+1

We need to fix the new search engine.

ChocolatePi wrote:

Right now, when I open up the explore tab, here's what I see:



projects with 10000+ views that are really popular, and if I scroll down, I just see the same sort of thing.
I think everyone knows here that the ‘explore’ page is the least clicked of the three tabs, and it's just sorta sitting there. if I go into the other tabs of the explore page, I see sorta cruddy projects (i mean that in the best way possible).

So I think that the explore page should be more tailored to the scratcher's needs, sorta like the front page, but not quite so.

First, it should have a ‘Projects by Scratchers I’m Following' tab. This would be like the front page, but it would have lots of projects, sorta like when you go on your profile and go to “shared projects” and press “view all”. It would have a lot of projects by your following there.

Next, it should have a ‘Projects loved and/or favorited by scratchers I’m following' tab. This would be pretty self-explanatory, like the ‘view all’ of ‘shared projects’ again…

Here's where it gets interesting. It would have a “projects you might be interested in” section, which just goes through the projects you loved or favorited and seeing what tags they have in common, if they have any. This would be way more effective than just showing “art, animations, etc.” and having me see random coloring contests and warrior cats music videos I don't care about. This would bring me projects I'd actually like.

in conclusion, I think these new features would really get scratchers attracted to the explore page. It would be much better than just seeing random projects listed under tags, and would actually bring me to love and favorite more projects and support new scratchers and scratchers I already know more.

Hey that may have seemed a good idea a year ago but this is actually causing a major problem now

dave4681 wrote:

ChocolatePi wrote:

Right now, when I open up the explore tab, here's what I see:



projects with 10000+ views that are really popular, and if I scroll down, I just see the same sort of thing.
I think everyone knows here that the ‘explore’ page is the least clicked of the three tabs, and it's just sorta sitting there. if I go into the other tabs of the explore page, I see sorta cruddy projects (i mean that in the best way possible).

So I think that the explore page should be more tailored to the scratcher's needs, sorta like the front page, but not quite so.

First, it should have a ‘Projects by Scratchers I’m Following' tab. This would be like the front page, but it would have lots of projects, sorta like when you go on your profile and go to “shared projects” and press “view all”. It would have a lot of projects by your following there.

Next, it should have a ‘Projects loved and/or favorited by scratchers I’m following' tab. This would be pretty self-explanatory, like the ‘view all’ of ‘shared projects’ again…

Here's where it gets interesting. It would have a “projects you might be interested in” section, which just goes through the projects you loved or favorited and seeing what tags they have in common, if they have any. This would be way more effective than just showing “art, animations, etc.” and having me see random coloring contests and warrior cats music videos I don't care about. This would bring me projects I'd actually like.

in conclusion, I think these new features would really get scratchers attracted to the explore page. It would be much better than just seeing random projects listed under tags, and would actually bring me to love and favorite more projects and support new scratchers and scratchers I already know more.

Hey that may have seemed a good idea a year ago but this is actually causing a major problem now

I am talking about paragraph 1

I know that this topic is too old, but I support. Also, we need the good old tag search back.

SUPPORT!!!!

How about adding the users? Like when you search ‘griffpatch’, it pops out ‘griffpatch, griffpatch_tutor’

gamer2343676 wrote:

How about adding the users? Like when you search ‘griffpatch’, it pops out ‘griffpatch, griffpatch_tutor’

This is a duplicate I think.

Support, I think all of these ideas will be good ones. Especially the ones that might interest you. I hope the ST sees this!

Support there is no unsupport why aren't the st changing it?

PintOfMilk wrote:

Support there is no unsupport why aren't the st changing it?

Busy with moderation, Scratch 3.0, and the rest of the Scratch website redesign

Support! We need the tag search back!

PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:

Support! We need the tag search back!

Why did it ever leave…
support.

Support!

Support!!!!!!!!!

Support!

100% Full Complete Support 4 U I definitely agree that we should have an improved Explore page with the sections and other stuff.

why is this still open

It would be nice to see what types of projects (by tags) they have been visiting and show similar projects.

I completely agree with not overwhelmingly shoving in popular projects, otherwise new projects will be drowned out and not seen.

However, I disagree with the categorising of new projects as “cruddy” - there are many new projects that are excellent quality and need more attention.

I agree
And also suggest:
to be able to select multiple categories at once
like music/games or animation/tutorials etc.

dave4681 wrote:

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Hey that may have seemed a good idea a year ago but this is actually causing a major problem now

No need to quote the whole OP