I think followers should be renamed to friends again. To me, it seems like scratch is turning into more of a popularity game more than programming and sharing your work with the world. People are paying more attention to their follows more than other stuff. If you think about it, if you make it friends again, it would seem more realistic and i think it would help the problem a lot.
Thanks for reading
-PanicPandaAlarm

when green flag clicked
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set [followers v] to [ friends]
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I totally understand where you're coming from, but it kind of delivers a wrong message. I follow total strangers to see their interesting projects. I don't want to pose as a friend to a person I hardly know. Plus, it doesn't totally eliminate the popularity concept.

yeah u shouldnt call them “friends”

u should call them friends actually

mathman314 wrote:

I totally understand where you're coming from, but it kind of delivers a wrong message. I follow total strangers to see their interesting projects. I don't want to pose as a friend to a person I hardly know. Plus, it doesn't totally eliminate the popularity concept.

I agree. It makes Scratch seem too, let's say, personal. If I want to follow someone doesn't really mean that I'm their friend. I just like their projects in the Scratch community, and that's all. In real life, friends are a popularity thing to some people, so on Scratch it would be the same. I think that the followers thing is doing fine right now, but I'm glad you want to try to eliminate the popularity issue.

PanicPandaAlarm wrote:

I think followers should be renamed to friends again. To me, it seems like scratch is turning into more of a popularity game more than programming and sharing your work with the world. People are paying more attention to their follows more than other stuff. If you think about it, if you make it friends again, it would seem more realistic and i think it would help the problem a lot.
Thanks for reading
-PanicPandaAlarm

when green flag clicked
forever

set [followers v] to [ friends]
end
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That would make Scratch like Facebook. No support

Lol, your username

I totally understand how you feel and where you're coming from. Unfortunately, this wouldn't do anything as F4F can also stand for “friend for friend”. (just kidding on that last remark).

Well, it shouldn't be friend or follow. It should be subscriber some kind of title where it doesn't make you sound like a friend, and it doesn't make it sound like it's a popularity measure.
Half-support

ChocolatePi wrote:

I totally understand how you feel and where you're coming from. Unfortunately, this wouldn't do anything as F4F can also stand for “friend for friend”. (just kidding on that last remark).

That's true… I liked the idea at first, but maybe be a little to personal.

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MrSherlockHolmes wrote:

ChocolatePi wrote:

I totally understand how you feel and where you're coming from. Unfortunately, this wouldn't do anything as F4F can also stand for “friend for friend”. (just kidding on that last remark).

That's true… I liked the idea at first, but maybe be a little to personal.

how about “stalkers” instead?

just kidding…

It couldn't be “subscribers” either because some people already say “sub4sub???”

RPFluffy wrote:

Why not name them: “Favored Scratcher(s)” for following and “Favored by:” for followers, or, Fellows for people you follow, and followers is Your Fellows?

Friends isn't so good because that isn't a great way to describe liking a complete stranger…

P.S. subscriber is more of payment wise then follower wise…

Maybe favored…
In google+, there is
Aquantances, Friends, Something and something… I forgot the rest.

Something like this?

PanicPandaAlarm wrote:

Alright everyone thanks for your opinionsi think that thats enough comments

So, supported, or not? Because it seems like you are closing this topic…

“Followers” is a much better term. But then again following sounds exactly like facebook.

Friends makes it sound like social media. No support.