20/8/26 edit: ok yall can stop complaining about the title now i changed it

i dunno how to word this

the suggestion here is to change project URLs from /projects/(random jumbled string of numbers)/ to /projects/user/(shorter jumbled string)/

for example, username's first project would be /projects/username/1, username's 10th project would be /projects/username/10/, etc

projects with the same ID but different username would not be the same
the project ID only increments every time the currently logged in user makes a project

projects made before the NGP will also have their URLs changed, but still have their original project ID show up somewhere (projects made after the NGP will not have this legacy project ID that is currently in use)

people who change their username cuz of a change of gender. yeah. what about them?

Support, this seems trivial to implement but the transition will be difficult because going from a flat id system to a tree-like system would require sorting every project into their owners' folder.
When user names change, the folder containing projects can be renamed.

Support, this would make it shorter so you don't have to type in a billion numbers to get to a project! What if we do this for studios and forum topics too?

AdaVesta_ wrote:

people who change their username cuz of a change of gender. yeah. what about them?

Profile links break, and that hasn't caused a problem

scratchy_boy106 wrote:

Support, this would make it shorter so you don't have to type in a billion numbers to get to a project! What if we do this for studios and forum topics too?

ID sniping isn't that much of a problem in studios and forum topics compared to projects so probably not

The name should be clearer, like “User-specific Project IDs”

CharPikMar wrote:

The name should be clearer, like “User-specific Project IDs”

I agree, “the suggestion ever” does not make sense and does not describe the suggestion.

Ngn5 wrote:

(#1)
i dunno how to word this

the suggestion here is to change project URLs from /projects/(random jumbled string of numbers)/ to /projects/user/(shorter jumbled string)/

for example, username's first project would be /projects/username/1, username's 10th project would be /projects/username/10/, etc

projects with the same ID but different username would not be the same
the project ID only increments every time the currently logged in user makes a project

projects made before the NGP will also have their URLs changed, but still have their original project ID show up somewhere (projects made after the NGP will not have this legacy project ID that is currently in use)

ive seen this in the ngp questions topic
anyways you'd make the hobby of project id snipes go extinct
no thanks

scratchy_boy106 wrote:

CharPikMar wrote:

The name should be clearer, like “User-specific Project IDs”

I agree, “the suggestion ever” does not make sense and does not describe the suggestion.

There's worse, and CAN WE READ OP
Support because it's easier to number projects

gem1001 wrote:

AdaVesta_ wrote:

people who change their username cuz of a change of gender. yeah. what about them?

Profile links break, and that hasn't caused a problem

bruh i was just trying to make a point why is everyone always finding some way to annoy me T-T

anyways support, it would be way easier to find projects

hmm this sounds like an interesting idea niko

CharPikMar wrote:

(#7)
The name should be clearer, like “User-specific Project IDs”

my brain was breaking down trying to think of a title

anyway now no one has to complain about it because i changed the title

UserBlockedYou wrote:

ive seen this in the ngp questions topic
anyways you'd make the hobby of project id snipes go extinct
no thanks

is that not the point of the suggestion
the st doesnt like id sniping and has explicitly confirmed that sequential ids will be removed in ngp

also this would be an okay suggestion because scratch already supports a similar link format because it existed in older scratch so it wouldnt be hard to implement