1. opinions responding to comments to be completely honest, responding to comments is usually pretty stressful for me. i check scratch a lot (like multiple times a day lol) but usually i'm not active or responding to comments just because of how many i get! also, there are times where i get one specific comment that is really specific or detailed or harder to answer. these often prevent me from being active on scratch, because i feel really bad ghosting that person, but i also want to be able to like project and be active while i think about how i want to answer that comment. this is sort of why i am making this project, so read the next question for more specifics on this topic! 2. when do i respond? the reason i am making this project is so that you guys understand that if i reply to a newer comment before i respond to yours, it doesn't mean that i am ghosting you or ignoring you or i don't care about your comment! its just that there are certain questions or comments that i want to take some time to think about my response to or that i just feel i don't have the energy to respond to right at that minute. however, i don't want that to hold me back and prevent me from being active or replying to other messages, if that makes sense! usually, i will respond to easy things or urgent things as soon as i can, then i will respond to everything else once every couple days (sometimes weeks, sorry!!!) when i find time to go through them all! also, another quick thing i want to bring up, when i am active on scratch, i'm usually not active for very long lol! meaning its hard for me to keep up a conversation, especially like small talk! 3 - profile vs project comments it is also really really hard for me to keep up with comments on projects, so if you have any specific things that you want me to respond to, my profile is usually the only place that i check! i tend to get enough messages each day to make lots of comments get lost, so instead of checking my messages to respond, when i'm replying to comments, i just respond to the ones i see easily on my profile! also, this means that if i am having a conversation with someone in a thread really low on my profile or somewhere else on scratch, it is VERY likely that i will forget to respond to it, just because i won't see it when i look at my profile, which is where i look when i respond to comments! 4 - studio comments i get ZERO notifications for the messages in my studios, so i am very unlikely to respond to those! i'm sorry, but just know that if you want a response, try my profile! 5 - why i can't respond to every message i feel so lucky to have so many people commenting nice things! i would love to respond to every one, but sometimes i just can't! i try my best to respond to most of them (even if it's days/weeks later) but scratch's limit on commenting too quickly is REALLY annoying and makes the process take a long time! also, i get a lot of comments that say similar things, so even though i read and deeply appreciate every one of those, those are the ones i usually don't respond to! 6 - advertising i also will not respond to comments asking me to follow you because i only follow people that i really look up to and that i think really deserve it. i am not going to follow someone who i don't know or is just asking for no reason. 7 - feedback i get a lot of comments asking for my feedback on a specific project, or just asking me to look at your project! if you give me the link to your project, i will most likely look at it. as for feedback, it is kind of stressful for me to give feedback on things! i am not opposed to it, but i really really don't want anyone to take anything personally or get their feelings hurt, so i really want to make sure i can take the time to give constructive criticism that doesn't feel like i am being mean, because i am never trying to! this is an example of a comment i might not reply to right away, because it takes longer for me to respond to and i will want to think of my response! 8 - collabs usually, i will say no to collabs, unless you are someone i have talked to a lot! however, no matter who you are, i am really really busy, especially with school work, and i want to make sure i have time for my life outside of scratch as well as my own personal musical projects! right now, i'm not going to take on anything i don't have time for, but maybe someday i will! 9. interviews i love doing interviews! if you ask me questions, i will probably answer them, but just know it will probably take me a while lol 10. advice kinda similar to feedback, but also it is hard for me to give really general advice, so unless you are looking for a specific question to be answered, i don't have that good of advice! also, i have a project about my songwriting process, so i definitely recommend everyone to check that out! thanks so much for reading and understanding! love you all!
