Community guidelines at account creation (45+ SUPPORTERS)

Hamish752

Ok, here is my suggestion:
I think that we should show the community guidelines when creating a new account. You should have to tick the box saying that you have read the guidelines. At the moment the Community Guidelines are hidden, barely anyone actually reads them. This leads to many Scratchers not knowing what we expect here on Scratch and can get them in trouble with moderators and the community. There is no point having the community guidelines if no one is going to read it. This is a way of making sure everyone sees them.

Some comments:

rollercoasterfan wrote:
Most sites do something like this. Support, or maybe a big box on your profile that doesn't go away until you've read them, kind of like how you confirm you account. You can't do anything until you read them.

LattleKada wrote:
I agree with this! Most people have not read them and if you agree to them when you create an account, it means if you break them, you can not argue if you get a ban as the Scratch Team can say ‘you know what the guidelines are and you did not follow them’.

joshuaho wrote:
Sounds like a good idea! That could help cut down the amount of inappropriate content by letting users know that the CG is really enforced.

Tymewalk wrote:
Support. I also think that we should also make them a little more readable and up-to-date (it's been suggested before that we change the rule on Cloud Data to say safe-chat programs are allowed.)

jvvg wrote:
Since the CG are short and concise (and therefore wouldn't make the page so long that everybody would just scroll past it, defeating the purpose), I definitely support this.

Last edited by Paddle2See (Sept. 13, 2023 12:55:15)

rollercoasterfan

Most sites do something like this. Support, or maybe a big box on your profile that doesn't go away until you've read them, kind of like how you confirm you account. You can't do anything until you read them.

LattleKada

I agree with this! Most people have not read them and if you agree to them when you create an account, it means if you break them, you can not argue if you get a ban as the Scratch Team can say ‘you know what the guidelines are and you did not follow them’.

Hamish752

Bump

fatkidplayer

Support! Very good idea!

PrincessPanda_test_

Support!

joshuaho

Sounds like a good idea! That could help cut down the amount of inappropriate content by letting users know that the CG is really enforced.

Last edited by joshuaho (June 28, 2015 23:09:39)

Rumanti

Support!

TheHockeyist

Huge support.

Critic2100

SUPPORT!!!

ElectroElectro2004

I suggest this idea, and put it before a scratcher makes their 1st project as well.

Pot-of-Gold

Support

Hamish752

Hamish752 wrote:
Bump

Prinseskat

Support, this makes so much sense!

iamunknown2

I support!

NoxSpooth

Yes, so much yes. Why don't we have this yet?

Hamish752

Hamish752 wrote:
Bump

Sonickyle

Sure. This'll help a lot.
Support.

CatsUnited

Support, why hasn't this been added? (if it has not already)

Hamish752

CatsUnited wrote:
Support, why hasn't this been added? (if it has not already)

It hasn't, trust me. I even went through the account process (not making an actual account). It didn't say anything about the guidelines.

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