carot3 wrote:

Most people now call asking for feedback advertising. Would you agree?

carot3_alt wrote:

What about asking for feedback?

Paddle2See wrote:

Note that “asking for feedback” (with no specifics) for one of your projects could still be considered advertising. However, inviting somebody to enjoy one of your projects that is similar to one of theirs might be considered okay, since you are sharing an interest. We ask that you do not post more than one such comment, and avoid doing this at all on projects which are featured on the Scratch homepage.

Mdawg4884 wrote:

I’ve heard that people are doing this: making accounts and following themselves. Is that allowed?

Za-Chary wrote:

carot3 wrote:

Most people now call asking for feedback advertising. Would you agree?

carot3_alt wrote:

What about asking for feedback?

There is a note about this in the post.

Paddle2See wrote:

Note that “asking for feedback” (with no specifics) for one of your projects could still be considered advertising. However, inviting somebody to enjoy one of your projects that is similar to one of theirs might be considered okay, since you are sharing an interest. We ask that you do not post more than one such comment, and avoid doing this at all on projects which are featured on the Scratch homepage.

-Infinity64- wrote:

Mdawg4884 wrote:

I’ve heard that people are doing this: making accounts and following themselves. Is that allowed?

It probably is. Multiple people have done it.

when green flag clicked
when green flag clicked<<if> and (<advertising = see>)>
set pen color to [nothing]
if <spamming = go> then 
repeat (10000000 = hide)
hide
end
  

else
move (if and <and, (72) and if = second input = war.functioning>) serious steps, and vigilant while doing it. Please stop spamming on scratch.
end

Paddle2See wrote:

Scratch is a big community and it is important that everyone follow the Community Guidelines, including being respectful and friendly. There are several topics that we would like to address to continue to keep the site friendly.

Advertising

We understand that you want other people to see your projects.. However, misplaced advertising or spamming links is not friendly or respectful to other users.

Where is it okay to advertise?

There are many ways that you can share your projects with others that we don’t consider to violate the Community Guidelines, including:

• The ‘About Me’ and ‘What I'm Working’ on fields of your profile
  
• Changing the Featured Project on your profile
  
• Leaving a comment on your own profile
  
• Your forum signature in the Discussion Forums
  
• In the Show and Tell area of the Discussion Forums (make a new topic for your project)
  
• In Studios that are designed for advertising
  
• In Studios that have a theme similar to your project (to ask that your project be added to the Studio)
  
  

Where is it not okay to advertise?

Any place where your ad would be considered “off-topic”, such as:

• Comments on someone else's project
  
• Comments on someone else's profile (possible exception - maybe your followers profiles would be okay - but you might want to check with them first)
  
• On areas of the Discussion Forums other than Show and Tell
  
• In Studios that are not relevant to the project you are advertising
  

Note that “asking for feedback” (with no specifics) for one of your projects could still be considered advertising. However, inviting somebody to enjoy one of your projects that is similar to one of theirs might be considered okay, since you are sharing an interest. We ask that you do not post more than one such comment, and avoid doing this at all on projects which are featured on the Scratch homepage.

Super_Scratch_Bros20 wrote:

Just checking, is it all right to advertise on your own project? That could be useful if that project is part of a series, and you want to go to another project in that series without having to search it.