Algodoo

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I'm one of the admins here on the site, I've noticed the tension between both sides of the "Marble Roll" and the "Avanced users". I understand that both sides want to be acommodated by the site, however this can only be done if both sides are going to listen to what I have to say.

Algobox is an old website, it works to do its job amazingly, but it was created many moons ago, and no longer fits the requirements and expectations of all the users of the site, the coding language which the site is based upon has also changed, meaning that upgrading the site is a lot easier than many thing it would be.

Algobox was solely created to share scenes, and allow for them to be rated and commented, and it handles that perfectly, however missing features such as a PM system which allows for multiple users, etc, etc would require programming in, and the existing codebase just isn't ideal for expansion, however that requires developers which Algoryx currently doesn't have the resources to provide, Algodoo was created as an educational program, however the education sector is lacking in terms of technology due to goverment funding and all that around the world meaning that the IT equipment in classrooms in the EU are provided by government schemes, the IT providers bid on equipment and schools go for whom can offer the most machines for the least cash, which in essence means that IT in classrooms is still lagging, hence why Algodoo hasn't seen the pull it needed to be a commercial sucess to Algoryx and are now investing the most of their time in alternative projects.
You can't blame Algoryx for this, they're providing software for the educational sector however the sector is unable to bite, Algodoo is all about a physics simulation environment, everything else (e.g. Thyme) is an added quirk, hence why Thyme doesn't even have any documention on the net beyond user creation!

Now, there are no rules against uploading a ton of scenes, however I request a consideration of respect, Please refrain from spamming uploads, it gets annoying and in most cases it could all be placed into one scene or commented upon another.


While scene spamming is technically not against the rules, being a negative aspect IS and is a sanctionable offense. I work on a reasonably sized minecraft server, and the negative aspect rule is one which is a sucess. If you're all friendly to one another, good! However, members whom provide nothing more than a negative aspect to the community will see their privilage to contribute to the community removed.
Now, this applies to both sides, petty comments on others scenes which are unjust will not be tollerated.

Members are to be reminded that there is a report function inside Algobox to report scenes or comments which are in violation of the TOS or the rules. If you believe a member is breaking the TOS/Rules or being a negative aspect to the community, use the report function and provide a valid reason, we don't want to see reasons like "BAD USER" or reports like that, it makes the report look a lot less serious that it could be, and makes you look like somebody whom is in the wrong.

I have to say, I joined this community back in 2008, it was the time when tech was at its best, new quirks or feats was being achieved monthly, however times change. I was always too busy to work on something and never really released anything or got to learn too much about the tech, however I helped in a few projects and participated in the messed up community that was the Phun/Algodoo community. Heck, I had so many scenes stored on my computer of stuff that I had started but just never gotten to even the WIP stage.

When uploading a scene,you should consider what merit does it really have. if it took 5 minutes to create and doesn't provide anything astronomical, I'd probably consider not uploading it and trying something else.