What's with streamers being toxic?

[💫 Moshi 💫]

I've ran into more streamers talking crap in their live streams against the players they're facing more and more lately. They actually name call/insult them. I ran into 1 toxic killer streamer today and 1 yesterday and the rest were surv. And you can report the stream but it only mutes the portions they were being toxic in. Toxic streamers should be banned period. You shouldn't get benefits from dragging other people down.

[Speedy]

welcome to dbd communtiy, it is toxic and it will always be; streamers and players alike no exception;
btw, iv been tracked and called racial slurs and even got called out for being from a certain ethnicity-relegion in my own profile
iv reported it everywhere, but nothing happens, and it will continue to exist as long as there is internet and pvp games, just don't bother, finish the game and go to the next one, thats the best way to play dbd

[Tokogawa [GER]]

Because the general Gameplay is sucked dry and ragebaiting is always a reliable source of attention

[Solo4Life]

Originally posted by Speedy:

welcome to dbd communtiy, it is toxic and it will always be; streamers and players alike no exception;
btw, iv been tracked and called racial slurs and even got called out for being from a certain ethnicity-relegion in my own profile
iv reported it everywhere, but nothing happens, and it will continue to exist as long as there is internet and pvp games, just don't bother, finish the game and go to the next one, thats the best way to play dbd

not even just dbd atp its pretty much all video games kinda sad but it is what it is just don't let all the negativity get to you

[💫 Moshi 💫]

Originally posted by Speedy:

welcome to dbd communtiy, it is toxic and it will always be; streamers and players alike no exception;
btw, iv been tracked and called racial slurs and even got called out for being from a certain ethnicity-relegion in my own profile
iv reported it everywhere, but nothing happens, and it will continue to exist as long as there is internet and pvp games, just don't bother, finish the game and go to the next one, thats the best way to play dbd

I'm sorry you have had to deal with all that.

[A Generic Name]

Sticks and stones...

Censoring speech and dictating what people can and can't say is a slippery slope. If you don't like something, don't watch it, particularly if what you're watching is intended for adults and comes with a disclaimer stating as such, which both DBD and most streamers little "bios" tend to do.

If you're visiting people's streams after playing against them, just don't do that. If you're complaining about streamers being toxic towards other people they're playing against then that shouldn't affect you and doesn't affect the people they're being "toxic" towards as they have no idea it's happening, they're playing the game. Either way, it shouldn't affect you and there's an easy solution if it does.

A hell of a lot of issues regarding "toxicity" online would be resolved if people were just a little less sensitive over words.

[Levin]

Originally posted by A Generic Name:

Sticks and stones...

Censoring speech and dictating what people can and can't say is a slippery slope. If you don't like something, don't watch it, particularly if what you're watching is intended for adults and comes with a disclaimer stating as such, which both DBD and most streamers little "bios" tend to do.

If you're visiting people's streams after playing against them, just don't do that. If you're complaining about streamers being toxic towards other people they're playing against then that shouldn't affect you and doesn't affect the people they're being "toxic" towards as they have no idea it's happening, they're playing the game. Either way, it shouldn't affect you and there's an easy solution if it does.

A hell of a lot of issues regarding "toxicity" online would be resolved if people were just a little less sensitive over words.

I think the expression“if you don’t like what other people say in their streams, don’t watch them” isn’t technically applicable in everything.

Closing both eyes to something wrong doesn’t make it right. It just snowballs and escalates down the line when they think they can get away with something bigger or worse.

Reporting their stream is the best course of action OP could have done, but acts like what the streamer did could attract like-minded people into the community, making the DBD community a worse place.

Being in a community with only 2 types of people - a group that spews negative vibes without being objective, and a group that closes both eyes and ears to it is not the recipe to grow and nurture any community.

[♥ Jenny Wildmount ♥]

Try watching a "wholesome" stream, they're fake and boring.

[💫 Moshi 💫]

Originally posted by A Generic Name:

Sticks and stones...

Censoring speech and dictating what people can and can't say is a slippery slope. If you don't like something, don't watch it, particularly if what you're watching is intended for adults and comes with a disclaimer stating as such, which both DBD and most streamers little "bios" tend to do.

If you're visiting people's streams after playing against them, just don't do that. If you're complaining about streamers being toxic towards other people they're playing against then that shouldn't affect you and doesn't affect the people they're being "toxic" towards as they have no idea it's happening, they're playing the game. Either way, it shouldn't affect you and there's an easy solution if it does.

A hell of a lot of issues regarding "toxicity" online would be resolved if people were just a little less sensitive over words.

I mean hearing someone with an audience talk down on you and their community sometimes hops on the train can be pretty demoralizing. Sticks and stones yes, but words hurt people too. I think it's a much more slippery slope when you're putting others down and yes that 100% shouldn't be allowed when they're guiding an entire audience to do the same. It's bullying. People keeping quiet when they see it happening to others enables it to continue and makes you just as bad. If it happened to you and no one defended you while hoards of people were bullying you, I'd like to think you'd have a different tone.

I'm gonna correct something you said, "A hell of a lot of issues regarding "toxicity" online would be resolved if people were just a little less sensitive over words."

to "A hell of a lot issues regarding "toxicity" online would be resolved if people weren't enabled to do such things in the first place."
People are human, they can't help what they feel and telling them to be less sensitive does nothing and perpetuates the nonsense further. Don't enable them by letting them get away with it. The only people that would defend it are those that haven't dealt with it or those that do it themselves.

[💫 Moshi 💫]

Originally posted by ♥ Jenny Wildmount ♥:

Try watching a "wholesome" stream, they're fake and boring.

I'll agree to disagree ♥

[♥ Jenny Wildmount ♥]

Originally posted by Mad Pickle Beast:

Originally posted by ♥ Jenny Wildmount ♥:

Try watching a "wholesome" stream, they're fake and boring.

I'll agree to disagree ♥

Toxicity is the easiest way to make content, even if the insults are always the same their followers keep watching.
I also been "harassed" by a few streamers, one of them even gave me a steam community ban just for taking a screenshot of the scoreboard.
The majority is always right, you're lucky they don't mass report you on steam over whatever they feel to, since steam seem to say if many people reported you then they're right. Scoreboard screenshots are offensive if many people decided it.

I just drawn her as hedious as possible and posted it in her profile, she stopped sending people for me.

[💫 Moshi 💫]

Originally posted by ♥ Jenny Wildmount ♥:

Originally posted by Mad Pickle Beast:

I'll agree to disagree ♥

Toxicity is the easiest way to make content, even if the insults are always the same their followers keep watching.
I also been "harassed" by a few streamers, one of them even gave me a steam community ban just for taking a screenshot of the scoreboard.
The majority is always right, you're lucky they don't mass report you on steam over whatever they feel to, since steam seem to say if many people reported you then they're right. Scoreboard screenshots are offensive if many people decided it.

I just drawn her as hedious as possible and posted it in her profile, she stopped sending people for me.

I disagree. I've watched streamers that weren't toxic at all and they create great content just the same.

Majority is not always right though. There are exceptions. Back in medieval days women were burned at the stake for being able to read because they were "witches" obviously (sarcastic obviously). Majority rallied with pitchforks.

[♥ Jenny Wildmount ♥]

Originally posted by Mad Pickle Beast:

Originally posted by ♥ Jenny Wildmount ♥:

Toxicity is the easiest way to make content, even if the insults are always the same their followers keep watching.
I also been "harassed" by a few streamers, one of them even gave me a steam community ban just for taking a screenshot of the scoreboard.
The majority is always right, you're lucky they don't mass report you on steam over whatever they feel to, since steam seem to say if many people reported you then they're right. Scoreboard screenshots are offensive if many people decided it.

I just drawn her as hedious as possible and posted it in her profile, she stopped sending people for me.

I disagree. I've watched streamers that weren't toxic at all and they create great content just the same.

Majority is not always right though. There are exceptions. Back in medieval days women were burned at the stake for being able to read because they were "witches" obviously (sarcastic obviously). Majority rallied with pitchforks.

I didn't said there are no streamer that can create good content without being toxic, just saying that being toxic is usually the easy way. Even if someone is just raging becaue they keep losing and screaming and banging the keyboard they will watch them and have fun with that caveman style content.

[💫 Moshi 💫]

Originally posted by ♥ Jenny Wildmount ♥:

Originally posted by Mad Pickle Beast:

I disagree. I've watched streamers that weren't toxic at all and they create great content just the same.

Majority is not always right though. There are exceptions. Back in medieval days women were burned at the stake for being able to read because they were "witches" obviously (sarcastic obviously). Majority rallied with pitchforks.

I didn't said there are no streamer that can create good content without being toxic, just saying that being toxic is usually the easy way. Even if someone is just raging becaue they keep losing and screaming and banging the keyboard they will watch them and have fun with that caveman style content.

Ahh apologies I misread. I do stand by that I don't think it should be okay for them to create content that hurts others though.

[🅸🅲🅴 🅸🅲🅴 🅱🅰🅱🆈]

the fact is that there are many, many adults that have the emotional maturity of a 12 year old. and when it comes to toxicity the truth is that every toxic person is also an emotionally sensitive person trying to protect their hurt ego. people who can regulate their emotions don't outwardly flail and attack others. so gain some perspective and realize you're not always dealing with outstanding healthy people. sometimes you're dealing with exactly the kind of person who you'd expect to stream themselves playing a video game.

[💫 Moshi 💫]

Originally posted by Oh deer:

the fact is that there are many, many adults that have the emotional maturity of a 12 year old. and when it comes to toxicity the truth is that every toxic person is also an emotionally sensitive person trying to protect their hurt ego. people who can regulate their emotions don't outwardly flail and attack others. so gain some perspective and realize you're not always dealing with outstanding healthy people. sometimes you're dealing with exactly the kind of person who you'd expect to stream themselves playing a video game.

I'm aware of the entire, "someone who treats you badly isn't doing well themselves" thing and more often than not I've sat and read some stuff people have sent me and thought "they must be having a bad day or week" and just wrote "Have a blessed day" back. I struggle myself with mental health but would never take it out on another person. But the point of the post is honestly asking the question of why it's being allowed. People would be less willing to lash out and do/say things that are wrong if there was repercussions for it. Just like real life. Just like children. If they're left to get away with it, they'll keep doing it and it'll get worse.