This is basically a message that can appear on people's “What I've been doing” section. These can appear for one of the following:

A.) The user hasn't stated that they're leaving, but they haven't logged in in 1+ year. This is an automated process (credit to Marc92020)


B.) The account has marked their account as inactive through Account Settings (credit to Marc92020).


C.) The account has been put in Vacation Mode, which means that they'll be gone for a specified set of time. This can range from 1 week to 1 year.


D.) The owner of the account has moved to a new account (credit to Marc92020)


By the way, the Scratch Cat images (minus the first one) are modified versions of the ones from April Fools 2016.

I think this makes sense, because this way, people won't start spreading rumors about what happened to a dead account, for example, saying that they were banned when they just simply decided to pack their stuff and move on.

Here is a mockup for the buttons where you could set your statuses in Account Settings (courtesy of Marc92020):

support anything to make things more clear would be great

bobcat0701 wrote:

support anything to make things more clear would be great

Supporter added!

I think this would definitely help to make things more clear. I also really love the designs. I hope this gets implemented.

So, I just wonder how do you mark your account “innactive” or “moved to @Example-User.” Do you do it in settings I would assume?

musicROCKS013 wrote:

I think this would definitely help to make things more clear. I also really love the designs. I hope this gets implemented.

So, I just wonder how do you mark your account “innactive” or “moved to @Example-User.” Do you do it in settings I would assume?

Supporter added!

Also, yes, you would go to Account Settings.

Most of these could just be done using profile comments, I would think. Just say that you moved accounts or are on vacation on your profile, then close comments. …On second thought, maybe some people want to allow others to comment on their profile while they're gone, so there is a bit of merit with your suggestion, I think.

However, there is a problem with your first one, option (A). The “What I've been doing” tab on a profile mainly shows when someone shares projects, loves/favorites other projects, follows users, and probably some other studio things. But it's completely possible for someone to be active without doing any of these things. Maybe they just like chatting on their profile comments. Maybe they mainly use the forums. Maybe they just use Scratch to play projects and chat in studios without loving or curating any of them. In these cases, it would be inaccurate to call the account “inactive,” simply because they have been active — just not in any ways that puts their activity into the “What I've been doing” tab.

I think any “inactivity” message should be done voluntarily. So, your option (B) rather than your option (A), I'd say.

I might also change option (B) slightly so that it explicitly says they are “inactive” rather than “left Scratch.” Those two things might mean different things to different people. For example, during the school year, I am “inactive” but I would not say that I “left Scratch.” If I say I am “inactive” — even if I don't say a day in which I expect to return — then I think Scratchers would expect that I could return someday. But, if I say I “left Scratch,” then I think that comes across to other Scratchers as “I am never coming back.”

Za-Chary wrote:

Most of these could just be done using profile comments, I would think. Just say that you moved accounts or are on vacation on your profile, then close comments. …On second thought, maybe some people want to allow others to comment on their profile while they're gone, so there is a bit of merit with your suggestion, I think.

However, there is a problem with your first one, option (A). The “What I've been doing” tab on a profile mainly shows when someone shares projects, loves/favorites other projects, follows users, and probably some other studio things. But it's completely possible for someone to be active without doing any of these things. Maybe they just like chatting on their profile comments. Maybe they mainly use the forums. Maybe they just use Scratch to play projects and chat in studios without loving or curating any of them. In these cases, it would be inaccurate to call the account “inactive,” simply because they have been active — just not in any ways that puts their activity into the “What I've been doing” tab.

I think any “inactivity” message should be done voluntarily. So, your option (B) rather than your option (A), I'd say.

I might also change option (B) slightly so that it explicitly says they are “inactive” rather than “left Scratch.” Those two things might mean different things to different people. For example, during the school year, I am “inactive” but I would not say that I “left Scratch.” If I say I am “inactive” — even if I don't say a day in which I expect to return — then I think Scratchers would expect that I could return someday. But, if I say I “left Scratch,” then I think that comes across to other Scratchers as “I am never coming back.”

Right, right. So I'll remove A and edit B, then. Thanks for your help!

cool designs! this is also a pretty cool idea. i might improve the mockups
also, supporters lists are pointless, as it doesnt matter how much supporters a suggestion has

Marc92020 wrote:

cool designs! this is also a pretty cool idea. i might improve the mockups
also, supporters lists are pointless, as it doesnt matter how much supporters a suggestion has

Ahh, okay. I'll remove that then.

The Vacation Mode says “By request of the owner”. Would you have to contact the Scratch Team to change the mode?

TheAnimalKingdom42 wrote:

The Vacation Mode says “By request of the owner”. Would you have to contact the Scratch Team to change the mode?

No, you could do it through Account Settings.

Support, this will stop a bit of confusion and spam in some profiles, maybe this could be implemented in the user's projects too?

i made an improved mockup for a:

wanted to test my cubeupload account on scratch
improved mockups for others coming soon

Marc92020 wrote:

i made an improved mockup for a:

wanted to test my cubeupload account on scratch
improved mockups for others coming soon

YES! Thank you! My only request is to make the “You are now leaving” text using a font, rather than hand-drawn. The Scratch logo and everything else can stay the way it is.

minikiwigeek2 wrote:

Marc92020 wrote:

i made an improved mockup for a:

wanted to test my cubeupload account on scratch
improved mockups for others coming soon

YES! Thank you! My only request is to make the “You are now leaving” text using a font, rather than hand-drawn. The Scratch logo and everything else can stay the way it is.

i used a hand drawn font because it would turn into serif
i might try the scratch font since i have it downloaded

Scratch cat should not be energetic and happy

fixed font:

RED-001 wrote:

Scratch cat should not be energetic and happy

its supposed to be a scratcher, not scratch cat specifically

But the Scratcher should be neutral or something

RED-001 wrote:

But the Scratcher should be neutral or something

people leave scratch because they are ready to learn something new. so shouldnt they be happy that they are learning something more advanced?
also, please use the quote button on posts to reply to them.