I feel so lonely on Scratch now....What should I do next?

WPONTA

l(I need some experienced forumers to answer this)
Well, Scratch feels so much less active than before now….
As a community helper, seeing my fellow *friends (People that I met on Scratch and had fun with) leave Scratch, fewer people for me to help out, and seeing my fellow Community helpers have their fun time with other stuff… or just leave.
Less interesting projects for me to see, fewer events for me to help out, fewer messages (It was supposed to have more than 10 messages every day)

Months (May, April) ago was my peak; I met a lot of interesting people, had fun with them, I created a lot of projects, and got many views.
In the forum, I met many interesting people who taught me a variety of things that helped me become a more experienced helper.

Now? I have almost 400 followers, created over 50 projects, and changed a lot of Scratchers lives.
But it's not as fun as before when I first learned to become a helper. I get fewer messages (mainly from forum activities), seeing people I followed are either less or rarely active, and my projects don't get as many views as before. Now I tried everything to make sure I won't be forgotten, I've lost my direction on what to do next.
Anyways, I won't leave Scratch yet (but waiting for updates from ST), because it's just summer, everyone is having their fun time with other stuff outside. Big things are also coming with me too…I'll try my best to be as active as possible at that time…..

Last edited by WPONTA (Aug. 13, 2026 11:18:16)

scratchy_boy106

Why not talk to your irl friends? Maybe you could hang out and make a scratch game together! Irl friends are better than digital strangers.

atomicbryght

scratchy_boy106 wrote:
Why not talk to your irl friends? Maybe you could hang out and make a scratch game together! Irl friends are better than digital strangers.

unfortunately not everyone has that option (myself included) a lot of people are homeschooled and can't make friends in other places for certain reasons

scratchcode1_2_3

scratchy_boy106 wrote:
(#2)
Why not talk to your irl friends? Maybe you could hang out and make a scratch game together! Irl friends are better than digital strangers.

bold of you to assume i have an irl friends that know how to code let alone do anything that's not play games together

scratchy_boy106

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
scratchy_boy106 wrote:
(#2)
Why not talk to your irl friends? Maybe you could hang out and make a scratch game together! Irl friends are better than digital strangers.
bold of you to assume i have an irl friends that know how to code let alone do anything that's not play games together

You can always teach them to code!

axalotlautomaster_2

i can kinda relate. i feel like a lot of people on scratch i liked left. Honestly, you should start focusing more on life outside of scratch because if you really think about it, your just looking at a bunch of pixels

MsFluffyPenguins

do stuff other than scratch probably

Scratch_Cat_Coder8

scratchy_boy106 wrote:
scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
scratchy_boy106 wrote:
(#2)
Why not talk to your irl friends? Maybe you could hang out and make a scratch game together! Irl friends are better than digital strangers.
bold of you to assume i have an irl friends that know how to code let alone do anything that's not play games together
You can always teach them to code!

Not everyone is interested in that

blackcow29

It all depends on what you want to do. If you want to create art, you can create art. If you want to make games, you can make games. It’s all based on what you want to do, what you like to do, your personal tastes and experiences, and many other factors that might be unique to you. Notice how I used the word “you” 9 times so far in this post. That’s because that is what truly matters. YOU. Don’t worry what others think, say, or do to or about you. You don’t have to be influenced by what others say. You do you. Do what YOU want to do.

But if you feel lonely, you can take a break from Scratch for a period of time and come back when you feel better.

r3hehehehehhe

scratchy_boy106 wrote:
Why not talk to your irl friends? Maybe you could hang out and make a scratch game together! Irl friends are better than digital strangers.

Yeah totally works
For most of us on Scratch it's either people you have met, usually school or just knowing eachother, but not everyone can do that (as Noelle stated).

WPONTA

blackcow29 wrote:
(#9)
It all depends on what you want to do. If you want to create art, you can create art. If you want to make games, you can make games. It’s all based on what you want to do, what you like to do, your personal tastes and experiences, and many other factors that might be unique to you. Notice how I used the word “you” 9 times so far in this post. That’s because that is what truly matters. YOU. Don’t worry what others think, say, or do to or about you. You don’t have to be influenced by what others say. You do you. Do what YOU want to do.

But if you feel lonely, you can take a break from Scratch for a period of time and come back when you feel better.

Alright, thanks for your advice, I feel much better now.

WPONTA

scratchy_boy106 wrote:
(#2)
Why not talk to your irl friends? Maybe you could hang out and make a scratch game together! Irl friends are better than digital strangers.

Well, most of them don't use Scratch unfortunately.

WPONTA

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7e_x

Try finding new people to talk to on Scratch!

WPONTA

7e_x wrote:
Try finding new people to talk to on Scratch!

What people?

scratchy_boy106

WPONTA wrote:
7e_x wrote:
Try finding new people to talk to on Scratch!
What people?

You have me! We don't talk often.
But maybe talking to irl friends is better than talking to digital strangers

7e_x

scratchy_boy106 wrote:
(#16)
WPONTA wrote:
7e_x wrote:
Try finding new people to talk to on Scratch!
What people?
You have me! We don't talk often.
But maybe talking to irl friends is better than talking to digital strangers

atomicbryght wrote:
(#3)
unfortunately not everyone has that option (myself included) a lot of people are homeschooled and can't make friends in other places for certain reasons

scratchy_boy106

I can kinda relate actually I remember quite a while ago I got 10-13 messages a day now I get like 0-7

Ruby_A_Reynolds

I am very active.

mingo-gag

make friends on here, Bazinga

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