Being able to try something out and discard it if it doesn't work is an important part of gathering maturity online and off-line, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to do that in both spheres.
Yes. Even as toxic as it can get, that's one way tumblr has always seemed more welcoming to me than, say, Facebook.
I do think there has to be a way for them to build a space that is theirs and curate who gets invited inside, so they can really call it their space.
And yes to this too! That's so key to a sense of safety, to have some degree of control over what kind of audience you're likely to get. And of course that's also vanishingly rare at this point. It's a difficult situation.
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Date: 2020-01-07 05:02 am (UTC)Yes. Even as toxic as it can get, that's one way tumblr has always seemed more welcoming to me than, say, Facebook.
And yes to this too! That's so key to a sense of safety, to have some degree of control over what kind of audience you're likely to get. And of course that's also vanishingly rare at this point. It's a difficult situation.