On April Fool's Day, how far can joke topics go?

coder2045

hi875230163394

ditto, im also curious

hi875230163394

coder2045 wrote:

What exactly are you planning? that may play a role in whether or not its allowed (tell me without telling me)

Sorry, you have to wait 60 seconds between posts.

hi875230163394

BUMP IT!

Nezon

For example, “bombing a school” is not okay to say on scratch. So I assume the limit is a bit under that.

-Charon-

Topics can be far more lighthearted on April Fool's Day. They don't need to be related to the forums. However, the community guidelines still apply. You can never post hate speech, reveal personal information, or link to spaces with unmoderated chat systems.

cheddargirl

Don't do it. We don't want a repeat of last year where a lot of users were denied help because the forums got flooded and mods spent a lot of time cleaning up instead of other reports. You're better off making an April Fools project instead of a joke forum topic.

dertermenter

cheddargirl wrote:
(#7)
Don't do it. We don't want a repeat of last year where a lot of users were denied help because the forums got flooded and mods spent a lot of time cleaning up instead of other reports. You're better off making an April Fools project instead of a joke forum topic.

Sorry but joke topics should not be discouraged, there are only 2 days a year to have some banter on the forums instead of being serious all the time, and I am sure a lot of people realised that it was not a normal day on the forums, or scratch. Most people did joke topics fine, and there was just a small minority who thought it was acceptable to spam.
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If it follows the community guidelines then it should be fine.

Last edited by dertermenter (March 15, 2022 22:47:37)

jackson49

cheddargirl wrote:
Don't do it. We don't want a repeat of last year where a lot of users were denied help because the forums got flooded and mods spent a lot of time cleaning up instead of other reports. You're better off making an April Fools project instead of a joke forum topic.

Haven't Scratch Team members themselves made joke topics on April Fools Day? For example, last year, Za-Chary made a joke topic and many posts. At the time, he was a Forum Moderator.

I don't think it's a good idea to ruin a tradition that's existed for over a decade (with support from the Scratch Team). Also, April Fools Day is very soon and many people (including me) have been looking forward to it for a year.

Finally, here's the joke topic that Za-Chary made

Edit: Removed a mistake

Last edited by jackson49 (March 31, 2023 03:53:12)

sharkode

cheddargirl wrote:
Don't do it. We don't want a repeat of last year where a lot of users were denied help because the forums got flooded and mods spent a lot of time cleaning up instead of other reports. You're better off making an April Fools project instead of a joke forum topic.

C'mon! There is only one April fool's day each year, we forumers were being like free customer support for ST for an entire year and we're all waiting for this day to have some fun, only for ST to go like “nope”. I'm pretty sure a ST member (Zachary) even created a joke topic a few years back, I entirely agree with what @dertermenter said, the April fool's topics is not that much of a problem if we don't intentionally harm people and close all the prank topics after April fool's day.

10goto10

I agree that what Cheddargirl wrote is not what we’d normally expect to hear given that the Scratch Team usually bends over backwards to let us be creative within the community guidelines. And I’m one of the people that took Ceebee’s April’s Fool’s announcement last year to mean for the whole site, not just for projects.

But sometimes the Scratch Team has to define the limits just because of what can be managed by their team. And I’d guess most of the cleanup last year was done by Za-Chary who isn’t here this year, so that’s also changed.

But, yes, it was fun while it lasted.

han614698

dertermenter wrote:
cheddargirl wrote:
(#7)
Don't do it. We don't want a repeat of last year where a lot of users were denied help because the forums got flooded and mods spent a lot of time cleaning up instead of other reports. You're better off making an April Fools project instead of a joke forum topic.
Sorry but joke topics should not be discouraged, there are only 2 days a year to have some banter on the forums instead of being serious all the time, and I am sure a lot of people realised that it was not a normal day on the forums, or scratch. Most people did joke topics fine, and there was just a small minority who thought it was acceptable to spam.
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If it follows the community guidelines then it should be fine.

Spam is in the community guidelines.

dhuls

han614698 wrote:
(#12)
dertermenter wrote:
cheddargirl wrote:
(#7)
Don't do it. We don't want a repeat of last year where a lot of users were denied help because the forums got flooded and mods spent a lot of time cleaning up instead of other reports. You're better off making an April Fools project instead of a joke forum topic.
Sorry but joke topics should not be discouraged, there are only 2 days a year to have some banter on the forums instead of being serious all the time, and I am sure a lot of people realised that it was not a normal day on the forums, or scratch. Most people did joke topics fine, and there was just a small minority who thought it was acceptable to spam.
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If it follows the community guidelines then it should be fine.
Spam is in the community guidelines.

dertermenter wrote:
there was just a small minority who thought it was acceptable to spam.

jackson49

han614698 wrote:
dertermenter wrote:
cheddargirl wrote:
(#7)
Don't do it. We don't want a repeat of last year where a lot of users were denied help because the forums got flooded and mods spent a lot of time cleaning up instead of other reports. You're better off making an April Fools project instead of a joke forum topic.
Sorry but joke topics should not be discouraged, there are only 2 days a year to have some banter on the forums instead of being serious all the time, and I am sure a lot of people realised that it was not a normal day on the forums, or scratch. Most people did joke topics fine, and there was just a small minority who thought it was acceptable to spam.
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If it follows the community guidelines then it should be fine.
Spam is in the community guidelines.

Right. They were saying that spamming is against Community Guidelines. However, harmless joke topics on April Fools Day has been a tradition on Scratch for over a decade, and has been encouraged by the Scratch Team many times. This is an abrupt (and unnecessary) 180 from that, and possibly a disappointing end to a long-running tradition.

Last edited by jackson49 (March 15, 2022 23:38:23)

k0d3rrr

Stuff like nuclear bombs can't be joked about because:
A) It's a very sensitive topic.
And
B) The Russian-Ukrainian war is happening, and that's serious.

sharkode

k0d3rrr wrote:
Stuff like nuclear bombs can't be joked about because:
A) It's a very sensitive topic.
And
B) The Russian-Ukrainian war is happening, and that's serious.

???

k0d3rrr

sharkode wrote:
k0d3rrr wrote:
Stuff like nuclear bombs can't be joked about because:
A) It's a very sensitive topic.
And
B) The Russian-Ukrainian war is happening, and that's serious.
???

That's an example of something that can't be joked about on April Fool's Day, or any other day.
Not 60 seconds not 60 seconds!

jackson49

k0d3rrr wrote:
sharkode wrote:
k0d3rrr wrote:
Stuff like nuclear bombs can't be joked about because:
A) It's a very sensitive topic.
And
B) The Russian-Ukrainian war is happening, and that's serious.
???
That's an example of something that can't be joked about on April Fool's Day, or any other day.
Not 60 seconds not 60 seconds!

Right, but a Scratch Team member just said not to make any joke posts on April Fools Day.

Nezon

Can't we have this civil discussion elsewhere? This topic is more off topic now

jackson49

Nezon wrote:
Can't we have this civil discussion elsewhere? This topic is more off topic now

I think it's on topic. The debate is about what the question's answer is, or more accurately, if the question is relevant.

Last edited by jackson49 (March 16, 2022 01:03:57)

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