Scratch is what we make it, and you don't have to give up hope. There are still plenty of original projects out there to explore. Some people just want attention, whether that be negative OR positive. For Example, Look how many people are just hating randomly for negative attention on this project-https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1270504720
Moral Of the Story: Scratch is fun and can be fun-WE just have to ignore toxic people & Toxic Environments online.
