i need everyone to know: popularity isn't the key. it is the experience of sharing. i remember the exact moment when we celebrated the 700,000,000th project. years ago, it was already two, almost 3 maybe? I remember when i first started all the way back in, what, 2019 when i started sharing my more official projects. how much things changed. has the home screen always have empty slots? i know spamming and advertising were a problem before, but most of the comments i see on front page projects are spam, junk, hate, advertising, bragging and everyhting that just doesn't belong. I don't know what happened up until now. I haven't been online in years (like slightly under 2?), just popping in randomly. i dont know how scratch has grown. im grateful for scratch as a kid. it helped me learn and have fun with others. im growing, and maybe i just see things differently. i dont know what happened, maybe it is still the same, just viewed from a different perspective of a sleep deprived homework grinding student. the scratch cat that used to greet me warmly everyday, that i woke up to see, enjoyed the times i had. scratch meant more to me than a mere coding platform. it was filled with so many friends, so much support, so many ideas that i wouldn't have ever thought of. it was amazing. i wish everyone right now is feeling the same as i was. i wish everyone the best time on scratch. just, to me, i don't think that is what is going on anymore. either scratch changed or i did. if it is the latter, than its my overreaction, i get it. but if its the former, then im blindly going to hope its for the better. when i left, something was already starting to shift. what are the new scratch trends? i remember scratch clicker games, dtiys, dmc, the platformers that i with a lot of others were a little too obsessed with. they changed. not saying its a bad thing, just its a nostalgic thing. i click on the featured project. what do i see? "how do i get my project so popular" "jskaldhflhkljds" popularity isn't the goal. im not going to lie, but id be happy if i get featured. but if i dont? i dont care. im not going to advertise. not going to draw uneccesary attention. because that isn't the goal. i doubt anyone will see this. i think im the only one who knows im typing this at all. im probably ranting to myself. who cares? i dont. i dont care if this goes popular. i probably won't even see it go featured if it did. im just talking to anyone, if in the slightest chance they see this. what to take away? thats for you to decide. BUT what i am telling you to think about: scratch that i experienced was wonderful, an experience that shaped me to who i am now. and i hope it does the same to you. goodbye.
