wrote:

Yeah they need to get off their butts already. The old search was an invaluble tool when looking for tutorials, engines, and other example projects. Now when i search “____ Engine” I get a bunch of unfinished/remix projects that are usually completely useless.
IKR. Why can't they just go back to the old search? It was supposed to be temporary, because there was this hour of code thing and there were going to be a lot of server requests, blah blah blah… a year has gone by now and it still hasn't changed back.

When's the last time the ST actually did something worthwhile? There are tons of new features I'd love to see on the site, which have no reasons not to be implemented, but they never do anything. Once I heard they had a huge meeting about adding the “any” option to the key pressed blocks… it doesn't seem to have happened yet.

// They'll never remove it. They'll probably just ignore this topic, saying “oh noe we cant do dat wer 2 lazey it isn't supre urgnt su were just going to ignor it!!!111!!!!1!!!”
Dude - that's not cool. We're a small team working on free software. There's a lot we're trying to do with very limited resources. We welcome your suggestions - but we have to balance them against what we can realistically do.
MegaApuTurkUltra
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Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

Paddle2See wrote:

Dude - that's not cool. We're a small team working on free software. There's a lot we're trying to do with very limited resources. We welcome your suggestions - but we have to balance them against what can realistically do.

Paddle2See wrote:

Dude - that's not cool.
Wow Paddle2See actually said that

And yeah, that's basically what I said

Wөɓɐᗄb∩⊥∩ʁʞ∩ꞁʇʁɐ wrote:

You should note that the ST is already pretty busy with moderating the site and fixing things they consider more important.
Not to mention extension stuff as well, which seems to be making (slow) progress
ChocolatePi
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Remove the Google Custom Search [BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS, PLEASE READ ST!]

Yeah, the ST aren't superheroes - they're a small group of people working off donations.

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