EDIT: This is so funny the Scratch servers are lagging rn, hmm, I wonder why? IF YOU TRIPLE POST OF SOMETHING DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, IT'S OKAY! So first of all, I'm going to share my opinion on the new studio update. I'll try to be as nice as possible, but it seems that sharing your opinions is not following the community guidelines. :D Here we go. The new studio update is, in my opinion, terrible. Forget about the look and the UI, it's the functionality that's annoying me. 1) "First, we’ve limited the number of studio managers to 40. This is intended to limit the number of people who can make major changes to your studio" Why are you limiting managers who can make changes to studios when managers LITERALLY CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE? All they do is invite and promote now, if I'm correct. What is the point of managers who can't even manage? Many studios rely on additional Scratchers to take responsibility in handling those studios. This can consist of updating descriptions to inform curators of things. But now that's ruined. 2) "reduce studio notification spam" People can filter what messages they want. And if they don't want notifs from the studio, they should leave. What's the point of being in a studio if you don't care enough to be active in it? 3) "encourage studio owners to be intentional about who they promote to manage their spaces." Again, why does it matter who owners promote, because managers literally can't do anything. 4) "This change is intended to prevent misuse of the studio description field, such as managers defacing the studio description or using it as a space for chatting." I think most Scratchers would rather deal with raiders, than with "managers" who can't manage. We can report people who ruin studios, and the ST SHOULD be taking care of things from there. However, that's not how it seems. I've known people who take months to get emails back from the ST. If it's really that hard to manage reports, get more moderators. 5) "we’ve limited who can create studios to those with “Scratcher” status." Okay, this is actually a good idea. We don't want people making studios against the guidelines, so I'm find with it tbh. 6) "Once a thread has reached 25 replies, you’ll no longer be able to add to that thread...Studios are intended to be a shared space for many people, and very long comment threads tend to be closed-off conversations between 2 people. We made this change both to encourage everyone to keep conversations open to the community and to improve loading times." OH NO! HOW TRAGIC THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER! If someone wants to join into a conversation, there is literally nothing stopping them. All they have to do is reply. 7) "Much of this work was done in an effort to improve site performance." Okay, fine. That's understandable. But you're not even taking the opinions of Scratchers. You know, the people who use this site? Just look at the discussion page! Why bother making the site smoother when you won't have people to lag it? So many Scratchers are going to leave because of this update. People who RP tend to participate in long conversations (AND NOT ALWAYS JUST BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE). Having to create new conversations is very annoying. People in SWC rely on managers to help it continue running. Cabin leaders add points themselves, but now the sole owner has to manage all the cabin points. Who knows how things will continue there? The SWC community is so friendly, and now, who knows if they'll even be able to continue? I completely forgot to mention how we now have to add people through their username, and no longer can invite followers. I'm going to quote by saying "The famous will get more famous and the underrated will stay underrated." People with lots of followers can just share a project and get on trending, but underrated people who want to share their projects have to invite their followers username by username. Isn't it great that the "share" portion of Scratch is now completely undermined? Please revert this. It's just making the site worse. The new update is destroying the way Scratchers interact with each other, and the community is a big part of this site. LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE OML: By ignoring that, you're ruining the thing so many people enjoy. You can clearly see that things have dropped. I don't know what else there is to say. Note: Quotes were taken from the studio announcement post: ST- if you take this down, that just goes to show you don't care. I have looked at the community guidelines, and have done my best to make this project following that. There is no reason you should take this down.
