Okay, so I came up with this idea while I was watching YouTube, but what if Scratch had a feature where once you're done with a project, you could set it to where it's shared at a certain time, like 1:00 pm, June 22, 2019, or something? I feel like it would be helpful to Scratchers with bigger followings so they could get a few projects done at a time and then have them set to share so they don't have to worry about being a minute late if they promised that their new game would be out at 2 pm.
Please keep in mind that this is a suggestion so if anyone doesn't like the idea, it's perfectly fine with me. Just wanted to see what the community thinks!

Semi-support; it may be useful but confusing for some.

infinitytec wrote:

…but confusing for some.

I'm gonna have to disagree with that, scratch will include a tutorial for that or a clear option that says “Share project at: time”

Back to the suggestion:
It seems pretty nice and you can hype up your followers with your new project
Support!

No support. Doing this is highly unstable, what if the servers are down or your internet breaks during the sharing time? Then you would never know whether it got shared or not, because you would end up trusting this auto-share feature.

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Support if it was somewhat hidden so as to not confuse new scratchers , perhaps you could corner clik on share or shift click and a box would pop up and would say share at 00:00 p.m/a.m

whoops

no support, it could be to confusing for new scratchers to use.

MaximunPokeMaster wrote:

no support, it could be to confusing for new scratchers to use.

How is choosing the time at which you shared your project confusing?

Support! I think this would be a really helpful option because sometimes you might have a project that you've been working on for a long time and you promised your followers that you were going to share on Wednesday, but then you realize that you'll be gone all week at camp! Not wanting to let your followers down you quickly schedule for your project to be shared first thing on Wednesday, now you can have a good time at camp knowing that your followers won't be disappointed in you.

NilsTheBest wrote:

No support.

I don't think it's necessary to know precisely at what time of the day a project is shared. It is usually useful to know which date, but the precise hour and minutes aren't necessary in my opinion. If you really want people to know at what time of the day you shared it, just put it in the description of the project. Then again, that would depend on the time zone you're in, etc.

Also, if the project already says which day the project was shared, then why wouldn't it be able to tell at which time of the day it was shared? Why would it have to be done manually?

That is not what is being suggested.
Anyways, I support. If I plan to share a project, but I can't for some reason, e.g. school, then I would be able to share it.

NilsTheBest wrote:

I don't think it's necessary to know precisely at what time of the day a project is shared.

I don't think that's what OP is suggestion. I believe they mean the option to share a project automatically on a specified date and time, not a way of knowing the precise date/time the project was shared on.

OP - Support. A feature like this would make it easier to get a whole lot of projects done, and then relax, letting Scratch share the projects for you.


Mockup time!

Flipped_ wrote:

NilsTheBest wrote:

I don't think it's necessary to know precisely at what time of the day a project is shared.

I don't think that's what OP is suggestion. I believe they mean the option to share a project automatically on a specified date and time, not a way of knowing the precise date/time the project was shared on.

OP - Support. A feature like this would make it easier to get a whole lot of projects done, and then relax, letting Scratch share the projects for you.


Mockup time!

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Those are amazing! How did you make them?

ajsya wrote:

Those are amazing! How did you make them?

I used Inspect Element on the project page, project inside page, and the Slider Range option dialog.

I support but I think this should be a feature to people who have earned scrather status, people who have earned this status generaly know a thing or 2 about how scratch works. Maybe a pop up for people who just got scratcher status telling them what to do

Semi-support.

It is a nice idea but I'm just wondering how it would work, and how the ST could implement this.

Flipped_ wrote:

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WOAH neat mockups!

Flipped_ wrote:

☄️ There will be a new signature put up shortly. In the meantime, feel free to drink orange juice. ☄️

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No support.

These wouldn't have much effect on anything at all, just an extra feature sort of thing. Having it so that projects automatically share at a time wouldn't be that much of a help. You could just log on to scratch and share them manually. No big deal here. This request seems specifically targeted to “scratchers with bigger followings”, or a euphemism of saying “popular scratchers”.

You stated that

Purple_Ember wrote:

…so they don't have to worry about being a minute late if they promised that their new game would be out at 2 pm…

People won't get mad at you for not following promises and sharing your project exactly one minute after the minute you promised it would be out. All in all, this feature wouldn't really benefit many people in the community. So for that reason, no support.

kritav wrote:

No support.

These wouldn't have much effect on anything at all, just an extra feature sort of thing. Having it so that projects automatically share at a time wouldn't be that much of a help. You could just log on to scratch and share them manually. No big deal here. This request seems specifically targeted to “scratchers with bigger followings”, or a euphemism of saying “popular scratchers”.

But what if you went on vacation and couldn't log on?

I would love this and I could see myself even using it as a motivator, but it’s not that hard to share projects right when you want to (and that gives you more time to make last second changes if you do run on a schedule).

While this would be a cool feature to have, it's a feature I think that is biased towards bigger Scratchers who state to their large following exactly when they'll release their new project, so this feature isn't very necessary. Auto-sharing is more suited to websites like Youtube or Twitch, which both have a lot more traffic, are focused towards a more mature audience than Scratch and are used by a lot of companies and people who may want to premiere something at an exact time, whether doing it out of surprise or telling their fans from another social media platform.