dbd is an active chat studio here on scratch that was created in may 2025 by @hannissa. you can find dbd here :: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/37069320 ok ,, so. dbd has gotten a LOT worse. dare i say toxic ? i doubt toxic is even an overstatement ,, or a stretch. it seems pretty accurate. the constant unnecessary arguments ,, the rule breaking ,, the guilt-tripping ,, the harassment ,, the negativity. dbd wasn’t always like this. but to be honest ,, dbd was kind of bound to run into problems. unlike other chat places on scratch that slowly grow more active over time ,, dbd basically went from no activity to a huge explosion of activity almost instantly. nobody really had time to adjust. hannissa (@hannissa) promoted her gwdfi friends ,, or people she knew from gwdfi as acquaintances. there weren’t manager applications or anything like that. and when you’re promoting managers in a chat studio that you know could get really popular ,, that definitely isn’t the best way to go about it. usually you’d want people you know are capable of the role ,, people who are mature ,, responsible ,, and able to handle drama well. the power of friendship alone isn’t enough in a situation like this. it also doesn’t help that the managers don’t have proper moderation tools to help handle the studio. dealing with spam ,, drama ,, and trolls would be so much easier if there were actual moderation tools available. another problem is the studio’s complete inability to have serious discussions. i do get that a lot of the members are young ,, but discussions that actually need to happen often get shut down before going anywhere. the managers have a duty to help these conversations happen ,, but right now that just doesn’t seem to be happening enough. but as i said earlier ,, dbd wasn’t always like this. i used to really enjoy chatting there. i made a lot of friends ,, and it was genuinely really fun. but after the weekend closure a few weeks ago ,, things just seem to have gone downhill. i don’t really know why. i don’t know exactly how the downfall started or why it only seemed to begin after the weekend closure. but i do think that some members are partly at fault ,, if i’m being honest. at this point ,, huge drama can start from something as simple as a comment like “i hate cats.” and the problem isn’t just that disagreements happen ,, it’s that they keep getting escalated. obviously i’m not saying every single member is responsible ,, and i don’t have anyone specific in mind while writing this. but some members seem to constantly escalate situations instead of letting them calm down. things like saying “guys ,, stop arguing” right when the drama is already dying down ,, which just brings attention back to it. ignoring managers who are trying to keep things under control. people being unable to take criticism. giving trolls and spammers the attention they want. come on. it really isn’t that hard to avoid doing these things. honestly ,, i have a lot of respect for the managers. they probably go onto dbd every day thinking something like “i wonder what drama will happen today,” at this point. scratch chat studios can get pretty toxic in general. but for example ,, the gaehive definitely isn’t as chaotic as dbd right now. dbd is honestly starting to feel like gwdfi before it closed. and if things keep going like this ,, i wouldn’t be surprised if people eventually start considering closing the studio. i’m not saying that will definitely happen ,, but it’s a possibility if things don’t improve. we need to improve. not “maybe we should try.” we actually need to improve. if we want dbd to go back to how it felt a few months ago ,, everyone has to put effort into it. that means less guilt-tripping. listening to managers more unless what they’re saying is clearly unreasonable. avoiding pointless arguments. and reducing rule breaking. i’m not completely sure what the best solutions are yet. but if we want dbd to get better ,, we have to start putting real effort into making it better.
