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- Flaame
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Updates to Following and Followers
Says the person who started the Who want the disagreement to stop thing. That involves voting and numbers too you know.Thank you for giving your opinion. However, the scratch team said votes don't matter now, it isn't always about the numbers…Let's make a list of who likes the update and who doesn't.
Who likes the update
Unlocked, Blueinkproductions, frodewin, GreenConsole, skyset, Thepuzzlegame, Xelophelt, buzzfuzz45, derpmeup, twiggy234, NoxSpooth, Icey29, pokesnail, Pull_Josh, c00lme, wildweasel, 900miles, ProdigyZeta7, Gamco_Extreme, lifesalibrary4me
Who doesn't like the update
VoltageGames, Will_Wam, Elsa_The_Conqueror, -Flash-, TheAnimationShow, Kreyos, Flygon12345678, -Because_Im_Batman-, Pretty_Girl, dinocatmeow, SnowKittyartist, helloyowazzup, Blackswift, TheGeneraless, Scratchifier, aminameow4, GetWithTheProgram, Mtcrafter, RED-drag0n, Lilry1, austin360, Superdoggy, Sifef, sophielymes527, Fox16, HAnthony, Aquaflame, -TheDoctor-, GrannyCookies, andrewjl, tiny288, Infinity-, Eugenbross, gcenac, TheMistyPuppy2000, DarkCrystalBall, Epicness123, jetpac, flexaxu, __–Programmer–__, MiniMacro, L-Rignity, jrezneckbhds, violin16, hacker, Teanaway, Story_Teller, flaame
Please feel free to add yourself to either list.
You should add this list:
Who want the dissagreement to stop!
ZaharaMar
Who doesn't want the disagreement to stop!
Flaame
Add yourself, please.
Last edited by Flaame (Sept. 28, 2014 00:37:07)
- ZaharaMar
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500+ posts
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Yes! Exactly! My vote doesn't count. Sorry, but I hate when people fight. I should learn not to be involved…. Sorry, again.Says the person who started the Who want the disagreement to stop thing. That involves voting and numbers too you know.Thank you for giving your opinion. However, the scratch team said votes don't matter now, it isn't always about the numbers…Let's make a list of who likes the update and who doesn't.
Who likes the update
Unlocked, Blueinkproductions, frodewin, GreenConsole, skyset, Thepuzzlegame, Xelophelt, buzzfuzz45, derpmeup, twiggy234, NoxSpooth, Icey29, pokesnail, Pull_Josh, c00lme, wildweasel, 900miles, ProdigyZeta7, Gamco_Extreme, lifesalibrary4me
Who doesn't like the update
VoltageGames, Will_Wam, Elsa_The_Conqueror, -Flash-, TheAnimationShow, Kreyos, Flygon12345678, -Because_Im_Batman-, Pretty_Girl, dinocatmeow, SnowKittyartist, helloyowazzup, Blackswift, TheGeneraless, Scratchifier, aminameow4, GetWithTheProgram, Mtcrafter, RED-drag0n, Lilry1, austin360, Superdoggy, Sifef, sophielymes527, Fox16, HAnthony, Aquaflame, -TheDoctor-, GrannyCookies, andrewjl, tiny288, Infinity-, Eugenbross, gcenac, TheMistyPuppy2000, DarkCrystalBall, Epicness123, jetpac, flexaxu, __–Programmer–__, MiniMacro, L-Rignity, jrezneckbhds, violin16, hacker, Teanaway, Story_Teller
Please feel free to add yourself to either list.
You should add this list:
Who want the dissagreement to stop!
ZaharaMar
Who doesn't want the disagreement to stop!
Flaame
Add yourself, please.
- helloyowuzzup
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100+ posts
Updates to Following and Followers
Ack. I keep telling myself not to post but then posting XD
Okay. Just a question, not taking either side.
Would it be possible, Scratch Team, for you to add a way to see the amount of comments like you did for the followers? Although people don't seem to be as worried about the comments, I among others do sort of miss them, and I like being able to see my followers with just the click of a button like you've let us. I think if you did that, I for one wouldn't have any legitimate complaints since you can see anything by just clicking one more button.
Okay. Just a question, not taking either side.
Would it be possible, Scratch Team, for you to add a way to see the amount of comments like you did for the followers? Although people don't seem to be as worried about the comments, I among others do sort of miss them, and I like being able to see my followers with just the click of a button like you've let us. I think if you did that, I for one wouldn't have any legitimate complaints since you can see anything by just clicking one more button.
- Flaame
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100+ posts
Updates to Following and Followers
OK then. Let's be smart and end the fight.Yes! Exactly! My vote doesn't count. Sorry, but I hate when people fight. I should learn not to be involved…. Sorry, again.Says the person who started the Who want the disagreement to stop thing. That involves voting and numbers too you know.Thank you for giving your opinion. However, the scratch team said votes don't matter now, it isn't always about the numbers…Let's make a list of who likes the update and who doesn't.
Who likes the update
Unlocked, Blueinkproductions, frodewin, GreenConsole, skyset, Thepuzzlegame, Xelophelt, buzzfuzz45, derpmeup, twiggy234, NoxSpooth, Icey29, pokesnail, Pull_Josh, c00lme, wildweasel, 900miles, ProdigyZeta7, Gamco_Extreme, lifesalibrary4me
Who doesn't like the update
VoltageGames, Will_Wam, Elsa_The_Conqueror, -Flash-, TheAnimationShow, Kreyos, Flygon12345678, -Because_Im_Batman-, Pretty_Girl, dinocatmeow, SnowKittyartist, helloyowazzup, Blackswift, TheGeneraless, Scratchifier, aminameow4, GetWithTheProgram, Mtcrafter, RED-drag0n, Lilry1, austin360, Superdoggy, Sifef, sophielymes527, Fox16, HAnthony, Aquaflame, -TheDoctor-, GrannyCookies, andrewjl, tiny288, Infinity-, Eugenbross, gcenac, TheMistyPuppy2000, DarkCrystalBall, Epicness123, jetpac, flexaxu, __–Programmer–__, MiniMacro, L-Rignity, jrezneckbhds, violin16, hacker, Teanaway, Story_Teller, Flaame
Please feel free to add yourself to either list.
You should add this list:
Who want the dissagreement to stop!
ZaharaMar
Who doesn't want the disagreement to stop!
Flaame
Add yourself, please.
Last edited by Flaame (Sept. 28, 2014 00:36:35)
- ZaharaMar
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500+ posts
Updates to Following and Followers
We should put and end to it.OK then. Let's be smart and end the fight.Yes! Exactly! My vote doesn't count. Sorry, but I hate when people fight. I should learn not to be involved…. Sorry, again.Says the person who started the Who want the disagreement to stop thing. That involves voting and numbers too you know.Thank you for giving your opinion. However, the scratch team said votes don't matter now, it isn't always about the numbers…Let's make a list of who likes the update and who doesn't.
Who likes the update
Unlocked, Blueinkproductions, frodewin, GreenConsole, skyset, Thepuzzlegame, Xelophelt, buzzfuzz45, derpmeup, twiggy234, NoxSpooth, Icey29, pokesnail, Pull_Josh, c00lme, wildweasel, 900miles, ProdigyZeta7, Gamco_Extreme, lifesalibrary4me
Who doesn't like the update
VoltageGames, Will_Wam, Elsa_The_Conqueror, -Flash-, TheAnimationShow, Kreyos, Flygon12345678, -Because_Im_Batman-, Pretty_Girl, dinocatmeow, SnowKittyartist, helloyowazzup, Blackswift, TheGeneraless, Scratchifier, aminameow4, GetWithTheProgram, Mtcrafter, RED-drag0n, Lilry1, austin360, Superdoggy, Sifef, sophielymes527, Fox16, HAnthony, Aquaflame, -TheDoctor-, GrannyCookies, andrewjl, tiny288, Infinity-, Eugenbross, gcenac, TheMistyPuppy2000, DarkCrystalBall, Epicness123, jetpac, flexaxu, __–Programmer–__, MiniMacro, L-Rignity, jrezneckbhds, violin16, hacker, Teanaway, Story_Teller, Flaame
Please feel free to add yourself to either list.
You should add this list:
Who want the dissagreement to stop!
ZaharaMar
Who doesn't want the disagreement to stop!
Flaame
Add yourself, please.
- technoboy10
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1000+ posts
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@ST I don't mind the update that much. I'm curious though, are you going to remove other numbery things on the site altogether for consistency? (studio projects/comments, forum posts, etc.)
- jrezneckbhds
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500+ posts
Updates to Following and Followers
Me too! I hope the scratch team can either bring back the followers or the comments! Ack. I keep telling myself not to post but then posting XD
Okay. Just a question, not taking either side.
Would it be possible, Scratch Team, for you to add a way to see the amount of comments like you did for the followers? Although people don't seem to be as worried about the comments, I among others do sort of miss them, and I like being able to see my followers with just the click of a button like you've let us. I think if you did that, I for one wouldn't have any legitimate complaints since you can see anything by just clicking one more button.
- jrezneckbhds
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500+ posts
Updates to Following and Followers
Just by reading it,i can hear wisdom in your words! Everyone, please stop this. If the Scratch Team decided on this arrangement, there isn't a point in arguing. I know a lot of scratchers that had a bunch of followers don't like this update because… But other like this addition. I've seen multiple scratchers only talk to people because the number they have on their “followers” section. Say, if a scratcher has no followers, but has amazing coding skills, some scratchers that only focus on the number will miss out on the wonderful projects. It is just a number. It will feel better, knowing that people appreciate you by being yourself and not by the gazillion followers you have. This doesn't require disagreements or anything else. You don't need to post how many followers you have on the comments, what will that accomplish? From my point of view, this is a good addition. A lot of you have posted things like, “ It doesn't matter the number of followers.” and “There is no such thing as being famous.” and “ Don't follow for follow”, but if you don't like this new addition, I cannot see how you could believe that “Scratch isn't about the followers you have.” This doesn't need to cause a total disagreement, but a new beginning. We all have different opinions, but in my case, I support this addition.
Regards,
ZaharaMar.
- Kreyos
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3 posts
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Guys.. What happened? Just because of a new update, we're all arguing again.. Is thisi really only what we can do? Can we NOT fight and try to actually display good reasoning for our opinions to the Scratch team? Or at the very least, not cause any conflict? I personally oppose it strongly, but I don't see a need in fighting..
when I receive [conflict v]
go to front
say [WHAT IS WRONG WITH U GUYS!?] for (9001) secs
set [conflict v] to [0]
- flyinglamaa
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21 posts
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scratchifier holy cow!! thats a lot of typing Why I believe that this update is bad:
1. Taking the follow numbers away from the profile page does nothing. Well, it does do something. It annoys me because I have to load one more page just to check more followers. This means that I'll hardly know when somebody unfollows me. I like to know if that happens because I don't want to be advertising something to repeatedly and annoying people, being too active… etc. However, about the people who are obsessed with followers, how will that discourage them? If they have enough time to spam several hundred people with follow requests, how is clicking one little button going to get them to stop? And taking the numbers away doesn't mean that they don't want followers any more.
2. I like to keep track of everything on my profile and projects so that I know what people like, what types of projects encourage what types of activity, and so on. For example, I can tell you that my Updates project got quite a number of random comments on my profile, love its on my other projects, and not many love its for itself (compared to my other things of course). Now I know that disguising a game as an Updates project is a terrible marketing ploy. If there were no numbers, then how would I know not to do that again?
3. When you visit a profile, you usually have no idea how good or bad a user is at Scratch. Should you check out their projects? Should you not? Is the user just getting all of their thumbnails from another user that makes them look better at Scratch? Well, to determine this, many Scratchers look at the number of followers. If there are a lot of followers in a short amount of time, then you know that it's probably worth checking out their projects! I usually will compare the number of followers to the joined date so that I know if the given Scratcher is something new in the world of Scratch. I'm not saying that it's not worth checking out projects if the user doesn't have many followers, but I subconsciously do this a lot and it's really annoying if I need to click twice more to do this! That's a big waste of time! (Thanks to other Scratchers for reminding me of this).
4. In a matter of minutes, I've several Scratchers have all gotten annoyed at this change. They are also some reputable Scratchers, such as: VoltageGames, WILL_WAM, ELSA_THE_CONQUEROR, -Flash-, TheAnimationShow… need I continue?
Edit: List of more annoyed Scratchers: Flygon12345678, -Because_Im_Batman-, PRETTY_GIRL, dinocatmeow, SnowKittyartist, helloyowazzup, BLACKSWIFT, THEGENERALESS, aminameow4, GetWithTheProgram, MTCRAFTER, RED-drag0n, Lilry1, austin360, SUPERDOGGY, SIFEF, sophielymes527, Fox16, HAnthony, AQUAFLAME, -THEDOCTOR-, GRANNYCOOKIES, andrewjl, tiny288, Infinity-, Eugenbross, gcenac, TheMistyPuppy2000, DARKCRYSTALBALL, Epicness123, JETPAC, flexaxu, __–Programmer–__, MiniMacro, L-Rignity, jrezneckbhds, violin16, hacker, Teanaway, Story_Teller, Kreyos (KILOZ)…
Now, how many Scratchers are there? How many don't like this? I'm going to let you count and see how annoying that is.
As a simple note, Scratchers in all capitals are well known Scratchers who have worked hard for their popularity. They are all annoyed at you right now. Is this what you wanted?
Please revert this change.
-Scratchifier and many more-

- Firedrake969
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1000+ posts
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Probably studio comments, but since the projects and forum posts are X+, I don't think they will/should @ST I don't mind the update that much. I'm curious though, are you going to remove other numbery things on the site altogether for consistency? (studio projects/comments, forum posts, etc.)
(of course I won't get all mad if they do

- Firedrake969
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1000+ posts
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And this will matter because the ST goes by majority vote? Let's make a list of who likes the update and who doesn't.
Who likes the update
Unlocked, Blueinkproductions, frodewin, GreenConsole, skyset, Thepuzzlegame, Xelophelt, buzzfuzz45, derpmeup, twiggy234, NoxSpooth, Icey29, pokesnail, Pull_Josh, c00lme, wildweasel, 900miles, ProdigyZeta7, Gamco_Extreme, lifesalibrary4me
Who doesn't like the update
VoltageGames, Will_Wam, Elsa_The_Conqueror, -Flash-, TheAnimationShow, Kreyos, Flygon12345678, -Because_Im_Batman-, Pretty_Girl, dinocatmeow, SnowKittyartist, helloyowazzup, Blackswift, TheGeneraless, Scratchifier, aminameow4, GetWithTheProgram, Mtcrafter, RED-drag0n, Lilry1, austin360, Superdoggy, Sifef, sophielymes527, Fox16, HAnthony, Aquaflame, -TheDoctor-, GrannyCookies, andrewjl, tiny288, Infinity-, Eugenbross, gcenac, TheMistyPuppy2000, DarkCrystalBall, Epicness123, jetpac, flexaxu, __–Programmer–__, MiniMacro, L-Rignity, jrezneckbhds, violin16, hacker, Teanaway, Story_Teller
Please feel free to add yourself to either list.
No.
- ZaharaMar
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500+ posts
Updates to Following and Followers
Thank you so much!Just by reading it,i can hear wisdom in your words! Everyone, please stop this. If the Scratch Team decided on this arrangement, there isn't a point in arguing. I know a lot of scratchers that had a bunch of followers don't like this update… But other like this addition. I've seen multiple scratchers only talk to people because the number they have on their “followers” section. Say, if a scratcher has no followers, but has amazing coding skills, some scratchers that only focuses on the number will miss out on the wonderful projects. It is just a number. It will feel better, knowing that people appreciate you by being yourself and not by the gazillion followers you have. This doesn't require disagreements or anything else. You don't need to post how many followers you have on the comments, what will that accomplish? From my point of view, this is a good addition. A lot of you have posted things like, “ It doesn't matter the number of followers.” and “There is no such thing as being famous.” and “ Don't follow for follow”, but if you don't like this new addition, I cannot see how you could believe that “Scratch isn't about the followers you have.” This doesn't need to cause a total disagreement, but a new beginning. We all have different opinions, but in my case, I support this addition.
Regards,
ZaharaMar.
- Teanaway
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500+ posts
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you guys better not remove any more numbers
I wish this was a glitch.

I wish this was a glitch.
Last edited by Teanaway (Sept. 28, 2014 19:43:22)
- dinocatmeow
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38 posts
Updates to Following and Followers
I agree! i love that change. Hey everyone,
You might notice your profile page looks a little bit different. Profile pages no longer display the number of Followers and Following. (You can still view this information by clicking the ‘View All’ button on the Followers / Following panel.) The number of profile comments are no longer displayed too.
Why do this? We want to make sure people see someone’s projects, studios, and connections and not focus too much on the numbers. After all, it doesn’t matter if you have 10 followers or 10,000. Scratch is a place for creating, collaborating, and supporting fellow Scratchers.
The Scratch Mentors put together an awesome remix project about “What is the meaning of followers?” http://scratch.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/25999074/ Check it out and see how other Scratchers think about followers! Feel free to share your thoughts too!