DISCLAIMER!! I’m not totally completely leaving that was just a little bit for clickbait /hj Too long didn’t want to read?: I just won’t be posting original content anymore. I’ll still participate in dtas and community events and stuff but will not be posting my own adopts and stories on here. Long form! As I’m sure you’ve all heard (and if not then sorry to be the bearer of bad news!) scratch will be implementing an AI chatbot and have changed their tos to include a statement that says basically “we can use anything posted on scratch to train our ai (and other third parties)” and that’s a little distressing to me, even if scratch has stated they won’t be implementing gen ai to scratch because of several issues. Once those are resolved i don’t think they’ll hold back anymore and I’d rather jump ship now even if ultimately we’re just rearranging deck chairs on the titanic. So are you leaving entirely? Absolutely not it’s a bit of an addiction at this point. I would miss scratch and I’m not ready to be done with it yet. I plan on sticking around till i get bored of it! I’m gonna be lurking in the background and mostly just following the comics I’m already invested in and maybe entering the occasional dta or ota, that kinda stuff etc. How active will you be? Honestly depends on my workload. I have school, relationships to uphold, and hopefully a job this summer (saving up for that subaru ahh). What led me to this decision? I rather like being a creative person and i also rather like owning the rights to my creations. This was already a long-coming transition for me since everything on scratch is already under the Creative Commons license, but the whole ai thing just jumpstarted it for me. The only thing that makes me hesitate is the friends that i can’t contact elsewhere and the amazing communities I’m a part of. This is why I’m not leaving entirely (and also for the nostalgia factor, I can still feel eight-year-old me’s excitement to finally talk with other coders) Where can I find you elsewhere? On th I’m lynxleap and on artfight I’m --Lynxstar. Both of these usernames might change because they don’t resonate with me anymore but I’ll update this project if I’m still active by then. Both these websites are 13+ (and 16+ in some countries) so be sure you wait till you’re old enough! If you wanna drop by and say hi we can have a lovely conversation or you can just lurk idk i want you to feel included Wow is that lineless art in the thumbnail? You’ve never done lineless art before! That’s not entirely true i did it like once or twice but i was trying out vector art for the thumbnail and decided hey this is kinda fun I’m not gonna do lines because I’m a bad boy and we defy strict boundaries like lines haha so revolutionary. Yeah. Character is my sona, Lynx :3 Was the music choice purposeful? Yeah, actually! I never pictured myself leaving Scratch when I was younger, i figured I’d become a software engineer and make simple games like does lol. How people change. I might still do that just not right now and definitely not during college, too busy studying for that degree I’d imagine Is this the end of his endless talk? Probably not, I like to talk about my opinions in an empty room so there will likely be more “final” statements from me. Also I’ve probably missed half the things i was planning on talking about. Final words In case you didn’t know me before, you can call me Lynx or Wind, and I use he/they pronouns. I joined scratch when i was eight years old on a different account with the goal to learn how to code because that’s what I wanted to do when I grew up. Years later, that’s the path I’m on! I’m on track to be an engineer specializing in software and possibly optics ooh scary :3 Scratch has been a fundamental step on my ladder to discovering myself and who I wanted to be and i don’t think I’ll ever really forget it. I’ve made so many great and meaningful relationships and memories and projects here. Thank you, Scratch, for helping me find myself. Hopefully you can keep helping other young children. If you need something from me— Reshare a project (pays, design, etc) - comment here or on th and I’ll do it as soon as possible Contact me about unfinished pays - comment here please please I’m so sorry if I forgot to finish anything An old friend or perhaps a new one and want to talk - comment on th if possible, but here works too! anything else? - you guessed it just contact me anywhere you know me Credits Art by me Words by me lol Music is Time Will Change You by the Crane Wives
