How…

[henhen123]

How Can I make a project that acts like a text chat where you can chat with people around the world

[ego-lay_atman-bay]

Technically yes, but it's not allowed on snap.

[mark4sisb]

I'm not sure whether such a project is allowed due to moderation challenges. It certainly isn't allowed in Scratch. But you might be able to use a whitelist...? Somebody more informed should answer.

[sathvikrias]

no. Even if there is a whitelist, you can always edit the code.

@bh

TL;DR

Our concern about chats isn't that someone might use a four-letter word. It's that someone might get molested after arranging a real-life meeting.

We hope that you aren't that stupid, but all it takes is once. Even if we didn't get shut down officially, nobody's parents would let them use Snap*!* any more.

And so if we allowed chats, we'd have to watch them closely. And that's not how we want to spend our time; we'd rather help people learn computer science.

So,

no. Sorry.

[mobility212]

Here's what happened to a cloud chat that got taken down:

>open this<

I don't know how often we have to say this: You CANNOT have private chats here on the forum, and you may not host them on the Snap! site. Period.

"Private" is anything that cannot be read by everybody and doesn't pass through our server.

Any more such attempt and we'll permanently ban you from this community, same for any attempt to somehow "hack" or game our rules. Geez, this isn't hard. No chats. Got it? Nothing that enables anybody to engage in private communication with another Snapper. This rule is to protect this site and this community from being shut down. Therefore, if you try to circumvent it, you sabotage Snap! and we'll ban you forever.

[kingnico1133]

Bro he wants to make a chat in the GAME THAT WERE MAKING sry for all caps but for the game not a privet one a public one on the game we’re not trying to hack were just collaborating for a game. Hope.this clears it up

[bluebaritone21]

You can't put a chat in a project. Full Stop. Even if it's public or in a game, that is still a project with a chat.

[sathvikrias]

@Jens

You CANNOT have private chats here on the forum, and you may not host them on the Snap! site. Period.

what is confusing about this?

[ego-lay_atman-bay]

I think it's the use of the word "private". Many people see "private" and think dms, not public projects where anyone can chat with anyone, and whatever anyone says goes to everyone. The use of "private" in this post was talking about chats that aren't moderated by the snap team, and only managed by the project creator, aka, privately managed.

I personally think jens shouldn't have said "private" and just said "no chat projects" so there wouldn't be any ambiguity.

[sathvikrias]

yeah, that makes sense. but I already posted a quote from bh saying no chats whatsoever, which both the OP and his friend are ignoring and not really taking no for an answer.