Community Guidelines

[Liza]

This forum helps you improve your Hopscotching and share what you know to help others.

Here are your guidelines to make this forum somewhere where everyone feels welcomed, supported, and encouraged.

1. Be nice, always. Pretend that you’re speaking to a friend face-to-face.

• Use respectful language
• Assume that others are just as smart as you are.
• Don’t call people names.

2. Use only one account, no alts are allowed.

3. Keep Hopscotch a safe place. Your personal information stays private.

• Personal information includes last name, email, phone number, where you live, your school.
• Don’t ask anyone else to share their personal information.
• Keep conversations on the forum. Don’t share links for others to contact you outside of the forum. This includes Whiteboard, Discord, Hangouts, Padlet, Instagram, and others yet to be invented.
• Things you can share: your first name, age, and Hopscotch username.

4. Be generous. It’s awesome to know stuff. Share what you know with others whenever possible. How would you want someone to teach you? Be like that.

5. Be humble. Even Mark Zuckerberg admits that he’s got more to learn 124. So should we! Ask questions and learn from others. If you disagree with someone, disagree politely.

6. Keep it clean!

• Don’t post something you wouldn’t want your grandma to see.
• If you see inappropriate content, please flag it and it will be removed. Please do not reply to it.

7. Keep it relevant! Add to the conversation by responding directly to the question posted in the topic, or reply as a linked topic to lead the conversation in a slightly different direction.

• Don’t use the forum to ask for followers, likes, or other topics that aren’t about using Hopscotch.
• Posts about leaving are not allowed and will be removed.

8. All general topics (GTs) need to be under the General Topics category; If your post turns into an unfriendly place, it will be closed.

9. If you break the community guidelines, your account can be suspended. If your account is suspended three times, you will be permanently banned.

10. For a more detailed explanation of what you can and can’t post on the forum please click here.

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What is important to you? How do you want to interact with others in this forum? Reply with your ideas!

PS: If you’re ever unsure about whether something is appropriate, please email us at hello@gethopscotch.com!

[t1_hopscotch]

I think posting relevant comments that add to the conversation is important too. It makes it easier to find helpful information.

If people post irrelevant things or things that don't add to the conversation, it makes it harder to find helpful information. If your comment doesn't add meaningfully to the conversation, have a think again about posting it.

If you want to respond to a post but your response isn't directly relevant or goes in another direction, it's probably best to +reply as linked topic

[Liza]

Totally agree! I love that! What do you think of the updated guidelines?

[t1_hopscotch]

@Liza thank you that's great!

I think the guidelines we follow on Hopscotch can also apply here too!

• Learn by branching — We can all learn from each other on the forum by adding to and branching off conversations and discussions meaningfully

• Don't beg for likes — Begging for likes adds unnecessary text which makes it harder to find useful information, and plus people will like your post if they find it helpful anyway!

• Don't be mean — Everyone wants to come to a community that is kind, helpful and nice!

• Don't share your personal information — This is not safe to do anywhere online or in public. Don't ask anyone else to share personal details.

  • Check the guidelines post at the top of this topic (second dot point) for more info on what you shouldn't share (and what is okay but not if you do not wish to).

• Take care of the community — Together we can make a community where everyone feels welcome

• Keep at it! If everyone tries their very best and follows the guidelines, we'll have a great, safe and happy community!

[Bubblyoreo]

Hi everyone. My class just started joining hopscotch. Portia (me) and my friend Maria did a keep calm and carry on project. This is about using the Internet and hopscotch

Hope you like it.

[Bubblyoreo]

But I don't know where it went? I couldn't find it on my iPad mini?

[Liza]

[KathrynJaneway]

Another thing is don't make fun of people on the forum on Hopscotch. It would be harder to trace because not all forum usernames are the same as hopscotch ones.

[t1_hopscotch]

Another thing is don't make fun of people on the forum on Hopscotch. It would be harder to trace because not all forum usernames are the same as hopscotch ones.

That is very important not to make fun of anyone, and to be considerate of everyone's feelings. Fortunately, users who show any bad behaviour can be found no matter whether or not their forum username is the same as their Hopscotch one.

[Ihasfluffycupcakes]

Hey Liza, I experienced a new bug where I publish something that I want someone else to see, and then they tell me the project was removed even though I didn't even unpublish it! Can you please fix this?

[t1_hopscotch]

@Ihasfluffycupcakes You should make a new topic for that (or give it a search) Just a reminder from the Community Guidelines which is what this topic is about:

Keep it relevant! Add to the conversation by responding directly to the question posted in the topic

[Hermione]

I got a question are we allowed to share where we live (country)!

[comicvillestudios]

That's allowed.... But don't share the specific area...

[Hermione]

Thanks @comicvillestudios got it!

[Ihasfluffycupcakes]

Yeah like you can share your country or/and state, but not your town or county

[Bubblyoreo]

It's not a bad thing since us kids can not just book a flight and hop on a plane to see that person or do something bad to them or their country.

[MeowingMandarin8]

I can make a how to use the forum thing so new users can understand.

MeowingMandarin8

[Bubblyoreo]

There has been too many of these sorry

[Rawrbear]

I've noticed people have been violating these community guidelines. If so, read them again!

This forum helps you improve your Hopscotchin’ and share what you know to help others.

Help make this forum somewhere where everyone feels welcomed, supported, and encouraged:

- Be nice, always. Use respectful language, assume that everyone is just as smart as you are, and don’t call people names. Pretend that you’re speaking to a friend face-to-face

- Keep your personal deets private. Don’t share your last name, email, number, where you live, or school. It’s okay to share your first name, age, and Hopscotch name. Don’t ask anyone to share their personal info.

- Be generous. It’s awesome to know stuff. Share what you know with others whenever possible. How would you want someone to teach you? Be like that.

- Be humble. Even Mark Zuckerberg admits that he’s got more to learn. So should we! Ask questions and learn from others. If you disagree with someone, disagree politely.

- Keep it clean! Don’t post something you wouldn’t want your grandma to see. If you see inappropriate content, please flag it. Don’t reply, cause this just gives the author the attention they crave. Flag it and it will be removed.

- Keep it relevant! Add to the conversation by responding directly to the question posted in the topic, or reply as a linked topic to lead the conversation in a slightly different direction. Don't use the forum to ask for followers, likes, or other topics that aren't about using Hopscotch.

What is important to you? How do you want to interact with others in this forum? Reply with your ideas!

PS: If you’re ever unsure about whether something is appropriate, please email us!

[Intellection74]

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