Edit: @CrystalGem- also found another pre-2.0 fact about Scratch! Go read here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/473589585/ You heard me right. They weren't called followers. Our followers on Scratch were originally called "Friends." Here is the Scratch Wiki article for proof: https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Friend Here is a quote from the article: "A friend was a Scratcher that had been added to another Scratcher's friend list. When a friend was added, they were not entitled to any personal information that had been used to register, other than their username. Once someone was added as a friend, new projects they share would show up under the 'My Friends' Latest Projects' section on the Front Page. Friending was renamed to following in Scratch 2.0, due to the system functioning similarly to following on other websites." Imagine how different this site would be if they were still called friends. "Hey man! I got two new friends today." "Aw that's awesome dude! What are their names??" "@Dhilly and @-BoyMcBoy-!" "Cool! I friended @Dhilly the other day!" "Nice. What about @-BoyMcBoy-?" "I haven't checked him out yet, I wonder how many friends he has." Notice that if they were still called friends, then scratchstats actually most likely wouldn't exist. There is a good chance that you couldn't check who they were friends with, most likely. So what impact would that make on Scratch? 1) People wouldn't go clout chasing for people to follow them, as it really didn't have a point 2) F4F wouldn't exist. Well it would, but it'd be "Friend for friend," which honestly would've been so much different. People would want to be friends with each other! Now it's gotten to the point where F4F is toxic spam. 3) I wouldn't have to worry about my fanbase as much as I wouldn't really have one. I would just have friends. It's kind of hard to believe that our site could've been MUCH more different had they kept the Friending aspect. But in the end, the damage has already been done. :P Thanks for reading! ...and sorry for the high-effort thumbnail lol. xP
