I would suggest that if it were possible the scratcher would have to fill some sort of form, saying the account to be linked, then have the test account fill the form out too, saying the account you first did it with, then the scratch team could notify both scratch accounts asking if they agree, then if they both agree the accounts get linked

TNGC_TEST wrote:

I would suggest that if it were possible the scratcher would have to fill some sort of form, saying the account to be linked, then have the test account fill the form out too, saying the account you first did it with, then the scratch team could notify both scratch accounts asking if they agree, then if they both agree the accounts get linked

Good idea!

TNGC_TEST wrote:

I would suggest that if it were possible the scratcher would have to fill some sort of form, saying the account to be linked, then have the test account fill the form out too, saying the account you first did it with, then the scratch team could notify both scratch accounts asking if they agree, then if they both agree the accounts get linked

So, basically removing the New Scratcher status

Rejection sticky wrote:

5. Removing 60/120 second rule, New Scratcher status, etc.
While all of these things may seem annoying, they are extremely effective shields against spam.

and allowing for spambots to raid Scratch?

For me, this is not possible. the Scratcher Status is simply there to prevent spam and for those New to scratch to get used to the website.

It would not be efficient to fill forms, since spambots can easily bypass the system by creating an account, make projects, and upgrade within 2 weeks. All linked accounts will be considered Scratchers, which defeats the whole purpose (which is quite unlikely).

Phone numbers wouldn't work since many Scratchers don't have phones of the their own. Emails wouldn't work either for the same reason.

+0.5

You can wait a few weeks, be patient. Also, this opens the floodgates for many new types of bots. Maybe instead, we could use email detection.

How would this be authenticated?

No support

DownsGameClub wrote:

For me, this is not possible. the Scratcher Status is simply there to prevent spam and for those New to scratch to get used to the website.

It would not be efficient to fill forms, since spambots can easily bypass the system by creating an account, make projects, and upgrade within 2 weeks. All linked accounts will be considered Scratchers, which defeats the whole purpose (which is quite unlikely).

Phone numbers wouldn't work since many Scratchers don't have phones of the their own. Emails wouldn't work either for the same reason.

^^^
Spambot wait 2 weeks, makes millions of scratcher accounts and ruins scratch.
No support.

No Support, imagine you make thousands of accounts, then you share every project from every account, and Scratch would be filled with spam.

LP_Play wrote:

+0.5

You can wait a few weeks, be patient. Also, this opens the floodgates for many new types of bots. Maybe instead, we could use email detection.

EDIT: -1

As I mentioned before, this opens floodgates for bots, and it won't hurt to wait a few weeks. Email detection probably won't be that secure anyways.

The Future wrote:

>Troll enters scratch
>Troll has long name that allows for lots of test combinations
>Troll gets Scratcher status
>Troll makes tons of _test accounts
>ST sees this and has no idea who is who
>Problem gets so bad that Scratch may need to temporarily be shut down
>It turns out that they hacked the server for ST status and also banned other ST members
>Scratch is shut down forever
>LP_Play is sad

The Future wrote:

>Troll enters scratch
>Troll has long name that allows for lots of test combinations
>Troll gets Scratcher status
>Troll makes tons of _test accounts
>ST sees this and has no idea who is who
>Problem gets so bad that Scratch may need to temporarily be shut down
>It turns out that they hacked the server for ST status and also banned other ST members
>Scratch is shut down forever
>LP_Play is sad

I don't think that they could hack the server.

edward789121test wrote:

The Future wrote:

>Troll enters scratch
>Troll has long name that allows for lots of test combinations
>Troll gets Scratcher status
>Troll makes tons of _test accounts
>ST sees this and has no idea who is who
>Problem gets so bad that Scratch may need to temporarily be shut down
>It turns out that they hacked the server for ST status and also banned other ST members
>Scratch is shut down forever
>LP_Play is sad

I don't think that they could hack the server.
But you get the point, dont you?

I mean if they “hackereded the server” they wouldn't need test accounts for it

LP_Play wrote:

LP_Play wrote:

+0.5

You can wait a few weeks, be patient. Also, this opens the floodgates for many new types of bots. Maybe instead, we could use email detection.

EDIT: -1

As I mentioned before, this opens floodgates for bots, and it won't hurt to wait a few weeks. Email detection probably won't be that secure anyways.

The Future wrote:

>Troll enters scratch
>Troll has long name that allows for lots of test combinations
>Troll gets Scratcher status
>Troll makes tons of _test accounts
>ST sees this and has no idea who is who
>Problem gets so bad that Scratch may need to temporarily be shut down
>It turns out that they hacked the server for ST status and also banned other ST members
>Scratch is shut down forever
>LP_Play is sad

You cannot somehow remove supporters. It should be +0. You should say “no support”, not “negative support”. You are not a supporter and that's it.

24691357 wrote:

LP_Play wrote:

LP_Play wrote:

+0.5

You can wait a few weeks, be patient. Also, this opens the floodgates for many new types of bots. Maybe instead, we could use email detection.

EDIT: -1

As I mentioned before, this opens floodgates for bots, and it won't hurt to wait a few weeks. Email detection probably won't be that secure anyways.

The Future wrote:

>Troll enters scratch
>Troll has long name that allows for lots of test combinations
>Troll gets Scratcher status
>Troll makes tons of _test accounts
>ST sees this and has no idea who is who
>Problem gets so bad that Scratch may need to temporarily be shut down
>It turns out that they hacked the server for ST status and also banned other ST members
>Scratch is shut down forever
>LP_Play is sad

You cannot somehow remove supporters. It should be +0. You should say “no support”, not “negative support”. You are not a supporter and that's it.

-0 is semi support.

(Oh look, this is coming from a test account, how ironic.)

No support. This opens the floodgate for spambots and trolls. Plus, can't you just log onto your computer and create 1-2 projects?

LP_Test wrote:

You cannot somehow remove supporters. It should be +0. You should say “no support”, not “negative support”. You are not a supporter and that's it.

-0 is semi support.
Why negative 0? And surely +0.5 would be semi-support, as it is between 1 (support) and 0 (which is logical for no support).

Sigton

edward789121test wrote:

24691357 wrote:

How will you detect a test account?

or if it has the same password as someone else

That's very bad password advice…
Pretty sure there are a lot of people who use passwords like letmeinnow…

Scratch doesn't know your password (I hope), only your hashed passwords, which has an avalanche effect so you cannot compare similar passwords, and since (I hope) Scratch salts their passwords, it would be still impossible to compare identical passwords.

iamunknown2 wrote:

edward789121test wrote:

24691357 wrote:

How will you detect a test account?

or if it has the same password as someone else

That's very bad password advice…
Pretty sure there are a lot of people who use passwords like letmeinnow…

I almost want to go “hack” into their accounts, and make a project that will be unshared, that says that they should change their password, and no, I didn't do any harm to their account.

Scratcher1002 wrote:

iamunknown2 wrote:

edward789121test wrote:

24691357 wrote:

How will you detect a test account?

or if it has the same password as someone else

That's very bad password advice…
Pretty sure there are a lot of people who use passwords like letmeinnow…

I almost want to go “hack” into their accounts, and make a project that will be unshared, that says that they should change their password, and no, I didn't do any harm to their account.

You changed teneses. At the end, it implies that you have already hacked into somebody account