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I get the pornography part, whenever you are checking a simple site it can happen that there is NSFW stuff visible without a warning. However, toxic community?
by dna_polymerase 9y ago
I get the pornography part, whenever you are checking a simple site it can happen that there is NSFW stuff visible without a warning.
However, toxic community? I never had that impression. That said I never used Tumblr for longer periods and I don't get how to comment on stuff or really interact there.
- erebus_rex 9y agoCan't speak for OP but Tumblr has a pretty big SJW subculture; screenshots from more esoteric or radical discussions get some ridicule on reddit and elsewhere. Check (the equally toxic) subreddit tumblrinaction for a sample of this type of content. I can't tell you how representative that is of the whole site though as I am also not a tumblr user.
- free_everybody 9y agoI'd like to point out that you're referencing hand picked, extreme examples of a community. There's a massive bias. You have no way of knowing what Tumblr is like based on these examples.
- zaarn 9y agoFrom my experience, TIA is rather representative once you remove the various art blogs and their reblogs. As I've stated in another comment, several creators I enjoy have been massively bullied by wider communities on Tumblr until they left.
- zaarn 9y agoTumblr has an indeed very toxic community at times. Several creators of fanart I enjoy have been bullied of the platform, even receiving death threats if they don't leave for minor incidents or one time even a completely made up reason. There are still some creators there but I do hope they move to better places in time.