Lionwarriorspets wrote:
No support. What about people with sensitivity to noise?

The OP said that it would be an option.

iiucandyfloss wrote:
This sounds like a good idea. If there would be an option to turn this on and off, that would be great.
I have a question, though. How exactly would a person access the setting, if this was implemented? How would people be informed of the option?

If people received a notification saying something like this
Note from the Scratch Team
We are glad to inform you of an update to Scratch! You can now choose to hear a sound when you receive message notifications. You can turn this on or off on the _______

I would assume via account settings please note that I am not the OP.

iiucandyfloss wrote:
A great way to improve this suggestion would be personalisation. Of course, Scratch is not all about messaging, but I think it would be a good idea to be able to change the sound of the beep. For example, a short melody might be nice. A ding or a buzzer might be appealing to some people.

Perhaps there could be preset ones that the user could select.