Tumblr transformed me but now it's just another place for people already protected by the mainstream | Jonno Revanche

The aspects which separated Tumblr from Facebook have been lost

My early ventures into the social realms of the internet were filled with hopes of wish fulfillment; dreams of what I previously thought impossible.

There’s me, pre-pubescent, eager to connect with others like myself, shitposting on popular website “neopets”, breaking the rules and identifying myself above the virtual age limit so that I could communicate with peers across the world. It was terrible … It was thrilling. It was transformative.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2J9GU8T
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