I also think based on anecdotes from carsons former friends, that carson was a generally unpleasant person to be around and people are more willing to dump a bad person if they are a bad person To Them. Dream is generally well liked so peoples own perception of him changes how they judge the current situation at hand. That being said you really dont know how things go on behind closed doors and what contracts/bonds are protecting people from revealing they are abusive/shitty, unless ccs reveal them themselves (and even then you still dont know the whole truth)
Per Carson, that was the general sense that I got reading through stuff regarding him. He had a history of poor behavior, and a bad history with relationships from what I could tell. So I'm sure that played a part in how they reacted to what he was doing (and from reports it sounded like people were aware of his stupid behavior and told him off but he wasn't listening). Plus, Carson admitted to the behavior, and it seems to me like content creators were aware of it.
In Dream's case, I'm sure the fact his friends like him would play a part, but also like, his general character also plays a part in this. All reports we've had have been that Dream has been very particular about keep his face off the internet pre-face reveal, even close friends didn't get photos until George did. The idea that he was sending photos of himself at all to a random stranger is already rather absurd, let alone sending nude photos to someone he knew was 17 less than three weeks after actually started talking to this person. As I've said before, that is an extreme claim to make, Dream has faced many false accusations in the past (including directly before this one), and no proof of the extreme claim was provided (ie any kind of photos or evidence of photos). Personally, I wouldn't believe these sorts of allegations if my friend denied them and this was all the proof that was offered. I wouldn't blame someone else for making the same choice about their friends.
There's also a level of "they have a lot more knowledge than we do". Hell, even about the smaller stuff. Like Amanda's claim that Dream had a chest full of sex toys. Like, Sapnap has moved with this man more than once. Clearly none of them have issues going through each other's space. I just generally get the feeling that Sapnap would know if that's true, and if he knows that's bullshit, he would know the rest of it would be bullshit too. Or if any of his friends had information on times he was busy, things he was going through, etc, that makes the timeline nonsensical.
That all being said, I really don't ever think the answer would be "contracts". Like, that's some of the BS that Dream's Ex tried to claim awhile back. While I'm sure like, those with Dream's merch company and stuff have contracts, I don't doubt for a second if any of his friends legitimately thought he was fucked up/abusive, they can and would leave. Particularly those outside his merch company. Like, Jack Manifold and Connor were straight up like looking at his doxx on Miz's stream awhile ago. Plenty of them have criticized him or disagreed with him. Any contracts that they may have clearly don't prevent them from speaking out.
