Remove 2008 Remove Attention Remove Contest Remove NSF
article thumbnail

Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community that Works

Museum 2.0

Here is the user profile by age circa July 2008 (per this report ). The ScratchR team intentionally wanted to avoid a massive popularity contest, so they promote activity on the site, not aggregate growth of views, loves, or downloads. But this is often obscured by design that focuses attention on the top viewed-content.